Astronomers find a new type of planet: The 'mega-Earth'
Astronomers announced today that they have discovered a new type of planet - a rocky world weighing 17 times as much as Earth.
Anti-diabetic drug slows aging and lengthens lifespan
A study by Belgian doctoral researcher Wouter De Haes (KU Leuven) and colleagues provides new evidence that metformin, the world's most widely used anti-diabetic drug, slows ageing and increases lifespan.
Tracking potato famine pathogen to its home may aid $6 billion global fight
Phytophthora infestans originated in a pretty, alpine valley in central Mexico and co-evolved with potatoes
Modern ocean acidification is outpacing ancient upheaval, study suggests
Rate may be 10 times faster, according to new data
Scientists demonstrate rare chemical phenomenon that could be harnessed to harvest solar energy
First instance of a "photosalient effect" driven by a photochemical reaction in solids to be reported
What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades
Does handwriting matter?
New amyloid-reducing compound could be a preventive measure against Alzheimer's
NYU Langone researchers identify promising treatment target molecule in mice studies
Brain signals link physical fitness to better language skills in kids
Children who are physically fit have faster and more robust neuro-electrical brain responses during reading than their less-fit peers, researchers report.
New technology successfully removes heavy metals from water
Technology capable of removing contaminants at low cost and with an efficiency that surpasses existing technologies
Do Clinical Guidelines Still Make Sense? No
Time to take stock of clinical practice guidelines and ask whether this seemingly rational undertaking has achieved any meaningful goals
Manitoba stops zebra mussel invasion with fertilizer
Canadian conservation authorities on Tuesday celebrated a succesful test using liquid fertilizer to kill invasive Zebra mussels in a lakefront harbor in the western province of Manitoba.
Centenarians 'are outliving disease'
Centenarians have found a way to beat the common diseases of old age, such as cancer and heart disease, research suggests.
One and done: New antibiotic could provide single-dose option
new single-dose antibiotic is as effective against MRSA as a twice-daily infusion given for up to 10 days
Surprisingly strong magnetic fields challenge black holes' pull
Analysis of radio waves from black holes shows long-neglected magnetic fields have an unexpected presence
Climate not to blame for the disappearance of large mammals
Human expansion caused the mass extinction of large animals over the last 100,000 years
Study: When hospital workers get vaccines, community flu rates fall
Public health data in California reveals for every 15 hospital vaccinations, there is one fewer case of flu in the community
Hemorrhagic fevers can be caused by body's antiviral interferon response
A major clue to the mystery of "hemorrhagic fever" syndromes
More Data on Diet and Dementia
Dementia and Diet: An Update
Complex neural circuitry keeps you from biting your tongue
Similar wiring diagram may be used elsewhere in the brain
Healthy tissue grafted to the brains of Huntington's patients also develops the disease
Healthy tissue grafted to the brains of patients with Huntington's disease also developed signs of the illness
Neurons transplanted into Parkinson's-affected brains appear healthy after 14 years
When transplanted into the midbrains of adult patients with Parkinson's disease, dopamine neurons derived from fetal tissue can remain healthy for many years.
Is glaucoma a brain disease?
Scientists find that jigsaw effect in glaucoma patients proves it is
Alcohol may protect trauma patients from later complications
Injured patients with alcohol in their blood show reduced risk for developing cardiac and renal complications
Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system
Results are first evidence of natural intervention triggering stem cell-dependent regeneration of organ or system
Our own treacherous immune genes can cause cancer after viral infection
Mutations that cause cancer following human papillomavirus infection are caused by a family of genes that normally protect against viral infections, finds new UCL research
Vanderbilt scientists discover that chemical element bromine is essential to human life
Twenty-seven chemical elements are considered to be essential for human life.
Now there is a 28th – bromine.
A new model of liver regeneration
Harvard researchers find switch that causes mature liver cells to revert back to stem cell-like state
Brain circuit problem likely sets stage for the 'voices' that are symptom of schizophrenia
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists report that a disruption in a brain circuit may contribute to the auditory hallucinations of schizophrenia
Triazine-based, graphitic carbon nitride as novel two-dimensional semiconductor
Structural analogue of graphene made of carbon and nitrogen that appears to exhibit semiconducting properties
Early humans were "Westward Ho," dental records reveal
Early humans, or hominins, stretched further west - into today's Central Africa –t han previously known, according to findings by a research team that included NYU anthropologist Shara Bailey.
Decline of monarch butterflies linked to modern agriculture
Loss of milkweed plants in the midwest reduces caterpillar survival.
ID Update 2014: New and Emerging Threats
Hi, everyone. I am John Bartlett, at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine 2014 meeting in Orlando, Florida, giving an update on infectious diseases.
Trace of another world found on Moon
Researchers have found evidence of the world that crashed into the Earth billions of years ago to form the Moon.
Asymmetric continental margins and the slow birth of an ocean
When South America split from Africa 150 to 120 million years ago, the South Atlantic formed and separated Brazil from Angola.
New process designed to make Na-ion batteries an effective alternative to Li-ion
Researchers develop affordable battery alternative
Researchers find evidence of speedy core formation in solar system planetesimals
Evidence of faster than thought core formation of planetesimals in our solar system
Body that formed the Moon came from a different neighborhood
The body that smacked into Earth has a distinctive elemental signature.
Awesome Exoplanet Imager Begins Hunt for Alien Worlds
A new instrument attached to one of the most powerful telescopes in the world has been switched on and acquired its ‘first light’ images of alien star systems and Saturn’s moon Titan.
Cleaning air with roof tiles: Titanium dioxide coating removes 97 percent of smog-causing nitrogen oxide
Students created a roof tile coating that breaks down smog-causing nitrogen oxides
More than 100 missing Saudi MERS cases come to light
Talk about keeping things quiet. The disease-tracking world was rocked today by an announcement from Saudi Arabia's health ministry.
Sugar Substitute Turns Out to Be Potent Insecticide
Researchers have just discovered that erythritol, the main component of the popular sweetener Truvia®, kills insects.
Are Human Pheromones Real?
Scientists are still unraveling nature’s secret olfactory signals
Researchers at the Gladstone Institutes find novel approach to reactivate latent HIV
New study published in Science
Our ability to identify the source of pain varies across the body
A new UCL study defines for the first time how our ability to identify where it hurts, called 'spatial acuity,' varies across the body, being most sensitive at the forehead and fingertips
Does female fertility 'drop off a cliff'?
TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp has urged women to put off higher education and a career in favour of having children because their "fertility falls off a cliff".
Targeting tumors using silver nanoparticles
A new platform developed at UCSB increases the efficiency of drug delivery and allows excess particles to be washed away
Study reveals rats show regret, a cognitive behavior once thought to be uniquely human
Research findings recently published in Nature Neuroscience
Male faces 'evolved to take punches'
A new theory suggests that our male ancestors evolved beefy facial features as a defence against fist fights.