‘Goldilocks’ stars may be ‘just right’ for finding habitable worlds
A new study finds a particular class of stars called K stars, which are dimmer than the Sun but brighter than the faintest stars,...
Good news for women with MS: Disease may not worsen after pregnancy after all
There's good news for women with multiple sclerosis (MS) -- researchers now say the disease may not flare up again right after pregnancy as...
Ecologists find a ‘landscape of fearlessness’ in a war-torn savannah
Using a series of well-designed experiments in Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park, a research team confirmed each step in a trophic cascade between the elimination...
Major mutation pattern in cancer occurs in bursts
Researchers have created a huge resource for investigating the biological mechanisms that cause cancer. Scientists identified the patterns of DNA damage -- mutational fingerprints...
Embryos’ signals take multiple paths
Bioscientists uncover details about how embryonic stem cells respond to the collection of signals that direct their differentiation into blood, bone and tissue. They...
New report on industrial physics and its role in the U.S. economy
A new report shows the significant role of physics, which contributed an estimated $2.3 trillion (12.6 percent of U.S. GDP) in 2016 alone. Industrial...
Scientists find mystery killer whales off Cape Horn, Chile
In January 2019, scientists working off the tip of southern Chile got their first live look at what might be a new species of...
Mouse model validates how ‘good’ and ‘bad’ bacteria affect acne
Researchers have generated a new mouse model that mimics human acne for the first time, and used it to validate the concept of 'good'...
Deep brain stimulation sites for OCD target distinct symptoms
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) reduces symptoms of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) during stimulation of either the ventral capsule (VC) or anteromedial subthalamic nucleus (amSTN),...
Mathematics of sea slug movement points to future robots
Mathematicians recently discovered a lot of new, powerful geometries involved in frilly surfaces. They developed the mathematics to describe these surfaces -- inflected nonsmooth...
