Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have discovered a fundamental mechanism that effectively silences or dials down certain active genes as a basic regulatory or quality-control system within a cell.
Feb 5, 2020
Abrupt thawing of permafrost will double previous estimates of potential carbon emissions from permafrost thaw in the Arctic, and is already rapidly changing the landscape and ecology of the circumpolar north, a new CU Boulder-led study finds.
Feb 4, 2020
People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) appear to suffer malfunctions in a cell that produces a special coating around nerve fibers that facilitates efficient electrical communication across the brain.
Feb 4, 2020
Since the breakthrough in gravitational wave astronomy back in 2015, scientists have been able to detect more than a dozen pairs of closely located black holes—known as binary black holes—by their collisions into each other, due to gravity.
Feb 2, 2020
Basking in the tainted gloss of west coast rays, these once frigid waters overflow with sustenance, enticing anchovies to cavort along the coastlines; their corporeal writhing a carnal call to hungry, ancient giants.
Jan 31, 2020
After sequencing the Neanderthal genome, scientists discovered all present day non-African individuals carry some Neanderthal ancestry in their DNA.
Jan 31, 2020
Putrescine, the compound responsible for perhaps the foulest odor in nature—the smell of decomposing flesh—may also be a remedy for atherosclerosis and other…
Jan 31, 2020
It can turn the nuclei of human cells into kidney-shaped blobs, but it’s unlikely that you would have noticed anything when it infected you.
Jan 30, 2020
As the geriatric population is expected to balloon in the coming decade, so too will rates of heart disease in the United States.
Jan 30, 2020
Jan 29, 2020
Children with a hole in their appendix, especially those under 7 years of age, have better health outcomes from having their appendix surgically removed…
Jan 29, 2020
Researchers from Aalto University, the University of São Paulo and the University of British Columbia have found a way to make a new kind of fibre from a…
Jan 28, 2020
New research from UC Riverside shows scientists may soon be able to prevent disease-spreading mosquitoes from maturing.
Jan 28, 2020
Wine grapes are extremely sensitive to the changes in temperature and season that come with climate change, with early-ripening varieties such as pinot noir (shown here) especially sensitive.
Jan 28, 2020
