New horned dinosaur species with ‘spiked shield’
Artist illustration by Mike Skrepnick of Spiclypeus shipporum, a newly described genus and species of horned dinosaur. Here, the dinosaur roams across a floodplain...
Scientists predict extensive ice loss from huge Antarctic glacier
This is a picture of the Totten Glacier front. Credit: Esmee van Wijk/Australian Antarctic Division
Current rates of climate change could trigger instability in a...
Stellar cannibalism transforms star into brown dwarf
White dwarf (right) stripping mass from the brown dwarf. Credit: Rene Breton, University of Manchester.
Astronomers have detected a sub-stellar object that used to be...
Researchers shed light on pathway from virus to brain disease
Why people on immunosuppressant drugs for autoimmune conditions have a higher incidence of an often-fatal brain disease may be linked to a mutation in...
HIV: Identification of receptors in patients spontaneously controlling infection
HIV virus particles.Credit: © Institut Pasteur, Charles Dauguet
A small number of patients infected by HIV spontaneously control viral replication without antiretroviral therapy, and do...
New study evaluates nicotine’s relationship to body weight, food intake
A study published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research demonstrates in a carefully controlled series of studies that the self-administration of nicotine by rats suppresses body...
Milestone in solar cell efficiency achieved
A 2-D diagram of how the prism spectrum splitter mini-module works.Credit: Rob Largent/UNSW
A new solar cell configuration developed by engineers at the University of...
Scientists discover Antarctic sponge extract can help kill MRSA
This is Dendrilla membranosa, near Palmer Station, Antarctica. Credit: Bill Baker
A serious and sometimes fatal bacterial infection, known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), may...
Kids who text and watch TV simultaneously likely to underperform at school
The more time teenagers spend splitting their attention between various devices such as their phones, video games or TV, the lower their test scores...
Can plastic program your baby to be obese? Chemical used in food processing
BBP is not used in food preparation, but it is used in the conveyor belts and plastic fittings on machines used to process many...
Squeezing out mountains, mathematically, on Jupiter’s moon Io
A thrust fault rips to the surface of a numerical Io. As it breaches the surface, it pulls on the overhanging crustal block (to...
