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In the past million years, the high-altitude winds of the southern westerly wind belt, which…

The answer lies in a film of water that is generated by friction, one that…

In almost all cases of colon cancer, a specific gene is mutated — this offers…

Researchers have reported the detection of a picosecond electron motion in a silicon transistor. This…

Researchers built deep artificial neural networks that can accurately predict the neural responses produced by…

Cutting down trees inevitably leads to more carbon in the environment, but deforestation’s contributions to…

Researchers have developed a dielectrophoresis (DEP) enabled MicroelectroFluidic Probe (MeFP) that has the ability to…

Engineers have developed a navigation method that doesn’t require mapping an area in advance. Instead,…

Thousands of years ago, the inhabitants of modern-day Florida and the Caribbean feasted on sea…

Circadian clocks coordinate the organism to the alternating cycles of day and night. Scientists have…

A protein that breast, lung and other cancers use to promote their spread — or…

Scientists have doubled the efficiency of a chemical combo that captures light and splits water…

Researchers have adapted a light-based technology employed widely in biology — known as optical traps…

Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in detecting the magnetic moments of nanoscale structures. They succeeded…

Study authors note multiple health issues including blurred vision from excessive screen time, neck and…

A new analysis of historical seismic data has found that earthquake activity in West Texas…

Researchers report they have developed a new technique that uses light to control the lifetime…

A new study documents structural differences in the brains of preschool-age children related to screen-based…

The first existence of a multilevel society in a non-mammalian animal shows that large brains…

A dietary fiber can help separate out semiconducting carbon nanotubes used for making transistors for…

Breast cancer could be detected up to five years before there are any clinical signs…

Estrogen’s role in canine mammary cancer is more complex than previously understood, according to new…

To grow new hair, stem cells throughout the skin must work in sync. Researchers have…

Highly intensive production systems with low resource demand are a strategic goal of urban agriculture…

Social networking, even between competing species, plays a much bigger role in ecology than anyone…

Researchers have transplanted engineered pancreatic beta cells into diabetic mice, then caused the cells to…

Researchers have developed a new printer that produces digital 3D holograms with an unprecedented level…

For the first time, researchers found evidence of the ornamental uses of eagle talons in…

Scientists have new experimental evidence and a predictive theory that solves a long-standing materials science…

Researchers analyzed the genomes of 20 butterfly species and found evidence that many butterflies —…

Researchers used a rotary evaporator to coax non-chiral molecules to form supermolecules of a specific…

Humans are known to be genetically similar to our primate relatives. But major differences can…

Biologists modeled how a chimeric Frog virus 3 (FV3)-like ranavirus, also known as RCV-Z2, could…

Research combining future climate conditions and arsenic-induced soil stresses predicts rice yields could decline about…

Study shows measles wipes out 20 to 50% of antibodies against an array of viruses…

A phase three clinical trial determined that a 3-drug combination improved lung function and reduced…

A new study illustrates that the brain’s cerebrospinal fluid pulses during sleep, and that these…

Cellular machines that control chromosome structure, such as the RSC complex, are mutated in about…

Paleontologists have used modern tools to identify the origins of a few fragments of teeth…

Little is known about the molecular and cellular events that occur during early embryonic development…

During embryonic development, nerve cells form thin, long extensions, which they use to wire up…

Vampire bats that share food and groom each other in captivity are more likely to…

Abundant dinosaur footprints in Alaska reveal that high-latitude hadrosaurs preferred tidally influenced habitats. Read Original…

Buried alongside the famous Ötzi the Iceman are at least 75 species of bryophytes —…

As planetary systems evolve, gravitational interactions between planets can fling some of them into eccentric…

Malaria is one of the most threatening infectious diseases in the world. An international team…

Shore crabs carry parasites that pose a major threat to shellfish stocks. In a new…

When the best tool for the job isn’t good enough, engineers figure out how to…

A group of researchers combined their expertise in probiotics and bee biology to supplement honey…

Cumulative environmental exposures affect rural and urban populations differently when it comes to diabetes risk….