A newly described softshell turtle that lived in North Dakota 66.5 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period, just before the end-Cretaceous mass extinction, is one of the earliest known s

An international team of physicists from RIKEN, Cornell University and the University of California, Santa Barbara, has used a new spacetime geometry with a wormhole-like structure to show that inform

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1. Maique J. Flores B. Shi M. et al. High phosphate induces and klotho attenuates kidney epithelial senescence and fibrosis. Front Pharmacol. 11 : 1273 View in Article Google Scholar 2. Kuro OM. T

A new study suggests that people who are vulnerable to depression have a greater desire to engage in maladaptive actions in response to negative social interactions. The findings, published in the Jou

Hotels, restaurants, and other businesses in the service industry often thrive or die depending on whether they provide exemplary customer service, but new research shows that the color of a customer’

Dust drastically lowers the output of solar panels, but applying an electric field to the panels can make dust particles repel each other and disperse Illustration of dust removal from a solar panel

Many Americans became amateur data scientists during the pandemic, tracking local rates of infection or vaccination to help them decide what activities may or may not be safe. UChicago researchers saw

Key Points Question What are the national trends in overall diet quality and in individual dietary components among older US adults between 2001 and 2018? Findings In this cross-sectional study of 1

Whether it’s mimicking venomous creatures, or shooting jets of water at aquarium light switches to turn them off, octopuses are nothing if not resourceful. Now, an analysis of underwater images sugges

Research News Scientists develop gel that delivers drugs directly to diseased joints Discovery could revolutionize osteoarthritis treatment A new protein-based gel could introduce a new class of

A new study of brain development in mice shortly after birth may provide insights into how early life events can affect wiring patterns in the brain that manifest as disease later in life – specifical

From pv magazine USA Ethanol emits more greenhouse gasses than the gasoline it is supposed to replace. Additionally, ethanol (corn) farms greatly under-utilize land, which is one of the greatest reso

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Enlarge Image Paul Devienne, Laboratoire d'Ethologie Expérimentale et Comparée at 'Université Sorbonne Paris Nord You've probably heard about dogs that have been trained to smell cancer in humans. Bu

A series of three studies examined the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on materialism, finding an overall decrease in the importance people place on money. This research was published in the journal P

Populism exists throughout the political spectrum as a political ideology that defines society as conflict between ordinary people and the elites. Many conspiracy theories fit populist ideals in how t

Published in JAMA Open, the five-year study of over 13,500 Victorian children found the SACS-R to be extremely accurate in identifying very young children on the autism spectrum. Of the infants and to

Scientists have produced a map showing where the world’s major food crops should be grown to maximise yield and minimise environmental impact. This would capture large amounts of carbon, increase biod

Without land barriers, sea ice in Antarctica can move more freely, under the direction of the wind and ocean swells.Credit: David Merron/Getty Antarctic sea ice shrank to below 2 million square kilom

Newest satellite data shows remarkable decline in Arctic sea ice over just three years In the past 20 years, the Arctic has lost about one-third of its winter sea ice volume, according to a new study

Acute amounts of lactate like those generated during exercise are probably required for healthy cells, but chronic exposure causes cellular disruption which can lead to cancer, heart failure and type

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a new shock-absorbing material that is super lightweight, yet offers the protection of metal. The stuff could make for helmets, armor and vehicle

Immune system reaction to casein, a protein in cow’s milk, can trigger an inflammatory neurological disease in mice that’s similar to multiple sclerosis (MS) and includes the loss of myelin, a study r

New research provides evidence that MDMA-assisted psychotherapy can improve and extend lives of patients with chronic and severe posttraumatic stress disorder while also reducing healthcare costs. The

The extent of belief in God or gods and adherence to religious ideas varies vastly across individuals and between countries. Why is this? Religiosity seems to have a profound influence on peoples’ beh

OBJECTIVES Throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, masking has been a widely used mitigation practice in kindergarten through 12th grade (K–12) school districts to limit within-sc

Transmission bottlenecks introduce selection pressures on HIV-1 that vary with the mode of transmission. Recent studies on small cohorts have suggested that stronger selection pressures lead to fitter

Sign up for CNN's Stress, But Less newsletter. Our six-part mindfulness guide will inform and inspire you to reduce stress while learning how to harness it. For patients suffering from pain in the em

: Recent current cannabis use was associated with lower resting heart rate. The findings appeared to be transient, as past cumulative exposure to cannabis was not associated with heart rate. This adds

The reimagined world map of agriculture includes large new farming areas for many major crops around the cornbelt in the mid-western US, and below the Sahara desert. Huge areas of farmland in Europe a

Send this page to someone via email The IQ of more than half the United States population has been negatively affected by the presence of lead in gasoline, a new study estimates. The peer-reviewed s

A fascinating new proof-of-concept study from a team of researchers in France suggests trained ants could be effective at detecting cancer in humans. The researchers demonstrated a certain species of

Modelling suggests that by the end of 2021, some 18 million people had died because of the pandemic. People who died of COVID-19 are buried near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Credit: Fabio Teixeira/Anadolu

Carbon burial rates increased with pond age Areal and annual C burial rates were calculated for four to six sediment cores extracted per pond in June 2019 using total OC (TOC), dry weight, and piston

Research News Kitchen sponge a better incubator for bacterial diversity than a laboratory petri dish Environmental structure affects interactions among microbial species These different species o