Mars: Oxygen-rich, life-supporting liquid water?
Given the right circumstances, water on Mars could hold more oxygen than previously believed, theoretically enough to support aerobic respiration, new research suggests.
Losing control of gene activity in Alzheimer’s disease
Pioneering research into the mechanisms controlling gene activity in the brain could hold the key to understanding Alzheimer's disease and might help identify effective...
Genetic study improves lifespan predictions and scientific understanding of aging
By studying the effect of genetic variations on lifespan across the human genome, researchers have devised a way to estimate whether an individual can...
New, large sequence panel enables population genetics research in Africa
Geneticists have assembled the largest sets of African genomic data available to date, creating a resource that will help researchers understand the genetic structure...
A new way to measure nearly nothing
Scientists have designed a vacuum gauge, based on ultracold trapped atoms, is small enough to deploy in commonly used vacuum chambers.
With a microbe-produced toxin, bacteria prove old dogs can learn new tricks
In the ongoing chemical battles among bacteria and their microbial neighbors, a new toxin has been uncovered. This unfamiliar toxin behaves in a familiar...
US air pollution deaths nearly halved between 1990 and 2010
Air pollution in the US has decreased since about 1990, and a new study now shows that this air quality improvement has brought substantial...
Genomic evidence of rapid adaptation of invasive Burmese pythons in Florida
New researchers set out to determine whether pythons could have adapted to an extreme Florida freeze event in 2010. They generated data for dozens...
Does herpes cause Alzheimer’s?
Herpes is the dreaded 'gift that keeps on giving'. But could it also be taking our memories? Decades of research show a striking correlation...
Clapping Music app reveals that changing rhythm isn’t so easy
Scientists have developed an app to understand why some rhythms are more difficult to perform than others.
