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Earth Sciences

Mayan King’s Tomb Discovered in Guatemala

A well-preserved tomb of an ancient Mayan king has been discovered in Guatemala by a team of archaeologists led by Brown University’s Stephen Houston. The tomb…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals Major League Pitchers Face Higher Injury Risks

“Even though baseball is a passion of many people and our national pastime, there is very little information about the epidemiology, characteristics or…

Life & Chemistry

Critical viewing

Sensory experience changes the way humans see the world during early postnatal development. Now, an international team of researchers, including Tadaharu…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists uncover shared phosphoproteome linking remote plant species

Researchers at RIKEN and Keio University have shown that even the most widely-varying species of plants share remarkable similarities in the composition of…

Environmental Conservation

Coral Growth Decline in Red Sea Linked to Global Warming

As summer sea surface temperatures have remained about 1.5 degrees Celsius above ambient over the last 10 years, growth of the coral, Diploastrea heliopora,…

Physics & Astronomy

Refining Cosmic Clocks: New Insights on Galaxy’s Age

Physicists will soon have a better measure of the age of our galaxy, thanks to experiments described in a trio of papers appearing in the journal Physical…

Life & Chemistry

Tiny Marine Microbes Impact Global Climate Dynamics

New research indicates that the interactions of microscopic organisms around a particular organic material may alter the chemical properties of the…

Life & Chemistry

Rescuing Fruit Flies from Alzheimer’s Disease

Investigators have found that fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) males — in which the activity of an Alzheimer’s disease protein is reduced by 50 percent –…

Health & Medicine

Shoulder Arthritis: Key Insights Before Treatment Options

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) has approved and released an evidence-based clinical practice guideline on “The Treatment of Glenohumeral…

Health & Medicine

More than half the world's population gets insufficient vitamin D

Vitamin D surfaces as a news topic every few months. How much daily vitamin D should a person get? Is it possible to have too much of it? Is exposure to the…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers Uncover Unique Cosmic Lens Behind Quasars

Quasars, which are extraordinary luminous objects in the distant universe, are thought to be powered by supermassive black holes in the cores of galaxies. A…

Health & Medicine

New Insights Into Denture-Stomatitis: Gene Activation Revealed

The goal of the study was to compare whole-transcriptome, mucosal gene expression in Candida albicans (a parasitic fungus that can infect the mouth) associated…

Physics & Astronomy

Herschel’s First Science Highlights: Key Discoveries Unveiled

Herschel was launched on 14 May 2009, and progress since launch with various webreleases can be followed on the Herschel Science Centre Latest News webpage at…

Life & Chemistry

The First Malaria-Proof Mosquito

For years, researchers worldwide have attempted to create genetically altered mosquitoes that cannot infect humans with malaria. Those efforts fell short…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Small Wires Enable Advanced Connections in Microelectronics

Integrated chips are made by wiring multiple transistors and electronic components together to perform complex functions. The connections between chips and…

Architecture & Construction

A Safe Room? a New Home Entertainment System? Choose the First

An iconic photo snapped in the tragedy's aftermath speaks the proverbial thousand words: amid a landscape devastated, and houses crushed like eggshells, one…

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