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What’s happening beneath Greenland?
Sarqardliup glacier, west Greenland. Photo: Shfaqat Abbas Khan
A new study on the Greenland Ice Sheet provides valuable insight on climate change, using unique research...
Tattoo therapy could ease chronic disease
Polyethylene glycol-hydrophilic carbon clusters developed at Rice University were shown to be selectively taken up by T cells, which inhibits their function, in tests...
Caspian terns discovered nesting 1,000 miles farther to the north than ever recorded in...
Caspian tern chick.Credit: Kevin Rodriguez-WCS
WCS reported today that in the late summer of 2016, a WCS field team led by Dr. Trevor Haynes monitored...
Clichés about nations govern our actions
How people of different nationalities work together depends on their preconceptions.Image credit: ©stemonx/Flickr
Germans arrive at every appointment 5 hours before the scheduled time, all...
Landmark Map Reveals the Genetic Wiring of Cellular Life
Credit: University of Toronto
The new map breaks away from the old way of studying genes one at a time, showing how genes interact in...
Sharpshooting nanoparticles hit the target
A nanoparticle-based drug delivery system that can sense and respond to different conditions in the body, as well as to an externally applied magnetic...
New ALS discovery: Scientists reverse protein clumping involved in neurodegenerative conditions
In the quest to understand the driving forces behind neurodegenerative diseases, researchers in recent years have zeroed in on clumps of malfunctioning proteins thought...
Different tree species use the same genes to adapt to climate change, researchers find
An international research team from six universities, including Virginia Tech, works to better understand how trees -- one of Earth's most vital renewable resources...
SLAC’s X-ray Laser Glimpses How Electrons Dance with Atomic Nuclei in Materials
An illustration shows how laser light excites electrons (white spheres) in a solid material, creating vibrations in its lattice of atomic nuclei (black and...
Researchers reveal details about the unique feeding habits of whales
Researchers from Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station attach devices that enable them to watch a whale's behavior as though they were riding on the animal's...
ALMA Explores the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
International teams of astronomers have used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to explore the distant corner of the Universe first revealed in the...
