Monitoring lava lake levels in Congo volcano

Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is among the world's most active volcanoes, with…

Joint resolution: A link between Huntington’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis

Using new analytic tools, researchers have decoded the epigenetic landscape for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a common…

China’s program ‘riskiest environmental project in history,’ researcher warns

A global expert on infrastructure says that China's plan to crisscross half of the Earth with…

Orbital variations can trigger ‘snowball’ states in habitable zones around sunlike stars

Aspects of an otherwise Earthlike planet's tilt and orbital dynamics can severely affect its potential habitability…

Method to overcome false positives in CT imaging for lung cancer

A team of researchers has identified a technology to address the problem of false positives in…

New way to stimulate cellular recycling process

In research that could lead to future therapies for age-related diseases, researchers have found a new…

Making carbon nanotubes as usable as common plastics

By using an inexpensive, already mass produced, simple solvent called cresol, scientists have discovered a way…

National trial: EEG brain tests help patients overcome depression

A new study found that measuring electrical activity in the brain can help predict a patient's…

Randomized trial finds ibuprofen not a safe alternative to antibiotics for UTIs

Ibuprofen, given instead of antibiotics to women with uncomplicated urinary tract infection (cystitis), leads to longer…

Biologists find mechanisms that control where transcription factors bind

A team of biologists has determined how transcription factors, which guide gene regulation, function differently in…