Report: ‘Fat burning’ molecule has implications for treatment of obesity
Obesity affects more than 40 percent of adults in the United States and 13 percent of the global population. With obesity comes a variety...
Report: Volcanic activity and changes in Earth’s mantle were key to rise of atmospheric...
Oxygen first accumulated in the Earth's atmosphere about 2.4 billion years ago, during the Great Oxidation Event. A long-standing puzzle has been that geologic...
Study: Unexpected uncertainty can breed paranoia
In times of unexpected uncertainty, such as the sudden appearance of a global pandemic, people may be more prone to paranoia, Yale University researchers...
Report: Tests show ‘magnetoelectric’ power is viable option for clinical-grade implants
Rice University neuroengineers have created a tiny surgical implant that can electrically stimulate the brain and nervous system without using a battery or wired...
Report: The design could advance the development of small, portable AI devices
MIT engineers have designed a "brain-on-a-chip," smaller than a piece of confetti, that is made from tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses known...
Report: Mysterious Cosmic Radio Bursts Fire Off Every 157 Days
An investigation into one of the current great mysteries of astronomy has come to the fore thanks to a four-year observing campaign conducted at...
Armoured dinosaur found in bitumen mine met sticky end, Researchers Say
Fossil plant matter found in the gut of the exquisitely preserved herbivore reveals its diet and even the season of its death.
In a new...
Report: A dual-mechanism antibiotic kills Gram-negative bacteria and avoids drug resistance
Poison is lethal all on its own -- as are arrows -- but their combination is greater than the sum of their parts. A...
Report: Synthetic red blood cells mimic natural ones, and have new abilities
Scientists have tried to develop synthetic red blood cells that mimic the favorable properties of natural ones, such as flexibility, oxygen transport and long...
Research in twins finds our sensitivity is partly in our genes
Some people are more sensitive than others -- and around half of these differences can be attributed to our genes, new research has found.
The...
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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...
