Collaborate Disseminate
Imprints of ancient bones or footprints are often found in rock, but that’s not the only way they form – in much rarer cases they can also be encased in opal. Now palaeontologists in Australia have uncovered the most complete “opalized” dinos… Continue reading Dinosaur herd found fossilized in gemstones in Australia
We owe our long lives to stem cells, which are nestled deep inside certain tissues in the body and constantly replace old cells. In recent years scientists have been able to correct genetic diseases by removing these stem cells, editing their… Continue reading Harvard breakthrough shows stem cells can be genetically edited in the body
So far 2019 has been a bit of a slow year for big game releases, but with E3 fast approaching, we’ll soon know how the next six months are shaping up. This is always one of the biggest weeks of the year for game announcements, details and tra… Continue reading E3 2019: Which games are confirmed, expected, or unlikely to appear?
Alien life is almost certainly out there somewhere, but because it’s most likely microscopic, it probably won’t be easy to spot. Instead we might need to keep an eye out for other biomarkers, which could be detected in the atmosphere, soil or… Continue reading Looking for life on Mars? Look for pasta-shaped rocks
Radiotherapy is an effective method for killing cancer, but the downside is that it harms healthy cells at the same time, sometimes leading to complications. Now researchers from CNIO in Spain have found that boosting levels of a certain prot… Continue reading Boosting a radiation-protecting protein could help cancer patients and astronauts
Cell division is one of the most fundamental biological functions, vital to life – but there’s still so much about it that we don’t understand. In an attempt to find out more, researchers at the University of Chicago have now managed to recre… Continue reading Cell division recreated outside of a cell for the first time
No matter what the latest fad diet tells us to do, we already know the general gist of how to stay healthy – eating too much sugar and fat leads to weight gain and metabolic diseases. But what if you could stay healthier without changing your diet? In mouse tests conducted at Max Planck, researchers have now found a way to alter the fat metabolism in the liver, reducing the chances of diabetes without changing a high-fat diet.
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Continue Reading Altering liver’s fat metabolism could help prevent diabetes without dietary changes
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They’re not much to look at, but mole-rats are pretty amazing animals. Among a range of other biological oddities, these weird little rodents have a remarkable resistance to pain that’s not seen in other mammals, and now researchers have a be… Continue reading Nerve study on pain-immune mole-rats could inspire new pain relief for humans
NASA’s Curiosity rover has begun investigating one of the most interesting regions so far on its seven-year journey. Scientists call the area the “clay-bearing unit,” and sure enough, that name has turned out to be very apt. After drilling two new samples last month, the rover has finally confirmed high amounts of clay minerals, providing further proof that ancient Mars was once much wetter.
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Continue Reading Curiosity strikes clay in new samples, further proving Mars’ watery past
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Feeling thirsty is a natural bodily function to get you to drink some water – but why does the feeling go away so quickly after downing a glass? Shouldn’t it take a bit of time for the water to be absorbed? Strangely enough, the mechanisms behind thirst and satiation are somewhat of a mystery to science. So now researchers from Caltech have investigated and found two connections between body and brain that control the process.
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Continue Reading How the gut overrides the throat in telling the brain whether it’s thirsty
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