The relative impact of genetics on height does not increase with improvements to the standard…
Category: Science
Anthropologists uncover art by (really) old masters
An international team of anthropologists has uncovered a 38,000-year-old engraved image in a southwestern French…
NASA studies cosmic radiation to protect high-altitude travelers
NASA scientists studying high-altitude radiation recently published new results on the effects of cosmic radiation…
New ‘needle-pulse’ beam pattern packs a punch
A new beam pattern could bring unprecedented sharpness to ultrasound and radar images, burn precise…
Star birth with a chance of Winds?
The lesser-known constellation of Canes Venatici (The Hunting Dogs), is home to a variety of…
The link between growth of retail-based clinics, nurse practitioner scope-of-practice reform
Just as primary care provider shortages are becoming acute, retail-based clinics in pharmacies and grocery…
Scientist uncovers physics behind plasma-etching process
A team of physicists has uncovered some of the physics that make possible the etching…
Oral devices reduce sleep apnea but may not affect heart disease risk factors
In patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), oral appliances that treat the condition by…
Stem cell secretions may protect against glaucoma
Stem cell secretions, called exosomes, appear to protect cells in the retina, the light-sensitive tissue…
Single-molecule technique to explain thermodynamic behavior of complex biomolecular systems
Most thermodynamic measurements of binding reactions rely on the validity of the law of mass…