Examining the fate of Fukushima contaminants
A fraction of buried, ocean sediment uncovered by typhoons, carried offshore by currents
Hot chilli may unlock a new treatment for obesity
University of Adelaide researchers have discovered a high-fat diet may impair important receptors located in the stomach that signal fullness.
The Tree of Life may be a bush
Evolution is more complex than the current model would have it; the tree is actually more akin to a bush.
Bacteria's secret weapon against pesticides and antibiotics revealed
Bacteria have therefore developed advanced mechanisms to extract phosphate from other substances
Solar cell efficiency could double with novel 'green' antenna
Unique, "green" antenna developed that could potentially double the efficiencies of certain kinds of solar cells
Diabetes drug metformin's primary effect is in the gut, not the bloodstream
New study in Diabetes Care suggests new delayed-release metformin could help 40 percent of type 2 diabetes patients that currently can't take metformin.
Meteorite impacts can create DNA building blocks
A new study shown that meteorite impacts on ancient oceans may have created nucleobases and amino acids.
Oldest hand hints we came down from trees earlier than thought
1.8-million-year-old pinky bone suggests that modern human hands evolved earlier than we thought
Stroke 'more likely' with long hours
People working long hours are more likely to have a stroke, according to analysis of more than half a million people.
Without humans, the whole world could look like Serengeti
New study shows what the natural worldwide diversity patterns of mammals would be like in the absence of past and present human impacts
How long have primates been infected with viruses related to HIV?
Lentiviruses closely related to HIV have infected primates in Africa as far back as 16 million years
Ecologists roll a century's work on food-webs into a single model
What is the mathematical structure of the natural world?
Breastfeeding may expose infants to toxic chemicals
Widely used class of industrial chemicals linked to cancer and interference with immune function appears to build up in infants each month they're breastfed
Experts claim number of people with dementia in some Western European countries could be stabilizing
Risk of dementia may be falling due to improved education and living conditions, and better prevention and treatment of vascular diseases, highlighting the need for policies to improve health across the lifecourse
Brief postnatal blindness triggers long-lasting reorganization in the brain
Temporary visual deprivation shortly after birth induces permanent auditory responses in the visual area of the brain, highlighting a crossmodal competition for brain territories during the early sensitive period of brain development
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers publish landmark 'basket study'
Researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have announced results from the first published basket study, a new form of clinical trial design that explores responses to drugs based on the specific mutations in patients' tumors rather than where their cancer originated.
Two proteins work together to help cells eliminate trash and Parkinson's may result
Two proteins that share the ability to help cells deal with their trash appear to need each other to do their jobs and when they don't connect, it appears to contribute to development of Parkinson's disease, scientists report.
Long distance travelers likely contributing to antibiotic resistance's spread
Unseen diversity of resistance genes enriched in the gut microbiome of long-distance travelers
Vaccine for Mers 'looks promising'
A prototype vaccine against the lung infection Mers coronavirus has shown promising results, scientists say.
Study finds that genetic ancestry partially explains 1 racial sleep difference
Study is first to show that race differences in slow-wave sleep may have an independent and significant genetic basis
Greenhouse gases caused glacial retreat during last Ice Age
A recalculation of the dates at which boulders were uncovered by melting glaciers at the end of the last Ice Age has conclusively shown that the glacial retreat was due to rising levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, as opposed to other types of forces.
New drug protects against the deadly effects of nuclear radiation 24 hours after exposure
New breakthrough in countering the deadly effects of radiation exposure
Anti-aging tricks from dietary supplement seen in mice
Alpha-lipoic acid stimulates telomerase in vascular smooth muscle
US has 5 percent of world's population, but had 31 percent of its public mass shooters from 1966-2012
United States was the attack site for a disproportionate 31 percent of public mass shooters globally 1966-2012
New study indicates magnetic stimulation effective in reducing bed-wetting
Non-invasive treatment shows promise in a new Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience report
Generic heart medication shown to prolong ovarian cancer patients' survival
Even despite prognostic factors and co-morbidities associated with poorer outcomes