New Evidence For Solar Systems Like Ours
An international team of astronomers reports the first strong evidence for the existence of massive planets on wide orbits –…
Radioastronomers Measure Sizes Of Distant Planets
Scientists at the Max-Planck-Institute for Radioastronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn were able to determine the diameters of four of the largest…
Greenhouse Gases Good For Agriculture
A new study suggests that rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could be a boon for agricultural crops,…
Antarctic Ice Stream Reverses Flow
It is virtually impossible for a river or stream to first stop its flow and then reverse course. But an…
U.S. Cities Getting Hotter
If you think that summers are getting hotter, you could be right — depending on where you live. Summers are…
Repressing Anxiety May Protect Against Stress
People who cope with a life-threatening situation by ignoring their anxiety or diverting their attention away from it may be…
Global Warming To Chill Crops
Scientists from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada predict crops will be at a greater risk of winter damage in the future…
Runaway Universe May Collapse
The recent discovery that the universe is expanding at an ever-increasing rate has led many astronomers to forecast a dark…
Proteins Behave Differently Inside Cells
In findings they believe are fundamentally important to both biology and medicine, chemists at the University of North Carolina at…
Biologic Pacemaker Created Using Gene Therapy
Working with guinea pigs, Johns Hopkins scientists have created what is believed to be the first biologic pacemaker for the…
NASA To Explore Amazon Crater
NASA scientists will venture into an isolated part of the Bolivian Amazon to try and uncover the origin of a…
Atomic-Scale Memory Created
In 1959, physics icon Richard Feynman, in a characteristic back-of-the-envelope calculation, predicted that all the words written in the history…
Spouses Mirror Each Others’ Health
A new study by a Brigham Young University professor shows a strong association between the health of people and the…
Dogs, Cats Reduce Risk Of Allergies In Kids
Children who grow up with dogs and cats in the home have a significantly reduced risk of developing common allergies-…
New Evidence Of Massive Meteor Strike
A huge meteor, between 12 and 30 miles in diameter, smashed into the Earth 3.5 billion years ago with the…
Honey – New Cholesterol Fighter
Don’t like spinach? Try honey. It contains about the same level of plaque-fighting antioxidants as the leafy green stuff. And…
Damage From Acid Rain Worse Than Believed
Amid the recent hoopla over the EPA and Bush administration’s plans to make it easy for power plants, oil refineries…
Household Products Disrupt Sex Genes in Fish
Traces of ordinary products-flushed and tossed away from millions of homes, gardens and garages-are likely more harmful to the sexual…
Recommended Water Intake A Myth
It has become accepted wisdom: “Drink at least eight glasses of water a day!” Not necessarily, says a DMS physician…
Jet Contrails Alter Temperature
For three days after September 11, the Federal Aviation Administration grounded commercial aircraft in the U.S., stranding travelers, hindering mail…
Morphine Stimulates Breast Tumor Growth
University of Minnesota Cancer Center researchers have found that morphine, which is routinely given to cancer patients to manage severe…
Cosmic Rays Linked To Global Warming
Researchers studying global warming have often been confounded by the differences between observed increases in surface-level temperatures and unchanging low-atmosphere…
Strong Correlation Between Diabetes and Air Pollution
A dramatic statistical correlation between the prevalence of diabetes and air pollution levels has been demonstrated by a University at…
Artificial Antibodies Created
Nature is especially adept at producing molecules that can recognize and bind other molecules. For example, antibody molecules will search…
Gene For Scaredy Cats Identified
The amygdala, the brain structure known as the hub of fear, responds differently to pictures of scary faces, depending on…
Warmer World Will Be Sickly
Global warming and changing climatic conditions are triggering disease epidemics in wildlife around the world, reports a renowned team of…
Fat Storage Enzyme Identified
Researchers pursuing the cause of leptin’s ability to boost metabolism and shed fat have identified a metabolic switch that appears…
Infant Virus May Cause Asthma
While most scientists believe that allergies cause asthma, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are uncovering…
Large Brains Not Required
The skull and jawbone of a small, lightly-built individual, discovered at an archeological site in Dmanisi, Georgia, may call into…
Naps Vital For Efficient Brain Function
Evidence is mounting that sleep – even a nap – appears to enhance information processing and learning. New experiments by…