Prehistoric mega-lake sediment offers key insight into how inland regions responded to ‘super-greenhouse’ event

Sediment found at the site of one of the largest lakes in Earth's history could provide…

Novel mechanism identified that protects pancreas from digestive enzymes

Researchers have uncovered the mechanism by which the stress hormone FGF21 keeps digestive enzymes from damaging…

Magnetic recording with light and no heat

A strong short light pulse can record data on a magnetic layer of yttrium iron garnet…

A toolkit for transformable materials

Researchers have developed a general framework to design reconfigurable metamaterials. The design strategy is scale independent,…

‘Collateral’ lethality may offer new therapeutic approach for cancers of the pancreas, stomach and colon

Cancer cells often delete genes that normally suppress tumor formation. These deletions also may extend to…

International effort announced to try to save the world’s most endangered marine mammal

An ambitious, emergency plan to help save the vaquita porpoise from extinction in the northern Gulf…

Toxic brain cells may drive many neurodegenerative disorders, study finds

While most of us haven't heard of astrocytes, these cells are four times as plentiful in…

Traffic jam in empty space

An important step towards a completely new experimental access to quantum physics has been made by…

Super-resolution imaging offers fast way to discern fate of stem cells

A new way to identify the state and fate of individual stem cells earlier than previously…

Which facebook ‘friends’ help most when looking for a job? Depends where you live in the world

Research used anonymous Facebook data from almost 17 million social connections in 55 countries to determine…