Arizona rock core sheds light on triassic dark ages
Credit: Cornelia Rasmussen A rock core from Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, has given scientists a powerful new tool to understand how catastrophic events shaped...
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Cell death in porpoises caused by environmental pollutants
Cells isolated from a stranded dead porpoise predict the threat of pollutants to the porpoise population in the wild.Credit: Reprinted with permission from Environmental Science...
A new species of darkling beetle larvae that degrade plastic
Credit: Hyung Joon Cha (POSTECH) There floats an enormous plastic garbage island in the North Pacific that is seven times the size of the Korean...
Doctors motivated by both health, malpractice concerns when ordering additional tests
Credit: UCLA FINDINGS A UCLA-led study has found that dermatopathologists, who specialize in diagnosing skin diseases at the microscopic level, are motivated both by patient...
Music on the brain
A neurological study of classical musicians trained in different stylesCredit: © 2020 Flickr/Wally Gobetz by CC-2.0 A new study looks at differences between the brains...
“Love hormone” oxytocin could be used to treat cognitive disorders like Alzheimer’s
Scientists discover for the first time that oxytocin could be a potential new therapeutic option for cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's diseaseCredit: Tokyo University of...
Native bushland’s fertility secret
Soil microbes could promote better farm outputsCredit: CSIRO In hotter, dryer conditions with climate change, a secret agent for more sustainable agricultural production could lie...
Geoengineering is just a partial solution to fight climate change
The technology's regional impacts depend on how much greenhouse gas emissions are reducedCredit: AGU/Brian West Could we create massive sulfuric acid clouds that limit global...
Parasitic worm venom evades human immune system
UC Riverside scientist wins $1.8M to unravel mystery of nematode infectionsCredit: (Adler Dillman/UCR) It's likely that billions of people are unaware they have been infected...
A plot twist in pharmaceuticals: Single nanoparticles could pave the way for medicines on demand
Credit: Ventsislav Valev and Joel Collins For the first time, a single, twisted nanoparticle has been accurately measured and characterised in a lab, taking scientists...
National poll: Some parents may not properly protect children from the sun
1 in 10 parents say they don't make sure to use a minimum SPF for children while some don't reapply sunscreen often enough to keep...
New nano drug candidate kills aggressive breast cancer cells
The discovery will help clinicians target breast cancer cells directly, while avoiding the adverse, toxic side effects of chemotherapyCredit: University Relations, University of Arkansas Researchers...
Portable DNA device can detect tree pests in under two hours
New method tests for harmful species like the Asian gypsy moth and sudden oak death pathogenCredit: Paul H Joseph/UBC Asian gypsy moths feed on a...
Simple test helps to predict and prevent falls
Scientists have developed a simple clinical test that can assess the lower limb strength of patients to predict their risk of falls.Credit: Staffordshire University/Josh Thomas...
Scientists trace and identify origin of smallpox vaccine strains used in Civil War
Credit: JD Howell, McMaster University Scientists and historians working at McMaster University, the Mütter Museum and the University of Sydney have pieced together the genomes...
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