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Anomalous grooves on Martian moon Phobos explained by impacts
In this spacecraft image of Phobos, red arrows indicate a chain of small craters whose origin researchers were able to trace back to a...
Vitamin C may boost effectiveness of acute myeloid leukemia treatment
A simple adjustment to patients' therapeutic regimen may improve the effectiveness of the standard epigenetic treatment for myeloid dysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute myeloid...
Plants found to regulate leaf temperature to boost carbon uptake
The thermal traits of a leaf, critical for photosynthesis, may be under strong evolutionary selection that occurs in response to environmental temperatures. Here a...
The rise and fall of galaxy formation
A comparison of visualizing galaxies with and without ZFOURGE. Credit: Texas A&M University
An international team of astronomers, including Carnegie’s Eric Persson, has charted the...
Single women with personal wealth more likely to become entrepreneurs than men
A new economic study by the University of Stirling and Royal Holloway, University of London has found evidence that there is a big difference...
Psychopaths feel fear but see no danger
Researchers from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Radboud University Nijmegen found proof that psychopathic individuals can feel fear, but have trouble in the automatic detection...
Researchers unravel process for the formation of rainstorms
So-called 'convective' clouds are formed when there is a significant warming of the surface and a sufficient amount of moisture.Credit: J. O. Haerter
Violent thunderstorms...
Super cement’s secret
Electron anions (center green blob) pair up in the center of molecular cages and lower the temperature at which glass forms in C12A7 electride.Credit:...
Ancient dental plaque sheds new light on the diet of Mesolithic foragers in the...
Recovery of human remains at Vlasac, Serbia.Credit: Dušan Boric
The study of dental calculus from Late Mesolithic individuals from the site of Vlasac in the...
Amputees’ brains remember missing hands even years later
This is a hand showing the colours used in the brain maps: 1-5: thumb (red); index (yellow); middle (green); ring (blue) and little finger...
Proxima b is in host star’s habitable zone, but could it really be habitable?
Artist's impression of the planet orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri.Credit: ESO
The world's attention is now on Proxima Centauri b, a possibly Earth-like...
