A heart attack occurs when an artery carrying blood and oxygen to the heart becomes obstructed.
Short, repeated bouts of restricted circulation using a...
University of Houston Researchers Exploring the Bounds of Room-Temperature Superconductivity.
In the simplest terms, superconductivity between two or more objects means zero wasted electricity. It...
Several FDA-approved drugs — including for type 2 diabetes, hepatitis C and HIV — significantly reduce the ability of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2...
Image of a Wolf Rayet star – potentially before collapsing into a black hole. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada
Astronomers are increasingly drawing back the curtains on...
Credit: Dr. Tim Blower, Durham University
A new study led by a team of bioscientists from Durham University, UK, in collaboration with University of Liverpool,...
Is Planetary Defense PI in the Sky?
In February of 2013, skywatchers around the world turned their attention toward asteroid 2012 DA14, a cosmic rock...
Eroding cliff bluffs adjacent to Elson Lagoon near Utqiagvik, Alaska. Credit: Michael Rawlins
New research from UMass Amherst shines light on poorly understood processes of...
Sunscreen that includes zinc oxide, a common ingredient, loses much of its effectiveness and becomes toxic after two hours of exposure to ultraviolet radiation,...
Although sun radiation was relatively low, the temperature on the young Earth was warm. An international team of geoscientists has found important clues that...
Credit: Anna Zora
Researchers have captured on film the moment when a Seychelles giant tortoise, Aldabrachelys gigantea, attacked and ate a tern chick. This is...
Two samples of calcium carbonate concrete, one using hardened cement paste (left) and the other using silica sand. Both raw materials are common construction...
Asst. Prof. Chong Liu’s lab is developing a new type of electrode that can extract valuable elements from seawater using a process called electrochemical...