Protective membrane for pacemakers prevents buildup of fibrotic tissue

A protective membrane for cardiac pacemakers developed at ETH Zurich has proved successful in animal trials…

For Chesapeake oysters, the way forward leads back—through the fossil record

Oysters once dominated the ecosystem of the Chesapeake Bay, and it would be difficult, if not…

Innovative study produces first experimental evidence linking math anxiety, math avoidance

Math anxiety is far from uncommon, but too often, those who dread the subject simply avoid…

The antibiotic arms race moves at high speed

Acinetobacter baumannii is a pathogen that creates serious problems in hospitals throughout the world. It causes…

New Earth mission will track rising oceans into 2030

Earth’s climate is changing, and the study of oceans is vital to understanding the effects of…

Buy less, be happier and build a healthy planet

You may feel like you can’t do anything to stop climate change. But climate activists who…

Not so selfish after all: Key role of transposable elements in mammalian evolution

The human genome contains 4.5 million copies of transposable elements (TEs), so-called selfish DNA sequences capable…

Russia opens new fraud cases over cosmodrome

Russian investigators said Thursday they had opened two new fraud probes over the construction of a…

China 'medicine' demand threatens world donkey population: report

China’s demand for donkey skins to make a traditional medicine could wipe out more than half…

Researchers sequence genome of the 'devil worm'

When scientists discovered a worm deep in an aquifer nearly one mile underground, they hailed it…