Findings could inspire efforts to improve crop yields and combat global hunger. New work led by Carnegie’s Kangmei Zhao and Sue Rhee reveals a new...
How Plants Act Fast To Fight Off Infections – New Discovery Could Improve Crop Yields and Combat Global Hunger
A new study from MIT offers an explanation for why restricting calories may slow tumor growth. Credit: Christine Daniloff, stock image
A new study finds cutting off cells’ supplies of lipids can slow the growth...
With the charming name of SDSS J0146-0929, this is a galaxy cluster — a monstrous collection of hundreds of galaxies all shackled together in the unyielding grip of gravity. The mass of this galaxy...
Geoscientist Georgia Hole used tree rings to retrace the paths of driftwood, once frozen in sea ice, as it made its way through the Arctic. “Some of these beaches are really full of driftwood—driftwood...
Researchers at Jülich have detected string-like structures made of skyrmions. Above, simulated models of six skyrmions at different magnetic field strengths; below, transmission electron microscope images of such structures observed in a thin film....
The UK's Mint coin is trying to extract gold from components of used mobile phones, televisions and laptops, used. This is part of the policy of the Mint for the protection of the surrounding...
Energy from the solar wind interacting with the magnetospheric ‘bubble’ around Earth creates waves of energy that appear to stand still.
This new finding, from research led by Imperial scientists, improves our understanding of the...
Cigarette smokers who quit smoking but substitute e-cigarettes, or other tobacco product, are more likely to relapse.
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have suggested that smokers who are unable to quit...
Experiment fully reconstructed. Particles identified as pions, kaon, etc. are shown in different colors. Credit: CERN, LHCb Collaboration
Results announced by the Large Hadron Collider Experiment (LHCb) experiment at CERN have revealed further hints for phenomena...
A drug used to treat agitation in people with dementia is no more effective than a placebo, and might even increase mortality, according to a new study.
A drug used to treat agitation in people...
The Russian film director and actress, who stayed on board the International Space Station for 12 days to shoot the first film in space, returned safely to Earth, world agencies reported.
The landing capsule of...
Image from SHARDS study. Credit: SHARDS research team
New images have revealed detailed clues about how the first stars and structures were formed in the Universe and suggest the formation of the galaxy got off...
Consumers are still finding bare store shelves.
Walk into any U.S. store these days and you’re likely to see empty shelves.
Shortages of virtually every type of product – from toilet paper and sneakers to pickup...
It connects Wildhaus with the Gamplüt Alp. The maximum speed of the cable car is 19.8 km/h. The photovoltaic systems on the roof of the mountain restaurant and the machine hall supply about as...
Arsen Wenger, the director of global football development at the International Football Federation (FIFA), believes that football referees should explain their decisions publicly. According to the Frenchman, the referees should give press conferences after...
Is there weather on Mars? Short answer: yes! And just like on Earth it varies wildly. Now, thanks to the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer, or MEDA instrument on NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover, we’re learning...
Tracy Sloan with the infrared light therapy helmet. Tracy used the helmet to try and help improve her memory. Credit: Durham University/North News & Pictures
Infrared light therapy might have the potential to help people...
A clinical trial has found that treatment with the immunomodulator interferon beta-1a plus the antiviral remdesivir was not superior to treatment with remdesivir alone in...
The post Clinical Trial Has Found Interferon Does Not Help...
As a result of the melting ice, archaeologists have found in Norway a pair of wooden skis of amazing preservation, almost 1,300 years old.
I must say that the first ski was discovered in the...
LEO carves out a new type of locomotion somewhere between walking and flying.
Researchers at Caltech have created a fearsome robot that can walk on two slender legs and even fly around our world. The...
Eneya Georgieva, editor at Forbes, reflects the successes of Bulgarian entrepreneurs with a focus on the startup ecosystem, technology and social entrepreneurship at https://forbesbulgaria.com.
When, two years after its inception, a company is still unable...
Stimulation with ultra-thin microelectrodes has no side effects, scientists say.
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new method of stimulating with ultra-thin microelectrodes to treat severe pain, according to the online edition...
"We are trying to limit the use of artificial intelligence in those areas where we see it as a serious problem for the fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens.
Evaluations of this type of application...
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, Northumbria University and New England Biolabs, hopes to exploit newly...
Illustration to accompany Nature Communications paper, “Seismological expression of the iron spin crossover in ferropericlase in the Earth’s lower mantle.” Credit: Nicoletta Barolini/Columbia Engineering
Multidisciplinary team of materials physicists and geophysicists combine theoretical predictions, simulations,...