science
Fossil from oldest ancestor of modern sea turtles
Silhouette of Ctenochelys acris overlaid with some of the fossils used to reconstruct the species.Credit: Drew Gentry, UAB
Several 80-million-year-old fossils found in Alabama are...
Turning to the brain to reboot computing
Sandia National Laboratories researchers are drawing inspiration from neurons in the brain, such as these green fluorescent protein-labeled neurons in a mouse neocortex, with...
Analysis of DNA from early settlers of the pacific overturns leading...
A 3,000-year-old burial in the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu that is source of one of the ancient DNA samples reported on in this...
HIV cure hope thanks to collaboration
Researchers are hopeful of a cure for HIV after treating the first patient with a promising new treatment that could kill all traces of...
Ice cores reveal a slow decline in atmospheric oxygen over the...
Researchers at Princeton University analyzed ice cores collected in Greenland and Antarctica to determine levels of atmospheric oxygen over the last 800,000 years.Credit: Stolper,...
Our galaxy’s most-mysterious star is even stranger than astronomers thought
This artist's conception shows a star behind a shattered comet. One of the theories for KIC 8462852's unusual dimming is the presence of debris...
Glucose-sensing contact lens invented
This illustration shows the schematic procedure for the fabrication of a surface-enhanced Raman scattering contact lens via transfer printing.Credit: Image courtesy of University of...
How the brain makes new memories while preserving the old
Columbia scientists have developed a new mathematical model that helps to explain how the human brain's biological complexity allows it to lay down new...
Mosquito-borne Rift Valley fever virus causes miscarriage
The mosquito-borne Rift Valley fever virus has been linked to miscarriage in humans. A study of 130 pregnant Sudanese women with fever showed that...
New imaging technique in Alzheimer’s disease – opens up possibilities for...
The brain of an Alzheimer's patient in a tau PET image. Red indicates the areas with the highest concentration of the tau protein. In...
Strength of Earth’s outer shell can be measured, weak spots pinpointed
A composite image of a topographical map covers portions of Nevada and Utah and the corresponding magnetotelluric image reveals where magma upwelling and weak...
