“The Arctic is changing faster than anticipated,” said James Overland, an oceanographer at NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and co-author of the…
The system uses a fine powder called metal hydride to absorb hydrogen gas. The researchers have created the system's heat exchanger, which circulates coolant…
Only its croaking was to be heard from the leaves on the mossier ground of the “elfin forests” in the highlands of Manu National Park, before German and…
Weizmann Institute scientists have devised a unique new mechanism for the formation of hydrogen and oxygen from water, without the need for sacrificial…
A new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet now shows that almost half a billion cases of child diarrhoea a year could be treated if…
The results of the study, which mainly cover the Swedish capital of Stockholm, show that this increase is directly linked to the human papillomavirus (HPV).”The number of cases of tonsillar carcinoma is rising throughout Sweden, but the link to HPV has so far only been studied in Stockholm,” says Professor Tina Dalianis, one of the researchers behind the study. “However, Stockholm is a typical European city so we suspect that the results indicate a general trend.” …
Hispaniola, the Caribbean island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic, is located directly within the hurricane belt, and was pummeled by five tropical…
Leaf-cutting ants, one of a few groups of social insects to cultivate crops, have harvested plant material to fertilize their underground fungal gardens for…
The device, called a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), is the latest generation of heart assist devices. The LVAD was tested at five main sites:…
Each year, hundreds of thousands of people suffer medical complications from hypodermic needles that penetrate too far under their skin. A new device developed…
NADH, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, is a key coenzyme — a non-protein molecule necessary for the functioning of an enzyme — found mostly in the inner…
Researchers examined the relationship between beverage consumption among adults and weight change and found that weight loss was positively associated with a…
“This new product supports our strategy to put science to work in ways that help reduce oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions,” said Dave Ritchey,…
Enormous progress has been made in the field of marine technology over the last decade. Sophisticated remotely operated autonomous underwater vehicles have…
Consciousness during general anaesthesia is an extremely distressing condition leading to post-operative psychological trauma and contributes towards patients'…
They highlighted that at early stages of the disease those patients could recall recent memories, but also lasting memories from their youth which tend to…
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