Research: Experimental PET scan detects abnormal tau protein in brains of living former NFL...
(Boston) -- Using an experimental positron emission tomography (PET) scan, researchers have found elevated amounts of abnormal tau protein in brain regions affected...
Research: Fossilized slime of 100-million-year-old hagfish shakes up vertebrate family tree —
Paleontologists at the University of Chicago have discovered the first detailed fossil of a hagfish, the slimy, eel-like carrion feeders of the ocean....
Research: Sahara dust may make you cough, but it’s a storm killer —
The bad news: Dust from the Sahara Desert in Africa -- totaling a staggering 2 to 9 trillion pounds worldwide -- has been...
Research examines the effects of ocean acidification on phytoplankton’s energy stores
Ocean acidification—which is mainly caused by carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere dissolving into the ocean—is a significant threat to the structure and function...
Research: Evidence rogue waves are getting more extreme —
Research led by the University of Southampton (UK) suggests that 'rogue' waves are occurring less often, but becoming more extreme.
Scientists have, for the...
Research: Cost-effective method produces semiconducting films from materials that outperform silicon —
The vast majority of computing devices today are made from silicon, the second most abundant element on Earth, after oxygen. Silicon can be...
Research: Finding upends scientific understanding of how granites form and what they can teach...
A team of scientists including Carnegie's Michael Ackerson and Bjorn Mysen revealed that granites from Yosemite National Park contain minerals that crystallized at...
Research: How water fleas detect predators —
Water fleas of the genus Daphnia detect via chemical substances if their predators, namely Chaoborus larvae, are hunting in their vicinity. If so,...
Space: Fast-moving gas flowing away from young star caused by icy comet vaporisation
Photo: Artist's impression of the system, with the star at the center, and...
Water on Vesta? Gullies suggest wet debris flows in the past, study finds
The Dawn spacecraft is now very close to the dwarf planet Ceres, but there are some interesting new findings from its previous visit to...
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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...
