A 1,000 km Long River May Be Flowing Deep Below Greenland’s Ice Sheet
Computational models suggest that melting water originating in the deep interior of Greenland could flow the entire length of a subglacial valley and exit at…
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Scientists Find That Age Does NOT Contribute to COVID-19 Susceptibility
Scientists have estimated that the age of an individual does not indicate how likely they are to be infected by SARS-CoV-2. However, development of symptoms,…
Genetic Material From SARS-CoV-2 – The COVID-19 Coronavirus – Detected in Untreated Wastewater From Louisiana
A group of scientists have detected genetic material from SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewater samples collected in April 2020 from two wastewater treatment plants in Louisiana,…
A Quick, Cost-Effective Method to Track the Spread of COVID-19 Through Untreated Wastewater
A group of researchers have demonstrated that, from seven methods commonly used to test for viruses in untreated wastewater, an adsorption-extraction technique can most efficiently…
Wealthier Men More Likely to Develop High Blood Pressure – Twice As Likely Compared to Lowest Income Men
Working men with higher incomes are more likely to develop high blood pressure, reports a study presented at the 84th Annual Scientific Meeting of the…
New Insight Into Interstellar Organic Matter and the Origin of Water on the Earth
Scientists have found the interstellar organic matter could produce an abundant supply of water by heating, suggesting that organic matter could be the source of terrestrial water….
Ultrastable Catalyst Could Lead to More Efficient and Cheaper Production of Propylene From Propane
A group of Japanese scientists has developed an ultrastable, selective catalyst to dehydrogenate propane — an essential process to produce the key petrochemical substance of…
New Portable Analyzer Can Detect Antivirus Antibody in Just 20 Minutes
Researchers have succeeded in detecting anti-avian influenza virus antibody in blood serum within 20 minutes, using a portable analyzer they have developed to conduct rapid…
Arctic Edmontosaurus Lives Again: New Look at the ‘Caribou of the Cretaceous’
A new study by an international team from the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas and Hokkaido University and Okayama University of Science…
Spacecraft Reveals Venus’ Super-Rotation Maintained by Atmospheric Tidal Waves
Images from the Akatsuki spacecraft unveil what keeps Venus’s atmosphere rotating much faster than the planet itself. An international research team led by Takeshi Horinouchi…
New Bio-Inspired Hydrogel Acts Like Superglue in Seawater
Getting glued in the sea: New bio-inspired hydrogels can act like superglue in highly ionic environments such as seawater, overcoming issues in currently available marine…
Life’s Building Blocks May Not Have Originated on This Planet
An experiment shows that one of the basic units of life — nucleobases — could have originated within giant gas clouds interspersed between the stars….
Brain Mechanism Linking Chronic Pain and Depression Identified
Molecular Link Between Chronic Pain and Depression Revealed Researchers at Hokkaido University have identified the brain mechanism linking chronic pain and depression in rats. Their…
New Genus and Species of Dinosaur Identified From the Largest Dinosaur Skeleton Ever Found in Japan
The dinosaur, whose nearly complete skeleton was unearthed from 72 million-year-old marine deposits in Mukawa Town in northern Japan, belongs to a new genus and…
Scientists Believe Pluto May Have a Hidden Subsurface Ocean
Computer simulations provide compelling evidence that an insulating layer of gas hydrates could keep a subsurface ocean from freezing beneath Pluto’s icy exterior, according to…
New Molecular Details of Cancer Cells Could Lead to Improved Treatment
Uncovered details of a molecular pathway in cancer cells could lead to improved treatment. Targeting a pathway that controls the movement of mitochondria, the powerhouses…