Scientists, who this week had been looking for signs of the end of this “dead zone,” have instead found even more extreme drops in oxygen along the seafloor….
Researchers have long recognized that a massive release of greenhouse gases, probably carbon dioxide or methane, occurred during the PETM. Surface temperatures…
Researchers are investigating the role that antioxidants — alpha-lipoic acid and potentially others like green tea and vitamins C and E, for example – might…
Addressing scientists here today (Aug. 9) at a meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher Richard Amasino…
The study was the first to investigate the association over time between glycosylated hemoglobin – a long-term measure of blood sugar – and the risk of…
As primates evolved 7 million years ago, the more advanced species stopped making a protein that University of Central Florida researchers believe can…
“Ballbot” is a self-contained, battery-operated, omnidirectional robot that balances dynamically on a single urethane-coated metal sphere. It weighs 95 pounds…
A new study from the September issue of the Journal of Consumer Research shows that consumers align material goods and services separately when considering…
Consumer Web sites use rhetorical tactics to address injustice, identity, and agency – turning personal betrayal into a “cause” worthy of public attention and…
Prolonged aggressive and disruptive behaviour in childhood is a strong risk marker for criminality and mental health problems in adulthood. Early…
Chapin, professor of ecology at the Institute of Arctic Biology, and co-authors offer local-to-global policy recommendations to manage Arctic conditions…
But simply observing such changes doesn't prove that the invaders are responsible. University of Michigan researchers Emily Farrer and Deborah Goldberg,…
A new analysis of ocean-floor sediments collected near the North Pole finds that the Arctic was extremely warm, unusually wet and ice-free the last time…
Currently, doctors treating patients with breast cancer make treatment decisions and predictions based largely on the location and size of the tumor and if the…
According to data from the National Stroke Association, up to 40 percent of patients who have had a stroke will experience a second stroke within five years of…
Twelve healthy long-term meditators who had been practicing Transcendental Meditation for 30 years showed a 40-50% lower brain response to pain compared to 12…