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Earth Sciences

Extreme Climate Change’s Role in Early Animal Evolution

An international team of scientists, including geochemists from the University of California, Riverside, has uncovered new evidence linking extreme climate…

Physics & Astronomy

Sharpest-ever Ground-based Images of Pluto and Charon: Proves a Powerful Tool for Exoplanet Discoveries

Using a method called reconstructive speckle imaging, the researchers took the sharpest ground-based snapshots ever obtained of Pluto and Charon in visible…

Earth Sciences

NASA Sees Very Heavy Rain in Super Typhoon Jelawat and Heavy Rain Pushed from Ewinar's Center

Super Typhoon Jelawat had super rainfall rates around its eye, while nearby Tropical Storm Ewinar's heaviest rainfall was pushed north and west of its center…

Earth Sciences

Satellite Captures Tropical Storm Miriam’s Weakening Phase

Tropical Storm Miriam was seen in the Eastern Pacific Ocean by NOAA's GOES-15 satellite, and the visible image revealed that the strongest part of the storm…

Studies and Analyses

Total Knee Replacements: Safe Surgery for Osteoarthritis Relief

Total knee replacement is a very common and safe surgery that’s used to relieve severe pain and disability caused by knee osteoarthritis, and to improve…

Life & Chemistry

Hummingbirds: The Art of Effortless Backward Flight

However, when he searched the literature he was disappointed to find that there were hardly any studies of this particular behaviour. 'This was a bit…

Studies and Analyses

Possible link between infants' regulatory behaviors and maternal mental health

Functional somatic symptoms (FSS) are physical complaints, such as headaches, pain, fatigue, and dizziness, that cannot be explained medically. These symptoms…

Health & Medicine

Risk Markers for Erectile Dysfunction After Prostate Cancer Radiation

In the first study of its kind, a research team led by Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University discovered…

Life & Chemistry

Moffitt Researchers Discover Key to Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells

The study appears in a recent issue of the The Journal of Biological Chemistry. According to the study’s lead author, Jin Q. Cheng, Ph.D., M.D., senior member…

Medical Engineering

Optical mammography sheds new light on breast cancer

New optical imaging technology developed at Tufts University School of Engineering could give doctors new ways to both identify breast cancer and monitor…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Link Found Between Psychiatric and Movement Disorders

Seemingly normal young people are suddenly and dramatically unable to control movement of their arms or legs and have trouble speaking or swallowing. A normal…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Bigger Wind Turbines Drive Greener Electricity Solutions

The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS') award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series concludes that the larger the…

Studies and Analyses

Maximizing Benefits from Wine Waste: A Cost-Efficient Method

A new study in the Journal of Food Science, published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), shows that grape skin and seeds generated from…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Fruit Fly Innovations in Genetics Research

Although they're a common nuisance in the home, fruit flies have made great contributions to research in genetics and developmental biology. Now a Tel Aviv…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights Into Heterochromatin Formation Uncovered

Scientists of the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg have now discovered two further mechanisms necessary for the formation of…

Studies and Analyses

Cornell Study Reveals Simpler Language Use Insights

Co-author Morten Christiansen, Cornell professor of psychology and co-director of the Cornell Cognitive Science Program, and his colleagues say that language…

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