Scientists find eternal Nile to be more ancient than previously thought
Credit: Nina R Ancient Egyptians considered the Nile river to be the source of all life. The steady northward path of the river has nourished...
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Magnets for the second dimension
Credit: ETH Zurich / Hongri Gu If you've ever tried to put several really strong, small cube magnets right next to each other on a...
Putting a conservation finger on the internet’s pulse
Credit: Christoph Fink Scientists from the University of Helsinki have figured out how to mine people's online reactions to endangered animals and plants, so that...
Nanomagnets made of graphene for faster and more sustainable information technologies
Credit: CIC nanoGUNE The EU-funded research project SPRING (SPin Research IN Graphene) has celebrated its kickoff meeting on Nov. 7-8, 2019 in Donostia/San Sebastián (Spain)....
How the Zika virus can spread
Scientists from Goethe University and Senckenberg Society for Nature Research are developing maps on the Zika virus infection riskCredit: Dorian D. Dörge, Goethe University FRANKFURT....
Quitting Facebook could boost exam results
Credit: Image by Thomas Ulrich from Pixabay (cc) In research that validates what many parents and educators suspect, students whose grades are below average could...
Non-volatile control of magnetic anisotropy through change of electric polarization
Researchers from Kanazawa University use electrical polarization to control magnetic properties aiming for advanced memory applicationsCredit: Kanazawa University Kanazawa, Japan--The ability to control the magnetic...
First adult molars are ‘living fossils’ that hold a health record dating back to the womb
Credit: McMaster University Researchers at McMaster University have found that a person's first permanent molars carry a life-long record of health information dating back to...
New study first to reveal growth rates of deep-sea coral communities
Credit: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana A collaboration between researchers at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa School of...
Flowering mechanism in Brassica rapa leafy vegetables illuminated
Credit: Kobe University Post graduate students in Kobe University's Graduate School of Agricultural Science have revealed the role of genes in controlling flowering time in...
Brain enlightens the origin of human hand’s skill
Using non-dominant hand activates both sides of your brainCredit: DGIST DGIST announced that Dr. Jinung An, Principal Research Scientist in Convergence Research Institute, found clues...
Too much sugar doesn’t put the brakes on turbocharged crops
Credit: Charles Tambiah/ CoE for Translational Photosynthesis Plants make sugars to form leaves to grow and produce grains and fruits through the process of photosynthesis,...
Identifying the efficacy of treating encephalitis in leukemia therapy
Revealing the mechanism of glial cell activityCredit: @ Korea Brain Research Institute Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI, President Pann Ghill Suh) said on Nov. 5...
Better biosensor technology created for stem cells
Rutgers innovation may help guide treatment of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's diseasesCredit: Letao Yang, KiBum Lee, Jin-Ho Lee and Sy-Tsong (Dean) Chueng A Rutgers-led team has created...
Gimme shelter: Seven new leech species call freshwater mussels home
Credit: Anna L. Klass The frequent presence of leeches with a hidden lifestyle in the mantle cavity of freshwater mussels has been recorded since the...
