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Unsafe levels of toxic chemicals found in drinking water for six million Americans
Image Credit: © Steve Johnson/Flickr
Levels of a widely used class of industrial chemicals linked with cancer and other health problems -- polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl...
Gene signature in healthy brains pinpoints the origins of Alzheimer’s disease
In healthy tissues, a gene expression signature associated with amyloid-beta and tau aggregation echoes the progression of AD well before the onset of the...
Cassini Finds Flooded Canyons on Titan
NASA's Cassini spacecraft pinged the surface of Titan with microwaves, finding that some channels are deep, steep-sided canyons filled with liquid hydrocarbons. One such...
Galápagos faces first-ever bird extinction
This is an adult male Galápagos Vermilion Flycatcher on Isabela Island, Galápagos. This species of Vermilion Flycatcher is not extinct, unlike its close relative,...
Loophole for cancer cells found
Many cancers only become a mortal danger if they form metastases elsewhere in the body. Such secondary tumours are formed when individual cells break...
Study provides details of possible link between Zika, severe joint condition at birth
A study published by The BMJ provides more details of an association between Zika virus infection in the womb and a condition known as...
Warmer climate could lower dengue risk
Health researchers predict that the transmission of dengue could decrease in a future warmer climate, countering previous projections that climate change would cause the...
Specialized life forms abound at Arctic methane seeps
This image shows a chemosymbiotic worm (Siboglinidae) from Bjørnøyrenna crater field. The siboglinids are dependent on microbes for their nutrition. This successful symbiosis relies...
Two become one: How to turn green light blue
Photon upconversion: Energy transfer between the molecules is based on electron exchange (Dexter electron transfer).Credit: Illustration: Michael Oldenburg
The upconversion of photons allows for a...
Reduced activity of an important enzyme identified among suicidal patients
It is known that people who have attempted suicide have ongoing inflammation in their blood and spinal fluid. Now, a collaborative study from research...
Want a better memory? Try eating a Mediterranean diet
The Mediterranean diet can improve your mind, as well your heart, shows a new study.Credit: © mealmakeovermoms / Flickr
Eating a Mediterranean diet can...
