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A mystery of form and structure: Untangling the Landscape of China’s Tarim Basin
The 160-square-foot stream table was designed to progressively “grow” a mechanically driven fold across which small “rivers” flowed, causing erosion.Credit: Image courtesy of University...
How long do you want to live? Your expectations for old age matter
Why do some people want to live a very long time, while others would prefer to die relatively young? In a latest study, a...
35 years on, Voyager’s legacy continues at Saturn
Up-close views from the Voyagers, like this one from Voyager 2, showed Saturn and its rings as never before.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Saturn, with its alluring rings...
Planet found in habitable zone around nearest star
This artist's impression shows a view of the surface of the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star...
Diets avoiding dry-cooked foods can protect against diabetes, say researchers
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Simple changes in how we cook could go a long way towards preventing diabetes, say researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at...
Is a messed-up microbiome linked to obesity? New study casts doubt
For people with weight problems, news headlines in recent years may have brought relief, as researchers studying the microscopic creatures inside our bodies reported...
Arctic gives clues on worst mass extinction of life
After an extreme global warming 252 million years ago, a severe mass extinction of life took place on Earth. A new study in the...
Analog DNA circuit does math in a test tube
Often described as the blueprint of life, DNA contains the instructions for making every living thing from a human to a house fly.
But in...
Brain damages caused by Zika virus congenital infection go beyond microcephaly
A recent study published by Brazilian researchers from the D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Institute...
Standing Desks Lead To Improved BMI In Children
In a landmark Texas A&M study, desks that encourage elementary school-age children to stand during class are shown to cut down on obesity and...
Drinking green tea to prevent artery explosion: Polyphenol intake reduces abdominal aneurysm expansion in...
Abdominal aortic aneurysm develop less frequently in rats that drank green tea polyphenol, says new research by a Kyoto University team. Without treatment, abdominal...
