‘Holy grail’ of breast cancer prevention in high-risk women may be in sight
A potential new strategy to prevent breast cancer in women carrying a faulty BRCA1 gene has been discovered by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute...
Newborn giant planet grazes its star
The youngest known hot Jupiter, detected around the star in formation V830 Tau, travels through the star's magnetic web (white and blue lines), making...
E-cigarette use can alter hundreds of genes involved in airway immune defense
When we smoke cigarettes, dozens of genes important for immune defense are altered in the epithelial cells that line the respiratory tract. Now scientists...
Lionfish: Venomous, Invasive Species May Be Spreading in Mediterranean, Conservation Group Says
A lionfish in a fish tank in Havana, Cuba, on June 2, 2016.(Credit: AFP Photo/Yamil Lage)
The lionfish, a tropical creature with poisonous barbs and...
How early mammals evolved night vision to avoid predators
This image shows cone photoreceptors (green) in a slice from a mouse retina. A majority of the photoreceptors (97%) in the retina are rods...
Scientists glimpse why life can’t happen without water
A new study is a "major step forward" in the understanding of water-protein interactions. It answers a question that's been dogging research into protein...
Researchers find Highland East Asian origin for prehistoric Himalayan populations
Prehistoric Himalayan settlements are remote and only accessible today by horse and on foot.Credit: University of Oklahoma
In a collaborative study by the University of...
Has incidence of Parkinson’s disease increased over past 30 years?
Credit: Mayo Clinic
The incidence of Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism increased significantly in 30 years from 1976 to 2005, Mayo Clinic researchers reported today in...
Tailored DNA shifts electrons into the ‘fast lane’
Each ribboning strand of DNA in our bodies is built from stacks of four molecular bases, shown here as blocks of yellow, green, blue...
‘Space tsunami’ causes the third Van Allen Belt
An illustration to explain the dynamics of the ultra-relativistic third Van Allen radiation belt, by Andy Kale. Credit: Andy Kale
Earth's magnetosphere, the region of...
Immune system linked to lower heart attack risk, suggests study
Measuring antibody levels in the blood could be used to detect a person's heart attack risk after researchers, part-funded by the British Heart Foundation...
