The global market for rocket launches may require more stringent regulation in order to prevent significant damage to Earth’s stratospheric ozone layer in the decades to come, according to a new study. Future stratospheric ozone losses from unregulated launches will eventually exceed ozone losses from CFCs.
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Patients who undergo numerous CT scans over their lifetime may be at increased risk for cancer, according to a new study.
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Flexible display screens and cheap solar cells can become a reality through research and development in organic electronics. Physicists in Sweden have now developed a new and simple method for producing cheap electronic components.
A newly identified protein helps maintain a critical balance between two types of neurons, preventing motor dysfunction in mammals.
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Chemist have developed device to detect microscopic signs of cancer, bombs and impure water. Both cancer cells and the chemicals used to make bombs can foil detection because they appear in trace amounts too small for conventional detection techniques. Scientists have developed the ultimate solution: a molecule that can magnify weak traces of “hidden” molecules [...]
In the midst of life-threatening situations requiring split-second decisions, police officers with a higher ability to multitask are less likely to shoot unarmed persons when feeling threatened during video simulations, a new study suggests.
Scientists are studying the solenodon, an endangered large shrew-like mammal that kills its prey with a venomous bite. A new project aims to help conserve two types of endemic land mammal in the Dominican Republic.
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For the first time, scientists have shown that amniotic fluid (the protective liquid surrounding an embryo) may be a potential new source of stem cells for therapeutic applications.
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Scientists have paved the way for the development of new drug therapies to combat active and asymptomatic (latent) tuberculosis infections by characterizing the unique structure and mechanism of an enzyme in M. tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes the disease.
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Researchers may have found a more potent risk factor for melanoma than blistering sunburns, freckling, or family history of the deadly skin disease. In a new study, scientists report that a genetic variation leads to a nearly four-fold increase of melanoma in women under the age of 50. A genetic test may help identify pre-menopausal [...]
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