Scientists have discovered slow-moving low-frequency tremors which occur at the shallow subduction plate boundary in…
Month: July 2015
Drug inhibits infection that causes watery diarrhea
Researchers have demonstrated that heparin, a type of sulfated polysaccharide, inhibits infection with Cryptosporidium parvum,…
Transcriptional mechanisms governing cartilage formation
Researchers have identified modes of Sox9 action during cartilage formation by analyzing big data on…
New genomic aberrations of gastric cancer could pave the way for precision medicine
Scientists have discovered a relationship between Asian gastric cancers and the fusion of two genes.
Schools start mapping cosmic rays and solar wind
A satellite experiment to study cosmic rays and the solar wind that was devised by…
How cancer cells avoid shutdown
Researchers unravel mechanisms by which a protein that promotes tumor growth is produced during stress….
Astronomers see pebbles poised to make planets
A team of astronomers announced the discovery of a ring of rocks circling a very…
Universe’s hidden supermassive black holes revealed
Astronomers have found evidence for a large population of hidden supermassive black holes in the…
Do micro-organisms explain features on comets?
Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, studied in detail by the European Space Agency Rosetta and Philae spacecraft since…
Small cosmic ‘fish’ points to big haul for SKA Pathfinder
A wisp of cosmic radio waves, emitted before our solar system was born, shows that…