Scientists have established the first casual link between climate change and the timing of a natural event, which is namely the emergence of the common brown butterfly.
Although there have been strong correlations between global warming and changes in the timing of events such as animal migration and flowering, it has been hard to show [...]
Scientists have broken new ground in a treatment for babies born with severe cleft palates.
Clefts are quite common in newborns and in severe cases surgery is required to correct the problem. Moreover, future complications can occur as the child grows into an adult.
But now the preliminary results on a hydrogel material studied using [...]
With the advent of lecture-hall laptops and online coursework, there has been an upsurge in unnoticed cheating among students, which, according to researchers, is a significant cause of course failure.
A researcher from the University of Kansas has teamed up with colleagues from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to get a better handle on copying [...]
Reports indicate that University of Florida engineering researchers have found they can ignite certain nanoparticles using a low-power laser, a development they say opens the door to a wave of new technologies in health care, computing and automotive design.
According to researchers Vijay Krishna, Nathanael Stevens, Ben Koopman and Brij Moudgil, they used lasers not [...]
A new American study has found that cell division in cyanobacteria is controlled by same kind of circadian rhythms that govern human sleep.
The research conducted by scientists at MIT and the University of California at San Diego has appeared in the March 18 online edition of Science.revious research has demonstrated that although cyanobacteria do [...]
Scientists from the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, US, have synthesized a single, multifunctional polymer material that can decontaminate both biological and chemical toxins.
“Our lab applies biological principles to create materials that can do many things, just like our skin protects us from both rain and sun,” said senior investigator Alan Russell, University Professor [...]
Scientists have identified potential new target for treatment of colitis and other inflammatory bowel diseases.
They have found that a protein made by a gene already associated with a handful of human inflammatory immune diseases plays a pivotal role in protecting the intestinal tract from colitis.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital researchers led the study, which [...]
In a new research, scientists have proven that non-avian dinosaurs did not die off over a long period of time.
A detailed look at dinosaur bones, tracks and eggs located at 29 archaeological sites located in the Catalan Pyrenees reveals that there was a large diversity of dinosaur species living there just before the [...]
Want to improve your memory? Well, take a daydream break, that’s the conclusion of a new study.
Msnbc.com reports, in a study, NYU neuroscientists found that constant multitasking with no break had a bad impact on individuals’ brains.
During the research, boffins found that participants who let their minds “rest” after looking at pairs of images [...]
Astronomers, using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, have discovered two of the earliest and most primitive supermassive black holes known.
The discovery will provide a better understanding of the roots of our universe, and how the very first black holes, galaxies and stars all came to be.
“We have found what are likely first-generation quasars, born [...]
Scientists say that a mysterious dark cosmic flow, which is carrying along many galaxy clusters in the universe, might be the tug of another universe.
Recent research has found that the universe is not only expanding, it’s being swept along in the direction of constellations Centaurus and Hydra at a steady clip of one million [...]
A team of Japanese researchers has developed a mosquito that spreads vaccine instead of disease.
The new research, led by Associate Professor Shigeto Yoshida from the Jichi Medical University in Japan, has revealed that mosquito genetic engineering can turn the transmitter into a natural ‘flying vaccinator’, providing a new strategy for biological control over the [...]
Scientists say they’re using songbirds to gain insight into how the human brain functions, which may lead to a better understanding of complex vocal behaviour, human speech production and ultimately, speech disorders and related diseases.
Pennsylvania State University Assistant Professors Dezhe Jin and Alexay Kozhevnikov said they are studying how songbirds transmit impulses through [...]
A novel brain receptor, alpha4-beta-delta, has been labelled as the culprit behind learning deficits that come with puberty.
It is well known that the onset of puberty marks the end of the optimal period for learning language and certain spatial skills, such as computer/video game operation.
In the new study, Dr. Sheryl Smith, professor of physiology [...]
NASA’s Cassini orbiter’s latest snapshot of Saturn has revealed the rapidly rearranging rings of the planet, as well as colliding moonlets, and an oxygen atmosphere.
Scientists were surprised to find that the atmosphere around Saturn’s rings is largely made up of oxygen.
“Most people thought the ring atmosphere would be water molecules-H2O-and their breakdown products H [...]
