A new and more dangerous phase of impacts on the world’s remaining tropical forests is emerging, threatening to simplify the world’s most diverse ecosystem including mass species loss, according to new UCL-led […]
Scientists Warn Only ‘Simplified’, Degraded Tropical Forest May Remain By End Of Century
Unique Tooth Reveals Details Of The Peking Man’s Life
In 2011 a tooth from the Peking Man was found in a box at the Museum of Evolution at Uppsala University. In the latest issue of Acta Anthropologica Sinica, researchers at Uppsala […]
Scientists In Cologne Discover New Perspectives In Treatment Of Colorectal Cancer, Lung Cancer And Lymphomas
Ran belongs to the family of Ras proteins, which regulate fundamental cellular processes such as cell differentiation, cell division, and intracellular transport. Mutations in Ras-related proteins are involved in the development of […]
NASA Television To Air Launch International Space Station Crew Today – 1:45 p.m. EDT, Sept. 1
The next three crew members bound for the International Space Station are set to launch to the orbital outpost Wednesday, Sept. 2. NASA Television launch coverage will begin at 11:45 p.m. EDT […]
NASA Arctic Field Campaign To Examine Ecosystem Impacts Of Changing Climate
As part of a broad effort to study the environmental and societal effects of climate change, NASA has begun a multi-year field campaign to investigate ecological impacts of the rapidly changing climate […]
Can Political Leaders Learn Lessons From Challenges Faced By Their Counterparts In Business?
In the UK, the Labour party will soon have a new leader. As the main party of opposition, whichever candidate takes the spot will have a crucial responsibility in terms of holding […]
Attending Church Is The Key To Good Mental Health Among Older Europeans
A study of depression among older Europeans has found that joining a religious organisation is more beneficial than charity work, sport or education in improving their mental health. The surprising findings from […]
Can Rain Clean The Atmosphere?
As a raindrop falls through the atmosphere, it can attract tens to hundreds of tiny aerosol particles to its surface before hitting the ground. The process by which droplets and aerosols attract […]
Natural Wetlands Offer Better Protection Against Rising Sea Levels Than Artificial Dikes
Building dams and dikes is usually considered the most efficient means of reducing the risk of flooding in river deltas. But this isn’t entirely true, claims Prof Stijn Temmerman (UAntwerp) in the […]
Four Decades After Haile Selassie’s Death, Ethiopia Is An African Success Story
Ethiopia has changed beyond all recognition since the death of its last emperor, Haile Selassie, 40 years ago. Haile Selassie was surreptitiously murdered at the age of 83 by the military revolutionaries […]
Producing Biodegradable Plastic Just Got Cheaper And Greener
Biodegradable drinking cups or vegetable wrapping foil: the bioplastic known as polylactic acid (PLA) is already a part of our everyday lives. And yet, PLA is not yet considered a full alternative […]
Breastfeeding May Expose Infants To Toxic Chemicals
A widely used class of industrial chemicals linked with cancer and interference with immune function—perfluorinated alkylate substances, or PFASs—appears to build up in infants by 20%–30% for each month they’re breastfed, according […]
University Of Oxford Bodleian Libraries Launch Online Portal
Bodleian Libraries at Oxford University invite scholars, teachers and the public to explore its digital collections on new online portal, Digital.Bodleian The Digital.Bodleian website includes more than 100,000 images covering everything from beautifully […]
Long Distance Travelers Likely Contributing To Antibiotic Resistance’s Spread
Swedish exchange students who studied in India and in Central Africa returned from their sojourns with an increased diversity of antibiotic resistance genes in their gut microbiomes. The research is published 10 […]
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