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9:46pm, 31st July, 2019

TESS probe helps scientists find potentially habitable planet, 31 light-years away

An artist’s conception depicts GJ 357 d orbiting its host star. (Cornell University Illustration / Jack Madden) Astronomers are sharing a flood of findings from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, including the detection of a poten...

'Gut-on-a-chip' research aims to find personalized treatment for Crohn's disease

11:20am, 3rd May, 2019

Tech

'Gut-on-a-chip' research aims to find personalized treatment for Crohn's disease

(University of Texas at Austin) Thanks to a new $1.8 million grant from The Helmsley Charitable Trust, UT Austin Engineer Hyun Jung Kim will apply his 'Gut-On-A-Chip' technology to better understand Crohn's disease

Princeton geoscientists find new fallout from 'the collision that changed the world'

2:46pm, 26th April, 2019

Nature

Princeton geoscientists find new fallout from 'the collision that changed the world'

(Princeton University) When India slammed into Asia, the collision changed the configuration of the continents, the landscape, global climate and more. Now a team of Princeton University scientists has identified one more effect: the oxygen in the wo...

Researchers find high-risk genes for schizophrenia

3:42pm, 22nd April, 2019

Humans

Researchers find high-risk genes for schizophrenia

(Vanderbilt University Medical Center) Using a unique computational 'framework' they developed, a team of scientist cyber-sleuths in the Vanderbilt University Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and the Vanderbilt Genetics Ins...

Island lizards are expert sunbathers, and researchers find it's slowing their evolution

2:37pm, 22nd April, 2019

Nature

Island lizards are expert sunbathers, and researchers find it's slowing their evolution

(Virginia Tech) If you've ever spent some time in the Caribbean, you might have noticed that humans are not the only organisms soaking up the sun. Anoles -- diminutive little tree lizards -- spend much of their day shuttling in and out of shade....

BU scientists find electrostimulation can improve working memory in people

8:45pm, 12th April, 2019

Humans

BU scientists find electrostimulation can improve working memory in people

(Boston University) In a groundbreaking study published in Nature Neuroscience, Boston University researchers demonstrate that electrostimulation can improve the working memory of people in their 70s so that their performance on memory tasks is indis...

Biologists find a way to boost intestinal stem cell populations

10:37am, 28th March, 2019

Tech

Biologists find a way to boost intestinal stem cell populations

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) MIT and University of Tokyo biologists have found that aging takes a toll on intestinal stem cells and may contribute to increased susceptibility to disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. The researchers coul...

Like mountaineers, nerves need expert guidance to find their way

9:17pm, 22nd March, 2019

Physics

Like mountaineers, nerves need expert guidance to find their way

(Salk Institute) Similar to the dozens of Sherpas that guide hikers up treacherous Himalayan mountains to reach a summit, the nervous system relies on elaborate timing and location of guidance cues for neuronal axons--threadlike projections--to succe...

Energy monitor can find electrical failures before they happen

2:00pm, 22nd March, 2019

Tech

Energy monitor can find electrical failures before they happen

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A new system devised by researchers at MIT can monitor the behavior of all electric devices within a building, ship, or factory, determining which ones are in use at any given time and whether any are showing s...

Astronomers find 'cannonball pulsar' speeding through space

1:08pm, 19th March, 2019

Physics

Astronomers find 'cannonball pulsar' speeding through space

(National Radio Astronomy Observatory) VLA image shows the trail of a speeding pulsar pointing directly back at the center of the debris shell from the supernova that created it.

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TESS probe helps scientists find potentially habitable planet, 31 light-years away

'Gut-on-a-chip' research aims to find personalized treatment for Crohn's disease

Princeton geoscientists find new fallout from 'the collision that changed the world'

Researchers find high-risk genes for schizophrenia

Island lizards are expert sunbathers, and researchers find it's slowing their evolution

BU scientists find electrostimulation can improve working memory in people

Biologists find a way to boost intestinal stem cell populations

Like mountaineers, nerves need expert guidance to find their way

Energy monitor can find electrical failures before they happen

Astronomers find 'cannonball pulsar' speeding through space

Don't Believe the Hype: The Pumice Raft Won't Save the Great Barrier Reef

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