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Record new renewable power capacity added worldwide at lower cost
Investment in renewables capacity was roughly double that in fossil fuel generation in 2016 say researchers. (Stock image)
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As the cost...
Neuroscientists identify brain circuit necessary for memory formation
An MIT study of the neural circuits that underlie memory process reveals, for the first time, that memories are formed simultaneously in the hippocampus...
Modified virus as ‘Trojan Horse’ for delivering genes to repair congenital hearing loss
Degenerating hair cells in the inner ear can be made to function again, suggests a new report.
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There are more than...
Prehistoric alpine farming in the Bernese Oberland
Lake Iffig (Iffigensee) above Lenk in the Bernese Oberland. The analysis of sediment cores allowed for the local vegetation history to be reconstructed.
Credit: Christoph...
Monoclonal antibody cures marburg infection in monkeys
This is a colorized electron micrograph of the Marburg virus.
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Tom Geisbert, University of Texas Medical Branch
Scientists funded by the National...
Married couples with common ancestry also share similar genes
When two married people appear similar, it isn't necessarily a coincidence.
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When two married people appear similar, it isn't necessarily a...
Smoking hot: Study finds heat of hookah pipe the biggest health culprit for smokers
University of Cincinnati graduate student Ryan Saadawi studied the health effects of hookah tobacco.
Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services
Hookah-tobacco users might want to rethink...
‘Doctor’ robot could help solve sports-concussion dilemma in rural America
A remote-controlled robot equipped with tools to diagnose concussion sits on the sideline of a Northern Arizona football game. Research shows doctors can use...
Hubble takes close-up portrait of Jupiter
This dazzling Hubble Space Telescope photo of Jupiter was taken when it was comparatively close to Earth, at a distance of 415 million miles....
Scientists link California droughts, floods to distinctive atmospheric waves
The high- and low-pressure regions of wavenumber-5 set up in different locations during January 2014, when California was enduring a drought, and January 2017,...
Deep sleep may act as fountain of youth in old age
This image shows neural activity during sleep differs between older and younger adults.
Credit: Courtesy of Matthew Walker and Bryce Mander
As we grow old, our...
