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Credit: Image courtesy of the Paik lab. A gene linked to unusually long lifespans in humans protects brain stem cells from the harmful effects of...

Credit: Karolinska Institutet. Disorders of the cells' energy supply can cause a number of serious diseases, but also seem to be connected to ageing. More...

Credit: NAOJ Cooperative operations between a solar observation satellite and a sounding-rocket telescope have measured the magnetic field strength in the photosphere and chromosphere above...

Capability could accelerate the development of new treatments for diseasesCredit: Justin Muir Northwestern University synthetic biologist Joshua Leonard used to build devices when he was...

Credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC). Every day space telescopes provide spectacular images of the solar activity. However, their instruments are blind to its main...

Credit: WorldPop, University of Southampton A combination of robust vaccination programmes and strict physical distancing rules could avoid recurring peaks of COVID-19 without the need...

Study reveals open ocean waters once assumed to be unproductive are in fact teeming with an abundance of life on coral reefsCredit: Dr Christina Skinner...

People estimate size of the set of objects based on distance to themCredit: Yury Markov, Natalia Tiurina HSE University researchers Yuri Markov and Natalia Tyurina...

Scientists have described mating-type determination mechanisms in ParameciumCredit: SPbU The mating process is one of the most important mechanisms for maintaining genetic variation in natural...

Carbohydrates of the prion glycoproteins responsible for a group of neurodegenerative diseases were sequenced for the first time thanks to a highly sensitive technique.Credit: National...

Recreational hunting -- especially hunting of charismatic species for their trophies -- raises ethical and moral concernsCredit: Associate Professor Enrico Di Minin, University Of Helsinki...

Just how involved should governments be in business? And is there a right answer to this question, or a one-size-fits all conclusion?Credit: World Scientific Just...

Credit: Fei Zheng/ Zong-Liang Yang China is just one of many countries in the Northern Hemisphere having what researchers are calling an "extremely cold winter,"...

All algae sugars are entirely degraded by bacteria; well, not all; one sugar holds out against the invaders and could act as an important carbon...

Credit: © Tetyana Milojevic Early Mars is considered as an environment where life could possibly have existed. There was a time in the geological history...