Influential Pakistani scholar Dr Tahir ul-Qadri has issued a 600-page ‘fatwa’ against terrorism and suicide bombing.
Speaking to reporters after releasing the ‘fatwa’ here, Qadri said suicide bombers are ‘destined for hell’ and that Islam does not support violence in any form.
“Terrorism is terrorism, violence is violence, and it has no place in Islamic teaching [...]
A team of scientists has discovered a new species of dinosaur that was closely related to the Velociraptor.
According to a report by BBC News, the researchers discovered the dinosaur’s exquisitely well-preserved skeleton in sediments dating from the Upper Cretaceous period in Inner Mongolia.
The fossilised skeleton was in almost perfect condition, with complete claws and [...]
A new research has found that blocking a certain protein can reduce or prevent cigarette smoke-induced lung inflammation in mice.
Inflammation results in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and many other smoking-related ailments.
Cigarette smoke triggers the release of Granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), which is linked to growth, activation and survival of leukocytes directly [...]
NASA’s Operation IceBridge mission, the largest airborne survey ever flown of Earth’s polar ice, is all set to kick off its second year of study of arctic glaciers when NASA aircraft arrive in Greenland on March 22.
The IceBridge mission allows scientists to track changes in the extent and thickness of polar ice, which is [...]
When it comes to recognising positive emotions like sensual pleasure, relief and achievement, there exists a strong cultural divide, according to researchers at University College London’s psychology department.
The scientists studied a range of non-verbal emotional vocalizations, such as screams and laughs, in two very different cultural groups.
They compared the responses of Westerners to those [...]
Scientists have suggested that the newly discovered planet Corot-9b is temperate enough to allow the presence of liquid water.
Corot-9b was found on 16 May 2008 and orbits its star every 95.274 days, a little longer than Mercury takes to go round the Sun.
It is the first transiting planet to have both a longer period [...]
Facebook has refused to install the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (Ceop) centre ‘panic button’ on its page to report suspected paedophiles, but it has vowed to develop its existing system.
The social networking site has been pressured to start the ‘panic button’ on its pages, after Peter Chapman was convicted for the murder of [...]
Leafcutter ant queen that mates with many males can stop the battle between competing sperm in her reproductive tract, a new research has found.
Queens of ants and bees normally obtain a lifetime supply of sperm on a single day of sexual activity, and sperm competition is expected to occur in lineages where queens receive [...]
Queens of ants and bees normally obtain a lifetime supply of sperm on a single day of sexual activity, and sperm competition is expected to occur in lineages where queens receive sperm from multiple males. Now, a new research has shown that it’s not the males that try to harm each other: it’s their [...]
A man produces 1,500 sperm in a single second and researchers have now found how males manage to accomplish this seminal feat.
For a long time, it is believed that stem cells in the testicles-also called germline stem cells-become sperm only through a simple, two-step process.
However, the researchers found that germline stem cells apparently can [...]
The magical cloak that featured in the Harry Potter series has become closer to reality, thanks to German scientists who’ve created a three-dimensional “invisibility cloak” that can hide objects by [...]
The conversational skills of a dementia sufferer, who only used to speak to reveal what he wanted for dinner or to say that he was going to bed, has returned after joining a group of men sharing their memories of great football games.
George Jaconelli runs a weekly group in Prestwick, where men with Alzheimer’s [...]
Scientists have discovered a key cellular mechanism that guides embryonic heart tissue formation-a process which, if disrupted, can lead to a number of common congenital heart defects.
Heart tissue forms in two distinct phases known as the First Heart Field, which includes the left ventricle and portions of both atrial chambers, and the Second Heart [...]
Scientists have discovered a novel way to force cancer cells to grow old and die rather than killing them off with toxic drugs.
Cancer cells spread and grow because they can divide indefinitely, without going through the normal aging process known as senescence.
But a study in mice showed that blocking a gene in this pathway [...]
A new research has indicated that when the world’s shipping lines will radically cut sulphur emissions from ships, they will ironically increase global warming.
In July this year, the world’s shipping lines will begin to apply pollution-cutting rules that will save tens of thousands of lives a year.
When it [...]
