Warmer climate could lower dengue risk
Health researchers predict that the transmission of dengue could decrease in a future warmer climate, countering previous projections that climate change would cause the...
Specialized life forms abound at Arctic methane seeps
This image shows a chemosymbiotic worm (Siboglinidae) from Bjørnøyrenna crater field. The siboglinids are dependent on microbes for their nutrition. This successful symbiosis relies...
Two become one: How to turn green light blue
Photon upconversion: Energy transfer between the molecules is based on electron exchange (Dexter electron transfer).Credit: Illustration: Michael Oldenburg
The upconversion of photons allows for a...
Reduced activity of an important enzyme identified among suicidal patients
It is known that people who have attempted suicide have ongoing inflammation in their blood and spinal fluid. Now, a collaborative study from research...
Want a better memory? Try eating a Mediterranean diet
The Mediterranean diet can improve your mind, as well your heart, shows a new study.Credit: © mealmakeovermoms / Flickr
Eating a Mediterranean diet can...
Climate change already accelerating sea level rise, study finds
The caldera of Mount Pinatubo on June 22, 1991. Credit: Courtesy of USGS.
Greenhouse gases are already having an accelerating effect on sea level rise,...
Many more species at risk from Southeast Asia tree plantations, study finds
The Eastern hoolock gibbon is an IUCN-listed endemic species threatened by the spread of tree plantations in Southeast Asia. A new study identifies hundreds...
NASA’s new High Dynamic Range Camera Records Rocket Test
While thousands turned out to watch NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) recently complete a full-scale test of its booster, few were aware of the...
Researchers find brain’s ‘physics engine’
The location of the 'physics engine' in the brain is highlighted in color in this illustration.Credit: Jason Fischer/JHU
Whether or not they aced the subject...
In search of neurobiological factors for schizophrenia
Location of the hippocampus in the human brain: sagittal and axial view (from left to right) of the hippocampus (yellow) in an MRI.Credit: ©...
Stem cells of worms, humans more similar than expected
Planarians possess remarkable ability to regenerate any lost body part. Here, a planarian (top) cut into several pieces (middle) regenerates new worms from every...
