Scientists have helped unveil the birthplaces of ancient stars using a two-ton telescope carried by a balloon the size of a 33-story building.
A clue about the blood chemistry of obese people who develop insulin resistance, a precursor to diabetes, has been confirmed in animal studies and human confirmation studies are coming.
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Roughly 20 percent of the electricity consumed worldwide is used to light homes, businesses, and other private and public spaces. Though this consumption represents a large drain on resources, it also presents a tremendous opportunity for savings. Improving the efficiency of commercially available light bulbs — even a little — could translate into dramatically lower [...]
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Adding to the growing evidence that a person’s waist size is an important indicator of heart health, a new study has found that larger waist circumference is associated with increased risk of heart failure in middle-aged and older populations of men and women.
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Although fractions are thought to be a difficult mathematical concept to learn, the adult brain encodes them automatically without conscious thought, according to new research. The study shows that cells in the intraparietal sulcus and the prefrontal cortex — brain regions important for processing whole numbers — are tuned to respond to particular fractions.
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The Earth’s original atmosphere held very little oxygen. This began to change around 2.4 billion years ago when oxygen levels increased dramatically during what scientists call the “Great Oxidation Event.” The cause of this event has puzzled scientists, but researchers writing in Nature have found indications in ancient sedimentary rocks that it may have been [...]
Portuguese scientists discovered a new molecular mechanism that allows gamma herpes viruses to chronically infect patients and helps to explain why these patients present an abnormally high incidence of the lymphocyte (or white blood cell) cancer lymphoma, particularly when their immune system is compromised.
People use the color of your skin to judge how healthy you are. Scientists in the School of Psychology have shown that there is truth to the received wisdom that a “rosy” complexion denotes healthiness, whilst a “green” or “pale” color indicates illness.
Microglia, immune cells in the brain, are suggested to be involved in the repair of damaged brain. However, it is unknown how microglia diagnose damaged circuits in an in vivo brain. Now a Japanese group has successfully taken a live image how microglia survey synapses in the brains of mice by using two-photon microscopic technology.
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Perfluorooctanoate and perfluorooctanesulfonate plasma concentrations are not associated with the risk of prostate, bladder, pancreatic, or liver cancer. according to new research.