science
Geologists make their own lava to prep for explosive experiments
The lava-making furnace, viewed from above. Credit: Douglas Levere
How do you make your own lava?
Dump 10 gallons of basaltic rock into a high-powered induction...
FDA approves Epclusa for treatment of chronic Hepatitis C virus infection
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Epclusa to treat adult patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) both with and without cirrhosis (advanced...
Night-time light pollution causes spring to come early
Human use of artificial light is causing Spring to come at least a week early in the UK, researchers at the University of Exeter...
Previously unknown global ecological disaster discovered
Approximately 500,000 years after the major natural disaster at the boundary between the Permian and the Triassic another event altered the vegetation fundamentally and...
Researchers find human development’s first gear
Oxford University researchers are closer to solving a decade-old mystery after discovering that a set of genes they are studying play a key role...
New way out: Researchers show how stem cells exit bloodstream
Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered that therapeutic stem cells exit the bloodstream in a different manner than was previously thought. This...
Hubble reveals stellar fireworks in ‘skyrocket’ galaxy
Scale and compass image for Kiso 5639. Credit: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI)
Fireworks shows are not just confined to Earth's skies. NASA's Hubble...
Lionfish invading the Mediterranean Sea
A lionfish specimen photographed in the Mediterranean.Credit: Maria Papinikola
Rising sea temperatures in the Mediterranean are encouraging alien lionfish species to invade and colonise new...
Methylene blue shows promise for improving short-term memory: Study in humans
Delayed match-to-sample task. Repeated-measures ANOVA results of the delayed match-to-sample task (colors indicate P values of significant voxels, cluster-based P ? .05; K ?...
Research links high zinc levels, kidney stones
David Killilea, PhD, a staff scientist at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI), co-authored a study into the causes of kidney stones. The study...
Astronomers release spectacular survey of the distant Universe
An image of a small section (0.4%) of the UDS field. Most of the objects in the image are very distant galaxies, observed as...
