Vaccinating against dengue may increase Zika outbreaks
Vaccinating against dengue fever could increase outbreaks of Zika, suggests new research. Credit: Flickr/unicefethiopia
Vaccinating against dengue fever could increase outbreaks of Zika, suggests new...
Nanobionic spinach plants can detect explosives
By embedding spinach leaves with carbon nanotubes, MIT engineers have transformed spinach plants into sensors that can detect explosives and wirelessly relay that information...
Hypervariable Galactic Nuclei
A photo of the PanSTARRS (Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System) telescope in Hawaii. Astronomers have used a sky survey from this facility...
Want to exercise more? Get yourself some competition
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New research finds that competition pushes people to exercise far better than friendly support
Imagine you're a CEO trying to get your employees...
Colorado River’s dead clams tell tales of carbon emission
At the Colorado River delta, cheniers of dead clam shells epitomize the carbon dioxide being added to the atmosphere upstream.Credit: Jansen Smith/Provided
Scientists have begun...
Physicists induce superconductivity in non-superconducting materials
Researchers at the University of Houston have reported a new method for inducing superconductivity in non-superconducting materials, demonstrating a concept proposed decades ago but...
Acupuncture lowers hypertension by activating opioids, study finds
Researchers have identified the molecular mechanism behind electroacupunture’s blood pressure-lowering benefits.
Credit: Chris Nugent / UCI
Researchers with the UCI Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine...
This new technology could prevent a leading cause of death
What do Casey Kasem, Christopher Reeve and Muhammad Ali have in common? They all died of sepsis: a rapid, potentially deadly reaction that affects...
Wild cat brains: An evolutionary curveball
The cheetah is social, like primates, yet unlike primates its frontal lobe is relatively small. Why? It may be a consequence of its unusual...
Research into extreme weather effects may explain recent butterfly decline
While it is well known that changes to the mean climate can affect ecosystems, little is known about the impact of short-term extreme climatic...
Mystery solved behind birth of Saturn’s rings
Left: Image of Saturn's rings taken by the Cassini spacecraft. Right: Image of Uranus' rings taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.Credit: NASA/JPL/STScI
A team of...
