Evolutionary Changes Surrounding the NOS1 Gene
A new study from neurobiologists at Yale University examines the evolutionary changes surrounding the NOS1 gene and suggests that the same evolutionary mechanisms that may…
Environmentally Friendly Treatments Could Reduce Odors in Cotton Fabric
The future might smell better thanks to scientists at the USDA that are investigating new antimicrobial treatments for clothing. Using an environmentally friendly method to…
Searching for Link Between Star Formation and Black Hole Activity
To better understand how star formation and black hole activity are linked, scientists are looking back 8 to 12 billion years, a time when star…
Dawn Mission Reveals the Inner Secrets of Vesta
Launched in 2007, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft began exploring the asteroid Vesta in 2011 and just provided researchers with the first orbital analysis of the giant…
Staggered Delivery of Cancer Drugs Increases Cancer Cell Death
A new study from MIT shows that staggering the delivery of cancer drugs is far more effective than administering them at the same time. The…
Floating Robots Demonstrate Their Water Monitoring Technology
Engineers at UC Berkeley released their smartphone-equipped floating robots in the Sacramento River to field test their ability and to demonstrate their water monitoring technology….
Ultra-Cool Brown Dwarf Is 35 Times More Massive Than Jupiter
Using data from the WISE satellite, scientists discovered an ultra-cool brown dwarf, known as BD+01 2920B, that is about 35 times more massive than Jupiter…
Dark Matter in Form of WIMPs Hits Humans Once a Minute
New calculations have shown that the average human gets hit by a particle of dark matter about once a minute. Dark matter, which is supposed…
Gamma Ray Lens Created Using Amplifying Effect of Virtual Electron-Positron Pairs
It was previously thought that making a lens out of highly energetic light, gamma rays, was impossible. Physicists have created such a lens and think…
“Map of Life” to Illustrate All Living Things Geographically
Now open to the public, a demonstration version of the “Map of Life” is set to illustrate how all living things on the planet are…
Survival Rates for Mitral Valve Surgery Patients Improve
A new report shows that patients with mitral regurgitation are living longer after having surgery that replaces or repairs the mitral valve. A study analyzed…
Pentaradially Symmetrical Brittle Stars Move Bilaterally, Like People
By defining a “front” for directional control, pentaradially symmetrical brittle stars are using locomotion in a manner that is usually accomplished by bilaterally symmetrical animals….
NASA Detects Movement in Martian Sand Dunes
Over the last two years researchers have been monitoring the sand movement on Mars with the HiRISE camera. They found that even with a thinner…
Flavonoid Compound Shown to Prevent Blood Clots
Newly published findings from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center describe how rutin was shown to inhibit the formation of blood clots in an animal…
Support for Climate Change Policies Dwindling
A new Stanford survey suggests that support for policies intended to reduce future climate change has dropped by 10 percent over the last two years….
Portable Diagnostics Use Vibration to Move Drops of Liquid
Scientists at the University of Washington are using nanotechnology manufacturing techniques to build and refine portable diagnostics that have surfaces with tiny posts of varying…
Tidal Heating Suggests Less Habitable Planets
Tidal heating, which is basically gravitational heating of a planet via tides, suggests that the number of habitable planets could be roughly half of what…
HDL Cholesterol Isn’t Always Good for Your Heart
Contrary to popular belief, HDL cholesterol isn’t always good for your heart. A new study published by Harvard researchers describes how some high-density lipoprotein (HDL)…
