New Pathology Atlas maps genes in cancer to accelerate progress in personalized medicine
The JDP2 gene, encoding a transcription factor protein, is a prognostic marker with unfavorable outcome in colon adenocarcinoma.
Credit: Human Protein Atlas
A new Pathology Atlas...
No guts no glory: Harvesting the microbiome of athletes
Marathon runners.
Credit: © pavel1964 / Fotolia
Elite athletes work hard to excel in sports, but they may also get a natural edge from the bacteria...
Cosmic Velocity Web Redefined
The cosmic velocity web is represented by surfaces of knots in red and surfaces of filaments in gray. The black lines with arrows illustrate...
Highly evolved bacteria found near hydrothermal vents: Iron-oxidizing bacteria found along Mid-Atlantic Ridge
This is an iron-oxidizing microbial mat at the Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse hydrothermal vent field collected using a novel, syringe-based sampler deploy from the ROV Jason...
Challenging prevailing theory about how deep-sea vents are colonized
Deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Pescadero Basin emit scalding liquids that form light-colored carbonate spires. These vents have been colonized by the largest and...
Language learning begins in utero, study finds; Newborn memories of oohs and ahs heard...
Babies only hours old are able to differentiate between sounds from their native language and a foreign language, scientists have discovered. The study indicates...
Tau ceti: The next Earth? Probably not
How would an alien world like this look? That's the question that ASU undergraduate art major Joshua Gonzalez attempted to answer. He worked with...
Evidence of asteroid belt around Vega
This artist's concept illustrates an asteroid belt around the bright star Vega.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around...
Communicating in a foreign language takes emotion out of decision-making
Train.
Credit: © Denis Tabler / Fotolia
If you could save the lives of five people by pushing another bystander in front of a train to...
Four Earth-sized planets detected orbiting the nearest sun-like star
This illustration compares the four planets detected around the nearby star tau Ceti (top) and the inner planets of our solar system (bottom).
Credit: Illustration...
Astrophysicists predict Earth-like planet in star system only 16 light years away
This is the GJ832 system.
Credit: Suman Satyal
Astrophysicists at the University of Texas at Arlington have predicted that an Earth-like planet may be lurking in...
