A five-member team from North Dakota State University’s Department of Geosciences heads to Antarctica this October to conduct research on Antarctica’s climate…
Some say that the concept of odds is too great for many human minds to comprehend. There's also availability heuristics such as media coverage, which only add…
In January, astronomers began using Hubble to track the object for five months. They thought they had witnessed a fresh asteroid collision, but were surprised…
Funded by the School of Global Environmental Sustainability at Colorado State University, a group of social scientists at the university analyzed long-term…
What does this mean for the 20 proposed 2020 goals being considered by the 10th conference of parties at the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya,…
Hydrogen is one of the most promising fuels of the future. Whether powered by wind or sun energy, electrolysis of water is the method of choice for producing…
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara, in cooperation with scientists in the pharmaceutical industry, have discovered the mechanism by which this drug kills cancer…
A light-sensitive portion of the brain called the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) remains the body's “master clock” that coordinates the daily cycle, but it does…
“Everybody knows about blood lipids like cholesterol and triglycerides,” said Edward A. Dennis, PhD, distinguished professor of pharmacology, chemistry and…
The study marks the first time researchers have been able to directly measure when electrons in a super conductor behave as independent well-defined particles,…
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This is an important step toward using quantum physics to expand computing power and to communicate over long distances without the possibility of…
Now research from Rockefeller University shows that having too many stem cells, or stem cells that live for too long, can increase the odds of developing…
For nearly 40 years a class of drugs known as beta blockers have been proven to increase patients’ survival prospects following a heart attack by decreasing…
The study, conducted by Andrew Lacis and colleagues at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, examined the nature of Earth's greenhouse…
A potential solution for global energy demands is the use of Poplar, a fast-growing tree with high yields, for biofuels. To get the most out of Poplar…