Then, as now, the cascading events were originally begun by human disruption of ecosystems, a new study concludes, but around 15,000 years ago the problem was…
The past few years have given rise to a growing number of microrobots, miniaturized mobile machines designed to perform specific tasks. And though spectators…
The activation of Bcl11b is a “clean, nearly perfect indicator of when cells have decided to go on the T-cell pathway,” says Ellen Rothenberg, the Albert…
A new academic study led by UCLA scientists has found that even brief exposure to ultrafine pollution particles near a Los Angeles freeway is potent enough to…
Cold Spring Harbor, NY – New research by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has illuminated in fine detail one of the genetic paths that leads…
At 8 a.m. EDT on July 1, Alex was about 55 miles (85 km) west of Ciudad Victoria, Mexico. That's near 23.8 North and 99.8 West. Its maximum sustained winds…
Yet despite its prevalence, the cause of this depression is not understood. It's not related to how severe one's MS is, and it can occur at any stage of the…
The powerful arsenal of experimental methods developed for this model organism is now being used to tackle one of the great scientific challenges of a new…
The full study findings are published online in the publication PLoS Pathogens.Transmitted by blood transfusion or sexual intercourse, hepatitis C is a common…
That's the big picture, but the details have been elusive. For example, do most of the X-rays arise from the jets? The disk? Or from a high-energy region on…
Heavy rain amounts from satellites and flood inundation calculations from a hydrological computer model are updated every three hours globally with the results…
A new study by scientists at the Carnegie Institution suggests that while removing excess carbon dioxide would cool the planet, complexities of the carbon…
Called a tongue tie, the problem occurs when the connective tissue under the tongue is too tight. A tongue tie can hinder some newborns from being able to…
In an article appearing in the magazine Physics Today this month, Goff examines the science of soccer and explains how the world's greatest players are able to…
Science fiction has nothing over quantum physics when it comes to presenting us with a labyrinthine world that can twist your mind into knots when you try to…
A new shape memory alloy with up to now unprecedented functional stability was developed by researchers from the Institute for Materials at the…
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