Eating healthily at work matters
A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine finds unhealthy worksite food purchases associated with unhealthy diet outside of work and more risk...
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Subtropical Storm Andrea gone girl
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Subtropical Storm Andrea was gone before the storm could even reach Tropical Storm status....
Cocktails with Cleopatra?
Israeli scientists resurrect yeast from ancient beer jugs to recreate 5,000-year-old brewCredit: Yaniv Berman/Israel Antiquities Authority. What kind of beer did the Pharaohs drink? In...
Natural environments favor ‘good’ bacteria
A new study has shown that restoring environments to include a wider range of species can promote 'good' bacteria over 'bad' - with potential benefits...
Global temperature change attributable to external factors, confirms new study
Researchers at the University of Oxford have confirmed that human activity and other external factors are responsible for the rise in global temperature Researchers at...
Canadian researchers on promising path towards developing flu treatment using lipid target
Influenza infections are characterized by massive influx of monocytes/macrophages in the lungs. Although it is required to eliminate the virus, excessive inflammation contributes to the...
18 Earth-sized exoplanets discovered
Scientists have used a new method to find small exoplanets, which previous surveys had overlookedCredit: NASA/JPL (Neptune), NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring (Earth), MPS/René Heller Somewhat more...
Mapping the global distribution of phytoplankton
Credit: Meike Vogt und Jorge Martinez-Rey / ETH Zurich With some 10,000 to 20,000 different species in the world's oceans, the diversity of phytoplankton (phyto...
Democratic sneaker design and ultrasonic car communications at UID19 — design talks and degree show
Get a sneak peek of the future when design students from all over the world show off their graduation projects in the shape of products,...
Good vibrations: Using piezoelectricity to ensure hydrogen sensor sensitivity
Researchers at Osaka University develop a new process for producing palladium nanoparticles that are 12 times more sensitive to hydrogen than those made with previous...
Plankton as a climate driver instead of the sun?
A new view on past climate changeCredit: A. Stuhr, GEOMAR. The climate history of the earth is marked by periodic changes that are usually ascribed...
Ancient proteins offer clues to the past
Archeologists once relied solely on artifacts, such as skeletal remains, fossils and pottery sherds, to learn about past species and cultures. Today's scientists can also...
PLOS announces published peer review option
San Francisco, CA., May 22, 2019---PLOS today announced that all its journals will offer authors the option to publish their peer review history alongside their...
LIDAR and other optical sensors in autonomous driving focus of keynote at OIDA Forum
Jin Shang, R&D CEO at GAC Silicon Valley, to discuss fundamental aspects of optical sensors in autonomy -- usage, functionality, cost and reliability WASHINGTON -Jin...
Cell division requires a balanced level of non-coding RNA for chromosome stability
HKU biologists discover cell division requires a balanced level of non-coding RNA for chromosome stabilityCredit: @The University of Hong Kong Our genetic code is stored...
