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Mapping the ‘dark matter’ of human DNA
This is a detail of a representation of a DNA variants map.Credit: Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12989)
Although our knowledge of the human DNA is extensive,...
Methane muted: How did early Earth stay warm?
An artist's depiction of an ice-covered planet in a distant solar system resembles what the early Earth might have looked like if a mysterious...
Study challenges idea of mandatory water intake
A multi-institute study led by Monash University has revealed for the first time the mechanism that regulates fluid intake in the human body and...
Computer experts identify 14 themes of creativity
The elusive and complex components of creativity was identified by computer experts. Credit: Anna Jordanous
The elusive and complex components of creativity have been identified...
Using Oxygen as a Tracer of Galactic Evolution
Artist’s view of star formation in the early Universe. Credit: Adolf Schaller/STScI
A new study led by University of California, Riverside astronomers casts light on...
Team simulates a magnetar to seek dark matter particle
ABRACADABRA (A Broadband/Resonant Approach to Cosmic Axion Detection with an Amplifying B-field Ring Apparatus), consists of a series of magnetic coils, wound in the...
Hubble detects giant ‘cannonballs’ shooting from star
This four-panel graphic illustrates how the binary-star system V Hydrae is launching balls of plasma into space.Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI)
Great balls...
Smallest. Transistor. Ever.
Schematic of a transistor with a molybdenum disulfide channel and 1-nanometer carbon nanotube gate.Credit: Sujay Desai/UC Berkeley
For more than a decade, engineers have been...
X-ray Telescopes Find Evidence for Wandering Black Hole
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/UNH/D.Lin et al; Optical: NASA/STScI
Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory to discover an extremely luminous, variable...
Eating your greens could enhance sport performance
Nitrate supplementation in conjunction with Sprint Interval Training in low oxygen conditions could enhance sport performance a study has found.
Researchers from the University of...
Being kind to others does make you ‘slightly happier’
Being kind to others causes a small but significant improvement in subjective well-being.Credit: © katerha / Flickr
Researchers conclude that being kind to others causes...
