Human footprint surprisingly outpaced by population and economic growth
The global impact of human activities on the natural environment is extensive, but those impacts are expanding at a slower rate than the rate...
How melanoma spreads to other organs in the body
In a landmark discovery, researchers at Tel Aviv University have unraveled the metastatic mechanism of melanoma, the most aggressive of all skin cancers.
According to...
Music at work increases cooperation, teamwork
Cornell University researchers found that music can have important effects on the cooperative spirits of those exposed to music. Credit: Cornell University
From casual acoustic...
Time of day influences our susceptibility to infection, study finds
We are more susceptible to infection at certain times of the day as our body clock affects the ability of viruses to replicate and...
Programmable network routers
“You need to have the ability for researchers and engineers to try out thousands of ideas,” says Hari Balakrishnan, the Fujitsu Professor in Electrical...
New tiny species of extinct Australian marsupial lion named after Sir David Attenborough
Reconstruction by palaeoartist Peter Schouten of Microleo attenboroughi prowling along the branches of rainforest trees in search of prey. Credit: Peter Schouten
The fossil remains...
‘Cyclops’ beetles hint at solution to ‘chicken-and-egg’ problem in novel trait evolution
Heads of horned and cyclopic beetles of the genus Onthophagus are shown. After knocking out the gene otd1, the cyclopic beetle (right) lost the...
Ancient air pockets changing the history of Earth’s oxygen
Microscopic view of halite (i.e. salt) with cubic fluid inclusions containing trapped ancient water and air.Credit: Kathleen Benison
Ancient air trapped in rock salt for...
New study shows LSD’s effects on language
The consumption of LSD, short for lysergic acid diethylamide, can produce altered states of consciousness. This can lead to a loss of boundaries between...
Bubble-wrapped sponge creates steam using sunlight
MIT graduate student George Ni holds a bubble-wrapped, sponge-like device that soaks up natural sunlight and heats water to boiling temperatures, generating steam through...
Antibiotic treatment increased risk for type 1 diabetes in animal study
This image is graph of the relationships between groups of bacterial species called OTUs found to occur together in mice either treated with antibiotics...
