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Relationships with family members, but not friends, decrease likelihood of death
For older adults, having more or closer family members in one's social network decreases his or her likelihood of death, but having a larger...
Eye test may detect Parkinson’s before symptoms appear
A new low-cost and non-invasive eye test could detect Parkinson’s disease before symptoms including tremors and muscle stiffness develop, according to new research in...
A new Goldilocks for habitable planets
(Illustration by Michael S. Helfenbein / Yale University)
The search for habitable, alien worlds needs to make room for a second “Goldilocks,” according to a...
Scientists have created a ceramic, resistant to extreme temperatures
Physicists and technicians of the TSU and Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science SB RAS are developing experimental samples of ceramics that are...
From pollution to caffeine intake: Researcher reveals dementia risks
Dementia strikes one in 14 people in the UK over 65, and 47 million people worldwide.Yet scientists are still urgently trying to find why...
Europe’s oldest known living inhabitant
Adonis, a Bosinan pine, more than 1,075 years old, living in the alpine forests of the Pindos mountains in northern Greece.Credit: Dr. Oliver Konter,...
Ethnicity of women undergoing fertility treatment can affect outcomes, study finds
The ethnicity of women undergoing fertility treatments like IVF can affect the rate of successful live births, according to new research by experts at...
2014 Napa earthquake continued to creep, weeks after main shock
Michael Floyd, a research scientist in MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, says that in developing seismic hazard assessments, it’s important to...
Maternal language shapes infants’ cry melodies
The crying of neonates exhibits characteristic melodic patterns influenced typically by their mothers' language.Credit: © kaseymarcum / Flickr
The very first cry of neonates is...
Pacific sea level predicts global temperature changes
The Jason series of US/European satellites can measure the height of the ocean surface.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The amount of sea level rise in the Pacific Ocean...
Paleontologists discover major T. rex fossil
Paleontologists prepare to remove a Tyrannosaurus rex skull from a fossil dig site in northern Montana and transport it to the Burke Museum at...
