Ancient disease may increase resilience to bubonic plague (Study)
Researchers have discovered that Mediterranean populations may be more susceptible to an autoinflammatory disease because of evolutionary pressure to survive the bubonic plague. The...
Atmospheric: Anammox bacteria generate energy from wastewater while taking a breath
IMAGE: Anammox bacteria grew on the surface of an electrode and converted ammonium...
Lose weight of fusion reactor component (Study)
IMAGE: (IMAGE 1) The superconducting coil consists of two pairs of helical coils...
Atmospheric: Global warming will cause ecosystems to produce more methane than first predicted
New research suggests that as the Earth warms natural ecosystems such as freshwaters will release more methane than expected from predictions based on temperature...
Atmospheric: Deforestation and land-clearing are taking a toll on Brazil’s corn yield
IMAGE: Corn fields being harvested in central Mato Grosso (in the Cerrado), Brazil.
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Atmospheric: Bleaching affects aquarium corals, too
IMAGE: The Australian saucer coral (Homophyllia australis), lives just off the coast of...
Atmospheric: Stanford researchers reveal air pollution’s connection to infant mortality
Dust sweeping across the Southeast U.S. in recent days warns of a growing risk to infants and children in many parts of the world....
Hubble sees cosmic flapping ‘bat shadow’ (Study)
Sometimes nicknames turn out to be closer to reality than you might imagine.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a striking image of a fledgling star's...
NYU Abu Dhabi researchers measure motions in the Sun to explain the solar cycle...
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- Published in Science, the paper explains how NYUAD researchers used the method of...
Space weather monitoring to get major upgrade in new research program (Study)
The UK's ability to predict solar superstorms and other severe space weather events is to get a significant upgrade with the launch of two...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
