Nov. 7, 2016 — Researchers have isolated a human monoclonal antibody that in a mouse model "markedly reduced" infection by the Zika virus, report scientists. Zika is believed to cause microcephaly, ...
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Nov. 4, 2016 — Scientists are driving three-wheeled, single-molecule "nanoroadsters" with light and, for the first time, seeing how they ...
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Nov. 4, 2016 — Never before have astrophysicists measured light of such high energy from a celestial object so far away. Around 7 billion years ago, a huge explosion occurred at the black hole in the center of a ...
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Nov. 4, 2016 — Astronomers have discovered a tsunami of stars and gas that is crashing midway through the disk of a spiral galaxy known as IC 2163. This colossal wave of material -- which was triggered when IC 2163 ...
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Nov. 4, 2016 — New research has confirmed a decades-old theory describing the dynamics of continuous phase transitions. The findings provide the first clear demonstration of the Kibble-Zurek mechanism for a quantum ...
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Nov. 4, 2016 — Measurements reveal the relationship between individual CO2 emissions and the Arctic's shrinking summer sea ice. For each ton of carbon dioxide that any person on our planet emits, three square ...
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Nov. 4, 2016 — Rodents that had been exposed to stress had a weakened alcohol-induced dopamine response and voluntarily drank more alcohol compared to controls, a new study has found. The blunted dopamine signaling ...
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Nov. 4, 2016 — Archeologists have uncovered a large Bronze Age city not far from the town of Dohuk in northern Iraq. The excavation work has demonstrated that the settlement, which is now home to the small Kurdish ...
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Nov. 4, 2016 — Tropical birds are well known for their colorful appearance: vibrantly colored macaws, parakeets and parrots are widely considered to be the quintessential birds of this region. The popularity of ...
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Nov. 4, 2016 — Herbivorous mammals have bigger bellies than their usually slim carnivorous counterparts, an international study based on 3D reconstructions of animal skeletons reveals for the first time. In ...
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Nov. 4, 2016 — Researchers have demonstrated the existence of a tetraneutron, a subatomic structure once thought unlikely to ...
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Nov. 4, 2016 — Using prominent, graphic pictures on cigarette packs warning against smoking could avert more than 652,000 deaths, up to 92,000 low birth weight infants, up to 145,000 preterm births, and about 1,000 ...
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Nov. 3, 2016 — By removing the protein galectin-3 (Gal3), a team of investigators was able to reverse diabetic insulin resistance and glucose intolerance in mouse models of obesity and ...
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Nov. 3, 2016 — Researchers report a new method to use lasers as optical "tweezers" to pick individual atoms out from a cloud and hold them in place. As the atoms are "trapped," the scientists ...
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Nov. 3, 2016 — We can tell when plants need water: their leaves droop and they start to look dry. But what's happening on a molecular level? Scientists have made a leap forward in answering that question, ...
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Nov. 3, 2016 — A freshwater zebrafish costs less than two bucks at the pet store, but it can do something priceless: Its spinal cord can heal completely after being severed, a paralyzing and often fatal injury for ...
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Nov. 3, 2016 — A new study paves the way for understanding how some people stay healthy despite having disease-causing ...
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Nov. 3, 2016 — Sunshine matters. A lot. The idea isn't exactly new, but according to a recent study, when it comes to your mental and emotional health, the amount of time between sunrise and sunset is the ...
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Nov. 3, 2016 — When it comes to lying, our brains are much more likely to give us away than sweaty palms or spikes in heart rate, new evidence suggests. The study found that scanning people's brains with fMRI, ...
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Nov. 3, 2016 — Scientists have measured the catastrophic genetic damage caused by smoking in different organs of the body and identified several different mechanisms by which tobacco smoking causes mutations in ...
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Sunshine Matters a Lot to Mental Health; Temperature, Pollution, Rain Not So Much
New Theory Debunks Consensus That Math Abilities Are Innate
Wild Cat Brains: An Evolutionary Curveball
Autism Spectrum Disorder Linked to Mutations in Some Mitochondrial DNA
Close Galactic Encounter Leaves 'Nearly Naked' Supermassive Black Hole
Fuel from Sewage Is the Future -- And It's Closer Than You Think
New Model Explains the Moon's Weird Orbit
Nanobionic Spinach Plants Can Detect Explosives
Crack Discovered in Earth's Magnetic Shield
Natural Compound Reduces Signs of Aging in Healthy Mice
Flexible Solar Panel Goes Where Silicon Can't
Scientists Find Key Protein for Spinal Cord Repair
Cosmic Connection: How Human Cells Are Like Neutron Stars
Athletic Performance Linked to Mortality
Light Drives Single-Molecule Nanoroadsters
Diamond Nanothread: Versatile New Material Could Prove Priceless for Manufacturing
Herbivorous Mammals Have Bigger Bellies
Spiral Growth: Feedback Loop Behind Spiral Patterns in Plants Uncovered?
Frog, Toad Larvae Become Vegetarian When It Is Hot