Statins could hold the key to eradicating one of the most preventable causes of hospital…
Month: January 2017
‘Marine repairmen’: Limpets are construction workers of the seashore
New research shows that limpets can repair their damaged shells with biological material so that…
Quality control inside the cell: How rescue proteins dispose of harmful messages
The ability to dispose of proteins that are either aberrant or (in the worst case)…
Insects also migrate, study shows
Insects engage in the largest continental migration on Earth, new research indicates. Some 3.5 trillion…
Telecommuting extends the work week, at little extra pay
Telecommuting may not be as advantageous as employees think. A new study shows working from…
Magnetic moment of a single antiproton determined with greatest precision ever
Physicists have published the most accurate measurement of a fundamental property of the antiproton to…
Harvests in US to suffer from climate change
Some of the most important crops risk substantial damage from rising temperatures. To better assess…
Graphene’s sleeping superconductivity awakens
The intrinsic ability of graphene to superconduct (or carry an electrical current with no resistance)…
Precision medicine advances pediatric brain tumor diagnosis and treatment
In the largest clinical study to date of genetic abnormalities in pediatric brain tumors, researchers…
Climate change prompts Alaska fish to change breeding behavior
One of Alaska’s most abundant freshwater fish species is altering its breeding patterns in response…