Lesions in DNA can occur as often as 100,000 times per cell per day. They…
Month: April 2015
New method relates Greenland ice sheet changes to sea-level rise
Early schemes to model the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets and their impact on sea…
New tool for understanding ALS: Patients’ brain cells
Researchers have transformed skin cells from patients with Lou Gehrig’s disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis…
Extreme geohazards: Reducing the disaster risk, increasing resilience
Extreme hazards — rare, high-impact events — pose a serious and underestimated threat to humanity….
Quantum Hall effect: Quantization of ‘surface Dirac states’ could lead to exotic applications
Researchers have uncovered the first evidence of an unusual quantum phenomenon — the integer quantum…
New WHO statement on public reporting of clinical trial results
The WHO have announced a new statement on the public disclosure of clinical trial results…
There is more to a Rembrandt than meets the eye, science shows
Art historians and scientists use imaging methods to virtually “dig” under or scan various layers…
Strange rituals or cannibalism? Neanderthals manipulated bodies of adults and children shortly after death
Neanderthals from the French region of Poitou-Charentes cut, beat and fractured the bones of their…
Toward a gene expression atlas for an entire brain
Researchers who study how genes are expressed across a given tissue can now examine thousands…
E-cigarette use is not risk-free
E-cigarettes are not without health risks for people who vape or for bystanders, researchers report….