A seismic mapping milestone
Credit: David Pugmire, ORNL Because of Earth's layered composition, scientists have often compared the basic arrangement of its interior to that of an onion. There's...
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Dust contributes valuable nutrients to Sierra Nevada forest ecosystems
Credit: Chelsea Carey, Point Blue Conservation Science Collecting dust isn't usually considered a good thing. But dust from as close as California's Central Valley and...
Forests fight global warming in ways more important than previously understood
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Forests play a complex role in keeping the planet cool, one that goes far beyond the absorption of carbon dioxide, new research...
MSU, Shedd Aquarium partnering to create healthier aquatic homes
Credit: Photo Credit: ©Shedd Aquarium/Brenna Hernandez Viruses are the most abundant living organisms on the planet, yet we know very little about them, especially in...
Hair spacing keeps honeybees clean during pollination
Credit: Candler Hobbs, Georgia Tech With honeybee colony health wavering and researchers trying to find technological ways of pollinating plants in the future, a new...
Cornering endangered species
As certain species decline in number, the geographic areas they inhabit also shrink. Still, even with less space to occupy, these decreasing populations manage to...
Toward glow-in-the-dark tumors: New fluorescent probe could light up cancer
Credit: Haiying Liu, Michigan Tech What if you could plaster cancer cells with glowing "Here We Are" signs, so surgeons could be confident that they'd...
Parents who play Pokémon GO with kids: ‘It wasn’t really about the Pokémon’
(University of Washington) In the first study to survey and interview parents who play 'Pokémon GO' with their children, families report a number of side...
Discovery of a new regulatory protein provides new tool for stem cell engineering
Credit: Victor Leshyk Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have discovered a protein that regulates the switch of embryonic stem cells from the...
It is easier for a DNA knot…
Loading video... Credit: Antonio Suma, SISSA Anyone who has been on a sailing boat knows that tying a knot is the best way to secure...
New quantum gadget could make contactless payment more secure
Credit: Iris Choi. Oxford University A prototype gadget that sends secret keys to encrypt information passed from a mobile device to a payment terminal, could...
Georgia Cancer Center participates in NCI-driven initiative to understand racial, ethnic, age disparities in six cancers
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 28, 2017) - The Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University is one of a dozen sites across the nation...
Protein identified as potential druggable target for pancreatic cancer
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - A protein known as arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1) may be a potential therapeutic target for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma...
Mayo Clinic researchers identify interaction among proteins that cause cancer cells to metastasize
ROCHESTER Minn. -- Researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified an interaction among proteins that allows cancer cells to grow and metastasize. They say the discovery...
Unraveling the functional diversity of longevity gene SIRT1
Credit: Sweta/Babukrishna, TIFR While the search for elixir of life has captivated human imagination for millennia, researchers around the world have put in efforts to...
