Dead zones may threaten coral reefs worldwide
Credit: Arcadio Castillo, STRI Dead zones affect dozens of coral reefs around the world and threaten hundreds more according to a new study by Smithsonian...
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Mutants in microgravity
Credit: NASA/Frankie Martin Bacteria may mutate more rapidly in space and scientists theorize patterns of those mutations could help predict how pathogens become resistant to...
Protein could prevent brain damage caused by stroke
A small protein that could protect the brain from stroke-induced injury has been discovered by researchers from The University of Queensland and Monash University. UQ...
Anti-bacterial discovery will prevent infections spreading on medical devices
Credit: Trinity College Dublin Microbiologists at Trinity College Dublin have discovered a new way to prevent bacteria from growing on medical devices such as hip...
People remain calm as the world ends, video game study suggests
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- As the world ends, will you lock arms and sing "Kumbayah" or embark on a path of law-breaking, anti-social behavior? A new...
Chicago’s red-light camera program has significant safety benefits
Chicago's red-light cameras reduce serious injury crashes at intersections where they are placed and also have a measurable "spillover effect" that improves safety at intersections...
How to make tomatoes taste awesome again (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, March 16, 2017 - Why are so many supermarket tomatoes tasteless and rock hard? In the 1990s, breeders developed...
NASA’s swift mission maps a star’s ‘death spiral’ into a Black Hole
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Some 290 million years ago, a star much like the sun wandered too close to the central black hole...
Orbital ATK Cygnus set to deliver research to space station
Credit: NASA Orbital ATK is targeted to launch its Cygnus spacecraft into orbit for a resupply mission to the International Space Station March 24, 2017...
Altering pH bumps prions out of danger zone
Credit: Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. - Prion diseases are scary, incurable and fatal. They first gained notoriety when cows became infected by prion proteins...
‘Flying saucer’ colloidal quantum dots produce brighter, better lasers
Credit: Kevin Soobrian LOS ALAMOS, N.M., March 20, 2017-- A multi-institutional team of researchers from Canada and the US has demonstrated steady state lasing with...
Unforeseen impacts of the fair trade movement
Fair trade certified coffee is the kind of phrase that sounds good on a Whole Foods shelf, the type of marketing that merges first world...
‘Tree-on-a-chip’ passively pumps water for days
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Trees and other plants, from towering redwoods to diminutive daisies, are nature's hydraulic pumps. They are constantly pulling water up from their...
Stem cells seem speedier in space
Credit: BioServe Inc., University of Colorado Growing significant numbers of human stem cells in a short time could lead to new treatments for stroke and...
New catalysts mimic human vision
Credit: ICIQ Photoreceptors in vertebrates typically consist of two different, colourless parts: an organic pigment and a protein. When both pieces combine, they create a...
