GSA Bulletin covers the US, Italy, Iran, Jamaica, Chile, and Argentina, and China
Boulder, Colo., USA – Learn more about river morphology in Oregon; coastal responses to sea level; the Tertiary Sabzevar Range, Iran; carbon-dioxide ...
Geoscience Currents No. 83: The Challenges of Comparing Data on Minorities in the Geosciences
Much of the national data related to the geosciences in higher education come from federal datasets through the National Science Foundation and the Department of ...
Critical protein discovered for healthy cell growth in mammals
A team of researchers from Penn State University and the University of California has discovered a protein that is required for the growth of tiny, but critical, hair-like structures called cilia on cell ...
Boston University study examines the development of children's prelife reasoning
Most people, regardless of race, religion or culture, believe they are immortal. That is, people ...
Gossip and ostracism may have hidden group benefits
Conventional wisdom holds that gossip and social exclusion are always malicious, undermining trust and morale in groups. But sharing this kind of "reputational information" could have ...
OU study in Oklahoma panhandle finds additional active process producing nanodiamonds
In a University of Oklahoma-led study, researchers discovered an additional active process, not excluding an extraterrestrial event, that may have led to high concentrations of nanodiamonds in Younger ...
Asian ozone pollution in Hawaii is tied to climate variability
Air pollution from Asia has been rising for several decades but Hawaii had seemed to escape the ozone pollution that drifts east with the springtime winds. Now a team of researchers has found that shifts ...
University of Montreal study analyzes content of nightmares and bad dreams
This news release is available in French. MONTREAL, January 28, 2014 - According to a new study by researchers at the ...
NASA spacecraft take aim at nearby supernova
An exceptionally close stellar explosion discovered on Jan. 21 has become the focus of observatories around and above the globe, including several NASA spacecraft. The blast, designated SN 2014J, occurred ...
Biases in animal studies may differ from those in clinical trials, UCSF study finds
A new analysis of animal studies on cholesterol-lowering statins by UC San Francisco researchers found that non-industry studies had results that favored the ...
Immune system drives pregnancy complications after fetal surgery in mice
As a fetal surgeon at UC San Francisco, Tippi MacKenzie, MD, has long known that ...
Temple surgeon working to bring new stent for aortic aneurysms to patients in the US
Temple University Hospital (TUH) could be among the first U.S.-based hospitals to test a new device known as a multilayer stent in patients suffering from aortic ...
Picture of how our climate is affected by greenhouse gases is a 'cloudy' one
Jerusalem, Jan. 26, 2014 – The warming effect of human-induced greenhouse gases is a given, but to what extent ...
Getting a charge from changes in humidity
BOSTON — A new type of electrical generator uses bacterial spores ...
JCI early table of contents for Jan. 27, 2014
Inhibition of kidney glucose transport improves hyperglycemia but increases glucose production
Treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) with the drug metformin greatly reduces diabetic complications ...
A trigger for muscular diseases
Various muscular diseases are associated with changes in the elasticity of the protein titin, but whether these changes are a cause or an effect of disease has been unclear. A study in The Journal of General Physiology helps ...
Unexpected player in regulation of blood cholesterol levels
Kinesins are motor proteins that "walk" along microtubules and transport various cargoes throughout the cell. A study in The Journal of Cell Biology uncovers an unexpected role for one kinesin in ...
Protecting the skin from sun exposure
The ultraviolet radiation (UVR) present in sunlight is the most common environmental carcinogen, and long-term exposure to UVR can lead to skin cancer and premature aging of the skin. To develop better methods of ...
HRT therapy may increase risk of acute pancreatitis
Women who use postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may be at increased risk of acute pancreatitis, found a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Acute pancreatitis, ...
Preventing and treating the common cold: Nothing to sneeze at
How do you prevent and treat the common cold? Handwashing and zinc may be best for prevention whereas acetaminophen, ibuprofen and perhaps ...
The science of baby-making still a mystery for many women
A new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers provides insight into how much women of reproductive age in the United States know about reproductive health. Published in the Jan. 27 issue of Fertility & Sterility, ...
Cannabis during pregnancy endangers fetal brain development
An increasing number of children suffer from the consequences of maternal drug exposure during pregnancy, and Cannabis is one of the most frequently used substances. This motivated the study, published in ...
New method increases supply of embryonic stem cells
A new method allows for large-scale generation of human embryonic stem cells of high clinical quality. It also allows for production of such cells without destroying any human embryos. The discovery is a big step forward ...
Cracks in the cellular transport system can be key to a new generation of cancer therapies
Researchers from Warwick Medical School have discovered a critical point of failure in the microscopic transport system that operates inside every cell in the human body.
The ...
Ottawa researchers discover new combination therapy to kill cancer
OTTAWA, ON – January 27, 2014 – Cancer is the leading cause of death in Canada and is responsible for about 30% of all deaths, according to the Canadian ...