Research: Scientists create artificial catalysts inspired by living enzymes —
All living organisms depend on enzymes -- molecules that speed up biochemical reactions that are essential for life.
Scientists have spent decades trying to...
Research: Blinking eye-on-a-chip used for disease modeling and drug testing —
People who spend eight or more hours a day staring at a computer screen may notice their eyes becoming tired or dry, and,...
Research: Bioengineers’ filter-paper models hint at how valves calcify —
Paper is at the heart of an experimental device developed by Rice University bioengineers to study heart disease.
They are using paper-based structures that...
Research: Gut throws cells overboard when chemical insults build up —
A team of Duke researchers has discovered that cells lining the gut of zebrafish -- and probably humans too -- have a remarkable...
Research: Research reveals that plate tectonics started on Earth 600 million years before what...
The remains of a microscopic drop of ancient seawater has assisted in rewriting the history of Earth's evolution when it was used to...
Research: Hubble uncovers a ‘heavy metal’ exoplanet shaped like a football —
How can a planet be "hotter than hot?" The answer is when heavy metals are detected escaping from the planet's atmosphere, instead of...
Research: The vision of jumping spiders is nearly as keen in babies as adults,...
Baby jumping spiders can hunt prey just like their parents do because they have vision nearly as good.
A study published in the journal...
Research: Targeting a blood stem cell subset shows lasting, therapeutically relevant gene editing —
In a paper published in the July 31 issue of Science Translational Medicine, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center used CRISPR-Cas9 to...
Research: ‘Love hormone’ has stomach-turning effect in starfish —
A hormone that is released in our brain when we fall in love also makes starfish turn their stomach inside out to feed,...
Research: Confirmation of toasty TESS planet leads to surprising find of promising world —
A piping hot planet discovered by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has pointed the way to additional worlds orbiting the same star,...
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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...
