Inception of the last ice age
Credit: Henry Patton The Eurasian ice sheet was the third largest ice mass during the Last Glacial Maximum some 22,000 years ago. Alongside the Antarctic...
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Scientists make plastic from pine trees
Most current plastics are made from oil, which is unsustainable. However, scientists from the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT) at the University of Bath...
Presumed young star turns out to be a galactic senior citizen
Credit: RUB, Nelle 49 Lib, a relatively bright star in the southern sky, is twelve billion years old rather than just 2.3 billion. For many...
Protein research: The computer as microscope
Credit: RUB, Marquard Using a combination of infrared spectroscopy and computer simulation, researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have gained new insights into the workings of...
Prolonged exposure to work-related stress thought to be related to certain cancers
For men, prolonged exposure to work-related stress has been linked to an increased likelihood of lung, colon, rectal, and stomach cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The...
4G network infrastructure could mean fewer accidents by drivers
Credit: University of Bristol New research that suggests a pre-existing 4G network infrastructure could help drivers make safe decisions in or near accidents has won...
Study applies game theory to genomic privacy
It comes down to privacy -- biomedical research can't proceed without human genomic data sharing, and genomic data sharing can't proceed without some reasonable level...
Nanotechnology: Lighting up ultrathin films
Based on a study of the optical properties of novel ultrathin semiconductors, researchers of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have developed a method for rapid and...
King Faisal Prize for Würzburg physicist
(University of Würzburg) Another award for Laurens Molenkamp: The physicist won the King Faisal International Prize (KFIP) 2017 in the 'Science' category. The scientist earned...
For first time ever, X-ray imaging at Argonne captures material defect process
Credit: Mark Lopez/Argonne National Laboratory From blacksmiths forging iron to artisans blowing glass, humans have for centuries been changing the properties of materials to build...
Harrington Discovery Institute announces 2017 grant funding to 11 physician-scientists
The Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio, has announced the 2017 recipients of Harrington Scholar-Innovator Awards. The awards support breakthrough discoveries of...
Metabolic pathway regulating key stage of embryo development revealed
Credit: Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Medical Research Institute,TMDU Researchers identify metabolic pathway essential for embryo development, thus extending knowledge of ho..
The power of attraction
Credit: KAUST 2016 Xavier Pita Engineered nanometer- and micrometer-scale structures have a vast array of uses in electronics, sensors and biomedical applications. Because these are...
Trade-offs between economic growth and deforestation
Credit: Crespo Cuaresma et al 2017 Economic growth in poor countries increases along with deforestation rates, but the effect disappears in wealthier economies, according to...
Robust rattan palm assessed as Endangered, new Species Conservation Profile shows
(Pensoft Publishers) An African rattan palm species has recently been assessed as Endangered, according to the IUCN Red List criteria. Although looking pretty robust at...
