Researchers have discovered a new 'seeding' process in brain cells that could be a cause of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. ...
Press Release - updated: Feb 1, 2021 10:30 CST DALLAS, February 1, 2021 (Newswire.com) - Essilor of America and Luxottica North America are helping people in need around the country get essential vision care by donating to Essilor Vision Foundation (EVF). ...
Engineers model the hypothetical threats from toxins released when above-ground storage tanks fail during a storm. Using data from hurricanes Ike and Harvey and from the Houston Ship Channel, they illustrate potential atmospheric pollutants during and after a disaster. ...
New research demonstrates how certain types of bacteria can adapt to long-term exposure to antibiotics by changing their shape. ...
Scientists describe how glutamate signals are transmitted across synapses to turn on the switch for synapatic plasticity, the ability of synapses to strengthen or weaken over time in response to increases or decreases in their activity. ...
Archaeologists show that the Chumash Indians had been using shell beads as money for at least 800 years. ...
A study of a giant impact crater on Venus suggests that its lithosphere was too thick to have had Earth-like plate tectonics, at least for much of the past billion years. ...
An upsurge of matter from deep beneath the Earth's crust could be pushing the continents of North and South America further apart from Europe and Africa, new research has found. ...
An international research team succeeded in gaining new insights into the artificially produced superheavy element flerovium, element 114, at accelerator facilities. ...
Using a combination of telescopes, including the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO's VLT), astronomers have revealed a system consisting of six exoplanets, five of which are locked in a rare rhythm around their central star. The ...