Study unveils new way to starve tumors to death
For decades, scientists have tried to halt cancer by blocking nutrients from reaching tumor cells, in essence starving tumor cells of the fuel needed...
Bursts of methane may have warmed early Mars
SEAS researchers suggest that early Mars may have been warmed intermittently by a powerful greenhouse effect, possibly explaining water on the planet's surface billions...
A brain wide chemical signal that enhances memory
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How does heightened attention improve our mental capacity? This is the question tackled by new research published today in the journal Cell...
Mindfulness meditation training lowers biomarkers of stress response in anxiety disorder
The researchers found that anxiety disorder patients had sharply reduced stress-hormone and inflammatory responses to a stressful situation after taking a mindfulness meditation course....
Using sunlight to activate the flow of electrical current in a new material
Structural diagram showing electron hopping from an Fe2+ ion at an octahedral (B) site to an Fe3+ ion at a tetrahedral (A) site in...
Cookware made with scrap metal contaminates food
Lead and other metals leach from cookware during cooking.Credit: Occupational Knowledge International
Study across 10 countries warns of lead and other toxic metals
Aluminum cookware made...
From tiny phytoplankton to massive tuna: how climate change will affect energy flows in...
Phytoplankton bloom in the Barents Sea captured August 14, 2011.Credit: NASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, CC BY 2.0
Phytoplankton are the foundation of ocean...
Scientists create first stable semisynthetic organism
Professor Floyd Romesberg (right) and Graduate Student Yorke Zhang led the new study at The Scripps Research Institute, along with Brian Lamb (not pictured)....
A new principle for epigenetic changes discovered
In a new study, researchers at Uppsala University have found evidence of a new principle for how epigenetic changes can occur. The principle is...
Climate change altered the natural selection – collared flycatcher’s large forehead patch no longer...
Credit: Uppsala universitet
In a new study, researchers at Uppsala University have found evidence of that climate change upends selection of face characteristics in the...
Fossilised tree and ice cores help date huge volcanic eruption 1,000 years ago to...
Changbaishan volcanic crater. Credit: Clive Oppenheimer
An international team of researchers has managed to pinpoint, to within three months, a medieval volcanic eruption in east...
