Leftover warm water in Pacific Ocean fueled massive El Niño
This is a comparison of the 2015 and 1997 El Niños, two of the strongest on record, in October of each respective year. Observations...
Early Earth’s air weighed less than half of today’s atmosphere
The layers on this 2.7 billion-year-old rock, a stromatolite from Western Australia, show evidence of single-celled, photosynthetic life on the shore of a large...
Infants swaddling for sleep associated with sudden infant death syndrome
The risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) appears to increase when infants are swaddled while sleeping on their stomachs or sides, new research...
Intense wind found in the neighborhood of a black hole
an artistic view of the accretion disc surrounding the black hole V404 Cygni, where the intense wind detected by GTC becomes evident. Credit: Gabriel...
Experimental therapy halts treatment-resistant brain tumors in mouse model
In this microscopic image, brain cells from adult mice are shown expressing the protein Olig2 (shown in red). Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical...
Flying Observatory Detects Atomic Oxygen in Martian Atmosphere
SOFIA/GREAT spectrum of oxygen superimposed on an image of Mars from the MAVEN mission. The amount of atomic oxygen computed from this SOFIA...
‘Second skin’: New material temporarily tightens skin
"Second skin" polymer could also be used to protect dry skin and deliver drugs.
Credit: Melanie Gonick/MIT; Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives license
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Wolverine: Researchers From 4 Western States to Collaborate for Study on Animal Species
This undated file photo shows a wolverine in Montana's Glacier National Park. Researchers are working on a plan to study wolverines in four Rocky...
Antibody appears to attack cancer cells, leaving other cells unscathed
A research team from Duke Health has developed an antibody from the body's own immune system that preferentially attacks cancer cells. The antibody works...
Scientists cite evidence that mosasaurs were warm-blooded
Mosasaur skeleton, UW Biology Building. Credit: © Alexandra MacKenzie / Flickr
Mosasaurs -- an extinct group of aquatic reptiles that thrived during the Late Cretaceous...
‘Hammerhead’ creature was world’s first plant-eating marine reptile
A fossil of Atopodenatus unicus is alongside a reconstruction showing what it would have looked like in life.Credit: © Nick Fraser
In 2014, scientists discovered...
