Statins starve cancer cells to death
Credit: xiaoguang Li More than 35 million Americans take statin drugs daily to lower their blood cholesterol levels. Now, in experiments with human cells in...
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Arrival delayed! Water, carbon and nitrogen were not immediately supplied to Earth
Credit: Kristoffer Szilas, University of Copenhagen Spearheaded by earth scientists of the University of Cologne, an international team of geologists has found evidence that a...
At 8 months, babies already know their grammar
Credit: © Caterina Marino / CNRS / INCC Even before uttering their first words, babies master the grammar basics of their mother tongue. Thus eight-month-old...
Aerial insect trap network describes life in the skies
Credit: Doris Lagos-Kutz, USDA-ARS and University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Like most invasive species, when the soybean aphid arrived in the Midwest in 2000,...
The need for speed
Zebrafish study at NCBSCredit: Vatsala Thirumalai Whether running away from a predator or to win an Olympic gold, how fast we run determines the final...
Bacteria might help other bacteria to tolerate antibiotics better
A study by the the Dynamical Systems Biology lab reveals that when the 2 species of bacteria coexist, their response to the antibiotic is opposite...
Robots popular with older adults
Psychologists at the University of Jena (Germany) study relationships between humans and machinesCredit: (Image: Anne Guenther/FSU Jena) (Jena, Germany) A world without robots is now...
Digital tools for agriculture
Credit: (Photo: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture / Felix Zahn, photothek.net) Germany is getting a lot of rain in these days of March. Farmers...
Uninsured older adults more likely to be sicker and in need of inpatient care in China
Being single, remote and lacking a pension also linked to poor access to healthcareCredit: Shen (Lamson) Lin A new study, published this week in the...
Hair in ‘stress’: Analyze with care
Common hormone analysis in animal hair can lead to overestimated cortisol levelsCredit: Jan Zwilling Similar to humans, wild animals' reaction to disturbance is accompanied by...
Healthier and happier without Facebook
PsychologyCredit: © RUB, Marquard The group headed by Dr. Julia Brailovskaia published their results in the journal "Computers in Human Behavior" from 6. March 2020....
Misinformation on vaccines readily available online
Credit: University of Otago Parents researching childhood vaccinations online are likely to encounter significant levels of negative information, researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington,...
Piracy takes greater toll on small Persian gulf energy exporters
Tanker traffic drops after a piracy attack; Bahrain and Kuwait suffer the greatest lossesCredit: U.S. Coast Guard/LCDR Tyson Weinert DURHAM, N.C. - Tanker traffic through...
New nano strategy fights superbugs
Rice University material 'traps and zaps' floating DNA that makes bacteria resistantCredit: Illustration by Danning Zhang/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 12, 2020) - It's not...
Researchers create focus-free camera with new flat lens
New technology poised to drastically reduce weight, complexity and cost of cameras while increasing functionalityCredit: Rajesh Menon, University of Utah WASHINGTON -- Using a single...
