A team of Japanese researchers found an unusual community of bacteria thriving in the canyon called Challenger Deep. At 36,000 feet below sea level, it is the lowest point on Earth’s surface and the deepest Read More
Douglas E. Brash, clinical professor of therapeutic radiology and dermatology at Yale School of Medical, and his colleagues discovered that skin damage from ultraviolet radiation (UV) continues hours after sun exposure. Sun or tanning beds Read More
Researchers have been attempting to find ways to make humans immune to the HIV virus. Now, viral immunologist Michael Farzan of the Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, Florida, and his team have discovered a synthetic Read More
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a condition characterized by long-term disabling tiredness, has remained an unclassified disease for long. The existence and definition of this disease have been debated and doubted even my medical professionals although Read More
It is known that neurons called grid cells to form a network known as the brain’s “inner GPS” that help humans and animals to navigate. Grid cells get input from place cells in the Read More
Drought is a major environmental stress factor affecting the growth and development of farm crops and other plants. In a drought-like situation, plants naturally secrete abscisic acid (ABA), a stress hormone that closes guard cells Read More
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh studied 5000 individuals over 14 years for chemical changes in their DNA that accumulate over a lifetime, and found a new indicator of aging. The chemical changes the researchers studied consist Read More
A team of researchers from Columbia University Medical Center led by Yuki Oka discovered two groups of neurons in the hypothalamus that control the feeling of thirst in mice. In an attempt to understand how Read More
It is well known that a lump of sodium or potassium metal thrown in water causes an explosion. The science behind this is that alkali metals release hydrogen gas from the water, which gets ignited. Read More
Biocontainment measures form a vital aspect of genetic engineering. Two US teams led by George Church – a geneticist at Harvard Medical School – and Farren Isaacs – a synthetic biologist at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut – Read More