'Ghost' human ancestor discovered in West Africa

Mysterious archaic hominins may have interbred with early humans in West Africa, scientists say. …

Coastal floods warning in UK as sea levels rise

Communities on the coast face “serious questions” against the background of climate change. Click…

Broadband transmission-type coding metasurface for electromagnetic beam forming and scanning

Due to their excellent performance in manipulating electromagnetic (EM) waves freely and flexibly, metasurfaces have been…

Scientists reveal catalytic mechanism of lovastatin hydrolase

Hyperlipidemia, one of the most common threats to human health, refers to an abnormal increase of…

Coastal erosion: The homes lost to the sea

As sea levels rise, difficult decisions are being made about which communities to save. …

PIA23705: Nanedi Valles

           Target: Mars Mission:  2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument:  THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Click here…

Tiny, erratic protein motor movements revealed

The smallest proteins travel in our cells, completing deeply important tasks to keep our molecular mechanisms…

Mechanism of controlling autophagy by liquid-liquid phase separation revealed

Under JST’s Strategic Basic Research Programs, Noda Nobuo (Laboratory Head) and Fujioka Yuko (Senior Researcher) of…

ESO telescope sees surface of dim Betelgeuse

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have captured the unprecedented dimming of Betelgeuse, a red…

New research: Climate change could reduce lifespan among hundreds of species

Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast and Tel Aviv University in Israel have carried out one of…