Coastal water pollution transfers to the air in sea spray aerosol and reaches people...
New research has confirmed that coastal water pollution transfers to the atmosphere in sea spray aerosol, which can reach people beyond just beachgoers, surfers,...
Scholars unify color systems using prime numbers
Existing color systems, such as RGB and CYMK, are all text-based and require a large range of values to represent different colors, making them...
Insights into the evolution of the sense of fairness
A sense of fairness has long been considered purely human -- but animals also react with frustration when they are treated unequally by a...
Robot provides unprecedented views below Antarctic ice shelf
With the help of an underwater robot, known as Icefin, a U.S.- New Zealand research team has obtained an unprecedented look inside a crevasse...
Scientists develop novel approach to enhance drug delivery for brain tumors in children
Researchers have developed a new drug delivery approach that uses nanoparticles to enable more effective and targeted delivery of anti-cancer drugs to treat brain...
Genomic study of indigenous Africans paints complex picture of human origins and local adaptation
An international team of researchers analyzed the genomes of 180 indigenous Africans from a dozen ethnically, culturally, linguistically, and geographically diverse populations. The results...
New mutation in the desmoplakin gene leads to arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
Researchers have identified a new mutation that leads to the cardiac disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM). They assessed the effect of this mutation on heart...
Specialized garbage disposal cell, implicated in autoimmune disease, tracked
For almost 140 years, the origin and behavior of an enigmatic cell type inside lymph nodes, called a tingible body macrophage, has remained a...
DNA repair discovery could improve biotechnology
A team of researchers has made a discovery that may have implications for therapeutic gene editing strategies, cancer diagnostics and therapies and other advancements...
Wisconsin cave holds tantalizing clues to ancient climate changes, future shifts
A newly published study of a stalagmite found in Cave of the Mounds reveals previously undetected history of the local climate going back thousands...
