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Physics & Astronomy

Stars in Harmony: Exploring the LMC’s Unique Coexistence

The LMC is the second closest known satellite galaxy of our Milky Way, orbiting it roughly every 1.5 billion years. Earlier ground-based observations of such…

Information Technology

US Satellite Protection Scheme Impacts Global Communications

The remediation system aims to protect hundreds of low earth-orbiting satellites from having their onboard electronics ruined by charged particles in unusually…

Health & Medicine

Are you a little low? Failure to match energy intake with requirements is a possible cause of that ‘low blood sugar’ feeling.

The symptoms of such low blood glucose (or hypoglycaemia, as it is medically termed), include: irritability; faintness; tremor; hunger and anxiety. However, it…

Interdisciplinary Research

Unlocking Droplet Potential: Enhancing Salads, Shampoos, and Mining

But the result could be the improvement of the design and production of everyday products worth hundreds of millions of dollars.They have developed a technique…

Environmental Conservation

Future Climate Risks: Fires, Droughts, and Floods Ahead

Despite the commitment we have already to global warming, even if we stopped emitting greenhouse gases now the researchers predict that Eurasia, eastern China,…

Health & Medicine

Macrophages’ Role in Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Rajendra Apte and colleagues from the Washington University School of Medicine used a mouse model of choroidal neovascularization—new vessel formation, (CNV)…

Life & Chemistry

RNA-Based Drug from Duke Effectively Targets Prostate Cancer

The drug, developed at Duke University Medical Center, uses one type of genetic material, called targeting RNA, to enter cancer cells, and another type, called…

Earth Sciences

New Map Reveals Hidden Ocean Floor Mineral Deposits

The map shows the known seafloor locations of minerals, such as copper, gold, silver and diamond, compiled from survey information gathered over many decades.The result of a major research initiative between the CSIRO’s Wealth from Oceans Flagship, and Geoscience Australia – together with CSIRO Exploration and Mining and the State and Territory Geological Surveys ¬- the map was launched today by the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, and the Minister for Education, Science and Training, Julie Bishop….

Life & Chemistry

Expression of 'Blimp1' gene leads to the discovery of cells responsible for skin's sebaceous gland

The research focuses on the skin’s sebaceous gland, which is linked to the hair shaft and secretes an oily mixture called sebum. But until today how the…

Life & Chemistry

Emory Scientists Unveil New Human Genome Variation Map

Emory University scientists have identified and created a map of more than 400,000 insertions and deletions (INDELs) in the human genome that signal a…

Life & Chemistry

Plant Hormones: Unique Activation Patterns Revealed

“Successful aging has been defined in many ways, however, we focused on individuals who had reached at least 90 without significant decline in mental…

Life & Chemistry

Plant Hormones’ Unique Roles Revealed by Computational Analysis

The Salk team found that specific plant hormones often activate different factors rather than a common target. “This result was completely unexpected because…

Physics & Astronomy

New light microscope sharpens scientists' focus

A new light microscope so powerful that it allows scientists peering inside cells to discern the precise location of nearly each individual protein they are…

Studies and Analyses

Testing Social Network Theory: Insights for Interaction and Friends

The findings, which appear today in the journal Science, have implications for many forms of social interaction, from disaster management to how many friends…

Life & Chemistry

New research points toward mechanism of age-onset toxicity of Alzheimer's protein

Now, a collaboration between researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the Scripps Research Institute shows that aging is what's critical….

Environmental Conservation

Time of day tempers tadpoles' response to predators

Scientists have known that prey adjust their activity levels in response to predation risk, but new research by a University of Michigan graduate student shows…

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