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Moderate activity helps older adults maintain mobility and independence
By adopting a walking routine and other moderate physical activities, older adults can recover from a major disability more quickly, and maintain their independence...
How to be a male without the Y chromosome
Chromosomal location of the sex-related gene AMH (arrowheads) in male T. osimensis. Chromosomes are double-stained with different fluorescent substances (red and blue) for the...
Scientists find lethal vulnerability in treatment-resistant lung cancer
Researchers working in four labs at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found a chink in a so-called "undruggable" lung cancer's armor – and located...
Caffeine-based compounds show promise against Parkinson’s disease
A team of researchers from the University of Saskatchewan has developed two caffeine-based chemical compounds that show promise in preventing the ravages of Parkinson's...
Rubidium pushes perovskite solar cells to 21.6% efficiency
A cross-section of a perovskite solar cell seen through a scanning electron microscope. Credit: M.Grätzel/EPFL
EPFL scientists have stabilized perovskite solar cells by integrating rubidium...
NASA’s Fermi Finds Record-breaking Binary in Galaxy Next Door
Observations from Fermi's Large Area Telescope (magenta line) show that gamma rays from LMC P3 rise and fall over the course of 10.3 days....
SwRI’s Alice spectrograph completes ESA mission to comet 67P
The SwRI-developed Alice ultraviolet spectrograph, shown here during final integration, collected more than 70,000 spectra during a 2-year mission orbiting comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The instrument...
Food additive key to environmentally friendly, efficient, plastic solar cells
Schematic illustration and chemical structure of semi-printed plastic solar cells in air, using food additive o-MA as solvent.Credit: Long Ye, NC State
Researchers from North...
New technique for finding weakness in Earth’s crust
Geodynamic modelling relies on knowing the ‘viscosity’ or resistance to changing shape of Earth’s outer layers.Credit: Jiashun Hu, University of Illinois
Scientists have developed a...
Spiral arms in protoplanetary disk: They’re not just for galaxies any more
Thermal dust emission from the protoplanetary disk surrounding the young star Elias 2-27 clearly shows a spiral structure.Credit: B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); L....
Curiosity finds evidence of Mars crust contributing to atmosphere
Processes in Mars' surface material can explain why particular xenon (Xe) and krypton (Kr) isotopes are more abundant in the Martian atmosphere than expected,...
