Abnormal heart metabolism may predict future sudden cardiac death

Adults with abnormal heart metabolism are up to three times more likely to experience life-threatening arrhythmias…

Video game players show enhanced brain activity, decision-making skill study

Frequent players of video games show superior sensorimotor decision-making skills and enhanced activity in key regions…

Hopping space dust makes asteroids look rougher

When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at the asteroid Bennu, scientists discovered something surprising: The asteroid’s surface…

A NASA telescope will soon show us the universe as we've never seen it

NASA’s $10 billion new telescope will show the world something remarkable today: an image of some…

Preterm birth more likely with exposure to phthalates

Pregnant women who were exposed to multiple phthalates during pregnancy had an increased risk of preterm…

Bomb detectors picking up more blue whale songs in Indian Ocean

The good news is, pygmy blue whales appear to be thriving in the Indian Ocean. But…

Stronger overturning circulation in the Pacific during the last glacial period

Coral data indicate that the upper layers of Pacific Ocean were more mixed during the last…

Paleobiology: Complex family relationships

An international team of researchers has managed to classify fossils of one of the most species-rich…

Programmed cell death in cancer cells: Overcoming resistance through paraptosis-inducing compounds

Inducing programmed cell death (PCD), such as apoptosis, is a widely used therapeutic option for the…

Dawn Aerospace awarded €1.4M by EU Commission for hydrazine-replacement programme

Dawn Aerospace awarded €1.4M by EU Commission for hydrazine-replacement programme Click here for original…