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How workplace stress contributes to cardiovascular disease
University of California, Irvine and SUNY Downstate Medical Center researchers have created a model illustrating how economic globalization may create stressful employment factors in...
Origin of minor planets’ rings revealed
Visualization of Chariklo and its rings ( left; ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornmesser/Nick Risinger). Visualization of the rings as seen from Chariklo's surface (right ESO).Credit: ESO/L....
Zika found in eye fluid in study
The Zika virus has been found in fluid around the eyes of some patients, shedding new light on how the virus affects healthy adults,...
Stanford research shows how wave dynamics and water flows affect coral reefs
Research by Stanford scholars offers new insight into how climate change will affect reefs. Credit: Flickr/usfwspacific
Understanding what aids or degrades these sensitive ecosystems can...
New research offers ‘critical insights’ for treating, preventing Alzheimer’s disease
New research led by Northeastern University suggests that Alzheimer’s disease may not progress like falling dominoes, as conventional wisdom holds, with one molecular event...
Hebridean rock provides clue to life on Mars
On Mars there are ‘Marsquakes’ which may produce hydrogen in the same way as on Earth.Credit: University of Aberdeen
Analysis of rocks in the Outer...
Astronomers capture best view ever of disintegrating comet
The comet breaks apart: This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the ancient comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami disintegrating as it approaches the sun. The observations represent...
For first time, individual atoms seen keeping away from each other or bunching up...
"Learning from this model, we can understand what's really going on in these superconductors, and what one should do to make higher-temperature superconductors, approaching...
Seven-year study pays off with ‘most detailed’ picture of head and neck cancer stem...
Cancer stem cells resist therapy and are a major cause of relapse, long after the bulk of a tumor has been killed. A University...
Yes, computing genetic ancestors is super accurate
Ryan Randall (R) and Caelan Radford hold up cultures of lab bacteria with mutated proteins fluorescing in various colors.Credit: Georgia Tech / Rob Felt
Remnants...
Echoes of black holes eating stars discovered
This illustration shows a glowing stream of material from a star as it is being devoured by a supermassive black hole in a tidal...
