New research from David Westaway, PhD, of the University of Alberta and Jiri Safar, PhD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has uncovered a quality control mechanism in brain cells that may help keep deadly neurological diseases in check for months or
Weather data at the Ohio Supercomputer Center reveals in a new study hundreds of smaller storms that had previously escaped detection.
From 2000 to 2010, about 1 900 cyclones churned across the top of the world each year, leaving warm water and air in their
Like the strings on a violin or the pipes of an organ, the proteins in the human body vibrate in different patterns, scientists have long suspected. Now, a new study provides what researchers say is the first conclusive evidence that this is true.
Using a
Historical comparison of competition among algae in waters around the Pacific Northwest provides more evidence for increased ocean acidification.
A study of marine life in the temperate coastal waters of the northeast Pacific Ocean shows a reversal of competitive
A new study published in PLOS One journal last week warns that a dramatic decline of West African lions has placed them on the verge of extinction. Study authors call for urgent intervention to save them.
The lion (Panthera leo) was the most
University of Calgary's Aidan Hollis advocates user fees on non-human antibiotics use
Citing an overabundance in the use of antibiotics by the agriculture and aquaculture industries that poses a threat to public health, economics professor Aidan Hollis has
In preliminary findings from a case series, published recently in open access Neuropsychological Rehabilitation journal, researchers Amee Baird and Séverine Samson report they have found that playing popular music can help severely brain-injured patients recall
Curtin University researchers have shown natural radioactivity within DNA can alter chemical compounds, providing a new pathway for genetic mutation.
The research, recently published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects, for the first time
A research team led by Dr. John Stamatoyannopoulos, University of Washington, announced yesterday they have discovered a second code hiding within human DNA. This second code contains information that changes how scientists read the instructions contained in
The Ogallala Aquifer is a vast, shallow water table aquifer located beneath the Great Plains in the United States. It underlies an area of approximately 450 000 km² (174 000 mi²) and its significant portions are at risk of drying up if it
