Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski Smog is a problem. But the knowledge about its constituents - no longer. Researchers from several leading Warsaw scientific institutions...
Credit: NASA Freshwater shortages are projected to increase in our hotter and more crowded future. Already, 150 countries desalinate seawater, using fossil fuels. But supplying...
Credit: Sandra Leander As humans, we know that some of our activities can cause cancer to develop in our bodies. Smoking, poor diets, pollution, chemicals...
While humans can only broadcast about one percent of their vocal power through their speech, some animals and mammals are able to broadcast 100 percent....
Landmark paper sets out 'unified theory' for cause of childhood leukaemia - and finds it is likely to be preventable Disease develops in two steps:...
New York (May 21) -- A study conducted by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public...
The evolutionary path of the deadliest human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, has been revealed for the first time. This parasite is a member of a...
Waiting for a 'unicorn technology' that provides green energy at low cost could be more expensive than adopting low-carbon energy technologies now. Researchers from Imperial...
Credit: dr. Thomas la Cour Jansen/University of Groningen Molecules that are involved in photosynthesis exhibit the same quantum effects as non-living matter, concludes an international...
Proteins and molecules assemble and disassemble naturally as part of many essential biological processes. It is very difficult to observe these mechanisms, which are often...
Credit: Jan-Olof Yxell/Chalmers University of Technology A chance to switch to renewable sources for heating, electricity and fuel, while also providing new opportunities for several...
Credit: University of Malta Project FLASC (Floating Liquid-piston Accumulator using Seawater under Compression) is a novel and leading edge energy storage technology concept. The FLASC...
Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and University of North Carolina, USA, have identified the cell types underlying schizophrenia in a new study published in...
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Anaplastic thyroid cancer is almost uniformly fatal, with an average lifespan of about 5 months after diagnosis. And standard...
Credit: Amir Miri A UCLA Samueli-led team has developed a specially adapted 3D printer to build therapeutic biomaterials from multiple materials. The advance could be...
