Studies help understand why some people are so sure they’re right
Dogmatic individuals hold confidently to their beliefs, even when experts disagree and evidence contradicts them. New research from Case Western ...
Research at Lake Baikal — for the protection of a unique ecosystem
Credit: V. Pavlichenko, ISU Lake Baikal formed between 25 and 30 million years ago and contains around 20 per cent ...
A new bird which humans drove to extinction discovered in Azores
Credit: Pau Oliver Inside the crater of a volcano on Graciosa Island in the Azores archipelago, in the Atlantic Ocean, ...
Quantifying lower limb muscle weakness in Osteogenesis Imperfecta type IV
Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a heritable disorder characterized by increased bone fragility. In OI Type IV muscle weakness has important ...
Inventions by young KTU researchers can identify early stages of flatfeet condition
Credit: KTU A team of researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) have designed a device for measuring pressure on ...
Stanford researchers engineer 3-D hydrogels for tissue-specific cartilage repair
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, N.Y., July 26, 2017--Unlike the one-size-fits-all, homogeneous approach to tissue engineering for ...
Physicists gain new insights into nanosystems with spherical confinement
Credit: Ill./©: Arash Nikoubashman, Mainz University Theoretical physicists led by Professor Kurt Binder and Dr. Arash Nikoubashman at Johannes Gutenberg ...
How bacteria maintain and recover their shape
Credit: (Image courtesy of Harvard SEAS) Bacteria come in all shapes and sizes -- some are straight as a rod, ...
Risk for bipolar disorder associated with faster aging
New King's College London research suggests that people with a family history of bipolar disorder may 'age' more rapidly than ...
Scientists propose new approach to hitting the gym
James Cook University sports scientists are warning that fatigue from weight training can carry over to endurance training and the ...
Atlantic/Pacific ocean temperature difference fuels US wildfires
Credit: Chikamoto Y. et al. An international team of climate researchers from the US, South Korea and the UK has ...
Do we need separate his and hers medicine cabinets?
Credit: Photo: Jan-Peter Kasper/FSU Jena (Jena, Germany) Perhaps you have come across the titles 'Men are from Mars, women are ...
Humans identify emotions in the voices of all air-breathing vertebrates
Amphibians, reptiles, mammals -- all of them communicate via acoustic signals. And humans are able to assess the emotional value ...
User research at BER II: Lupin roots observed in the act of drinking
Credit: Created by Christian Tötzke © University of Potsdam Soil scientists led by Prof. Sascha Oswald from the University of ...
Large-mouthed fish was top predator after mass extinction
Credit: Artwork: Nadine Bösch The most catastrophic mass extinction on Earth took place about 252 million years ago - at ...
Diffusion dynamics play an essential role in regulating stem cells and tissue development
Gradients of molecular signaling factors play an essential role in numerous events in embryonic development, from patterning limb and organ ...
Competition for survival signals maintains immune balance
Credit: (Credits: IBS, modified from freepiks.com) According to a new study published in the journal Immunity, two types of immune ...
Cultural flexibility was key for early humans to survive extreme dry periods in southern Africa
Credit: Craig Foster The flexibility and ability to adapt to changing climates by employing various cultural innovations allowed communities of ...
Identified the component that allows a lethal bacteria to spread resistance to antibiotics
Credit: Radoslaw Pluta, IRB Barcelona Antibiotic resistance of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus is responsible for 11,300 deaths a year in ...
Understanding cell segregation mechanisms which help prevent cancer spread
Credit: David Wilkinson Scientists have uncovered how cells are kept in the right place as the body develops, which may ...
