Engineers have developed a miniature device that's sensitive enough to feel the forces generated by swimming…
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Grassy beginning for earliest Homo
Following the discovery of the Ledi-Geraru jaw, an environmental study of the eastern African Plio-Pleistocene was…
Diabetes drug may help symptoms of autism-associated condition
Metformin, the most widely used drug to treat type 2 diabetes, could potentially be used to…
Leaving segregated neighborhoods reduces blood pressure for blacks
When African Americans moved to less segregated neighborhoods, their systolic blood pressure readings dropped between one…
What is survival among patients with Parkinson, Dementia with lewy bodies?
A new article compares survival rates among patients with synucleinopathies, including Parkinson disease, dementia with Lewy…
Heart attack risk increases 17-fold following respiratory infections
The risk of having a heart attack is 17 times higher in the seven days following…
Quantum reservoir for microwaves
Researchers use a mechanical micrometer-size drum cooled close to the quantum ground state to amplify microwaves…
Diesels pollute more than lab tests detect
Because of testing inefficiencies, maintenance inadequacies and other factors, cars, trucks and buses worldwide emit 4.6…
Gladiator games: In the natural world, biodiversity can offer protection to weaker species
In a study of competition among fungal species, researchers have found that biodiversity tends to beget…
Heat on for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef when global temperatures hit 1.5C
Scientists have modeled how extremes in precipitation, drought, extreme heat and ocean temperatures will change in…