The hypothalamus is best known as the controller of hormone secretion to regulate essential bodily functions such as reproduction and feeding, and is one of the only brain structures to demonstrate a… [+10078 chars]
Using single calcite crystals with varying surface roughness allows engineers to simplify the complex physics that describes fault movement. In a new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Cham… [+3596 chars]
<li>Park, E., Pan, Z., Zhang, Z., Lin, L. & Xing, Y. The expanding landscape of alternative splicing variation in human populations. Am. J. Hum. Genet.102, 1126 (2018). CAS PubMed PubMed C… [+12875 chars]
Finding a new, high-temperature, off-axis hydrothermal vent field on the floor of the Pacific Ocean at 2,550 meters (8,366 feet) down could change scientists' understanding of the impact such seafloo… [+2189 chars]
Newswise — The North Pacific Blob, a marine heatwave that began in late 2013 and continued through 2015, was the largest and longest-lasting marine heatwave on record. A new study using data collecte… [+4190 chars]
Using data from the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) and ESA's Gaia satellite, astronomers have detected 21 new high-probability extremely low-mass white dwarfs. The… [+3252 chars]
A pair of researchers, one with the Max Planck Institute of Brain Research, the other with Imperial College, has found more efficient ways to mix two fluids using simulations run on a supercomputer. … [+2912 chars]
NASA's Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission will share a ride to space with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of … [+2891 chars]
The latest published paper on synthetic embryo research does in fact mark a significant shift in our scientific capacity to "create life". Are we ready for it? Reading Time: < 1minuteGet the best… [+2338 chars]
After NASA's first helicopter successfully collected 11 samples of Martian surface, the USspace agency is planning to send two more as part of its Mars Sample Return Program. Amazingly, these Mars he… [+1763 chars]
Zone 2 training has become a trendy term among fitness professionals in recent years, but what does it mean and what are the benefits? Zone 2 is one of five cardio heart rate zones (opens in new tab… [+8518 chars]
As warming ocean temperatures threaten the existence of coral reefs, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) have successfully used an extremely high-resolution computer sim… [+4305 chars]
