Cancer Risk From Being Overweight at Least Double Previous Estimates
The effect of being overweight and obesity on risk of cancer is at least twice as large as previously thought according to new findings by…
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Scientists Link Dinosaur Expansion to the Carnian Pluvial Episode
It is commonly understood that the dinosaurs disappeared with a bang – wiped out by a great meteorite impact on the Earth 66 million years…
New Discovery Changes Perceptions of the Evolution of Earth’s Biosphere
For the first four billion years of Earth’s history, our planet’s continents would have been devoid of all life except microbes. All of this changed…
Engineered Synthetic Scaffolds Mark a New Era in Cellular Design
Researchers at the universities of Kent and Bristol have built a miniature scaffold inside bacteria that can be used to bolster cellular productivity, with implications…
Biologists Reveal How Cells Rebuild After Mitosis
University of Bristol research has revealed how cells rebuild their nucleus and organise their genome when they divide – a discovery which could have major…
New Details on the Unexpected Atmospheric Vortex Behavior on Titan
New research shows that the recently reported unexpected behaviour on Saturn’s largest moon Titan is due to its unique atmospheric chemistry. Titan’s polar atmosphere recently…
New Research Reveals How Circumbinary Planets Form
New research from the University of Bristol reveals how circumbinary planets form. Like the fictional Star Wars planet, Kepler-34(AB)b is a circumbinary planet, so-called because…
Scientists Discover Mega-Canyon under Greenland Ice Sheet
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown canyon hidden beneath two kilometers of ice in Greenland. The canyon is at least 750km long and in places…
Study Shows That Bees and Flowers Communicate Using Electrical Fields
Scientists from the University of Bristol have discovered that flowers use patterns of electrical signals in concert with the flower’s other attractive signals to enhance…
Earth Recovered 10 Million Years After Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction
The greatest mass extinction pulse was the Permian-Triassic extinction event, and it happened about 250 million years ago, nearly wiping out life on Earth. It…
Researchers Recreate the Song of 165 Million Year Old Katydid
At dusk, A. musicus sings in a Jurassic forest of Northwest China. By reconstructing the microscopic wing features found on a fossil discovered in North…
Quantum Physicists Take a Step Forward in Understanding Quantum Inseparability
Quantum physicists from the University of Bristol and Hungarian Academy of Sciences have teamed together on new research that takes a step forward in understanding…
Criegee Intermediate Reactions Detected and Measured by Sandia Researchers
New research shows that Criegee intermediates react with sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide much more rapidly than previously thought. Because Criegee intermediates oxidize sulfur dioxide…
Criegee Biradicals May Cool Planet and Offset Global Warming
According to a new paper, Criegee biradicals can clean up the atmosphere naturally by reacting with pollutants produced by combustion, such as nitrogen dioxide and…