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Under pressure: Extreme atmosphere stripping may limit exoplanets’ habitability
This is an artist's impression of HD189733b, showing the planet's atmosphere being stripped by the radiation from its parent star.
Credit: Ron Miller
New models of...
Dinosaurs’ loss was frogs’ gain: The upside of a mass extinction
The frog Hyla sanchiangensis from eastern China is a descendant of one of three lineages (Hyloidea) that made it through Earth's last mass extinction...
Scientists make waves with black hole research: Water bath simulation
Analogue black hole machine is pictured.
Credit: The University of Nottingham
Scientists at the University of Nottingham have made a significant leap forward in understanding the...
Promising new therapeutic approach for debilitating bone disease
This image shows a non-diseased bone and myeloma bones before and after anti-sclerostin treatment.
Credit: Dr Michelle McDonald
An Australian-led research team has demonstrated a new...
Parents struggle with choosing allergy medicine for their children
Who parents say they receive allergy advice from.
Credit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health
Tulips, songbirds and itchy little eyes -- all...
Bioengineers’ sweat sensor monitors glucose
Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have designed a wearable, flexible biosensor that can reliably detect and quantify glucose from very small...
Ancient South Carolina whale yields secrets to filter feeding’s origins
This photograph shows Coronodon havensteini teeth.
Credit: Geisler et al.
The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived. And yet they feed almost...
Bioengineers create more durable, versatile wearable for diabetes monitoring
Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have developed a wearable diagnostic biosensor that can detect three interconnected, diabetes-related compounds -- cortisol, glucose...
Surprisingly exact timing of voluntary movements
Dan-Anders Jirenhed and Anders Rasmussen.
Credit: Image courtesy of Lund University
Almost everything we do -- walking, talking, or drinking coffee -- is completely dependent on...
Birds become immune to influenza
Pair of mallards. (Stock image)
Credit: © JRJfin / Fotolia
An influenza infection in birds gives a good protection against other subtypes of the virus, like...
Ancient Swiss reptile shows its bizarre scale armor for the first time
Reconstruction of Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi.
Credit: Beat Scheffold, Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich
Grisons, 241 million years ago -- Instead of amidst high mountains, a...
