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Tracking the birth of a ‘super-earth’
This is an artist’s impression of a young star surrounded by a protoplanetary disk in which planets (not shown to scale) are forming.
Credit: Illustration:...
Type 1 diabetes risk linked to intestinal viruses
Herbert “Skip” Virgin IV, MD, PhD, talks with postdoctoral researcher Dale Balce, PhD. Virgin led a study linking intestinal viruses to the development of...
Eye microbiome trains immune cells to fend off pathogens in mice
C. mast is a commensal bacterium living on the surface of the eye.
Credit: Rachel Caspi and Anthony St. Leger
Bugs in your eyes may be...
Generous people live happier lives
Generosity makes people happier, even if they are only a little generous, suggests new research.
Credit: © MG / Fotolia
Generosity makes people happier, even if...
Sea spiders move oxygen with pumping guts (not hearts)
This is a photograph of a sea spider.
Credit: Timothy R. Dwyer (PolarTREC 2016), Courtesy of ARCUS
To keep blood and oxygen flowing throughout their bodies,...
Using motion of the ocean to bring fresh water to coastal communities
Tim Koehler, a Sandia National Laboratories mechanical engineer, is using computational fluid dynamics modeling to help the Santa Fe, New Mexico, company Atmocean with...
Falling sea level caused volcanoes to overflow
Model of an island volcano. During the last transition to glacial conditions the decreasing pressure at the seafloor could have induced increased lava- and...
Prelude to global extinction: Human impact on Earth’s animals
Tropical forest logging has contributed to population declines in many animals, including the Bornean gibbon, known for its whooping call.
Credit: Gerardo Ceballos
No bells tolled...
Easter Island not victim of ‘ecocide,’ analysis of remains shows
Lipo and a team of researchers analyzed human, faunal and botanical remains from the archaeological sites Anakena and Ahu Tepeu on Rapa Nui, dating...
Brain training has no effect on decision-making or cognitive function, researchers report
Brain activity during decision making.
Credit: Penn Medicine
During the last decade, commercial brain-training programs have risen in popularity, offering people the hope of improving their...
Sleep, Alzheimer’s link explained
Research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Radboud University Medical Centre in the Netherlands, and Stanford University shows that disrupting just...
