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Earth Science 2013-12-20

An earthquake or a snow avalanche has its own shape

An earthquake or a snow avalanche has its own shape However, it is crucial what one observes – paper fracture or the avalanching of snow. The results were just published in the Nature Communications journal. Avalanches of snow or earthquakes can be described in other ...
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Science 2013-12-20

Smooth or grainy?

Smooth or grainy? A SISSA paper reviews research on the grain of space-time Smooth" or grainy? Is space-time continuous or is it made up of very fine (10-35 metres on the "Planck scale") but discrete grains, if we look at it very ...
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Science 2013-12-20

Birth control at the zoo

Birth control at the zoo Vets meet the elusive goal of hippo castration Common hippopotami (Hippopotamus amphibius) are vulnerable to extinction in the wild, but reproduce extremely well under captive breeding conditions. Females ...
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Medicine 2013-12-20

Breaking down cancer's defense mechanisms

Breaking down cancer's defense mechanisms A possible new method for treating pancreatic cancer which enables the body's immune system to attack and kill cancer cells has been developed by researchers. The method uses a drug which breaks down the ...
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Physics 2013-12-20

Charge order competes with superconductivity

Charge order competes with superconductivity Today in Science express: Charge carriers in cuprate high-Tc superconductors form nanostripes that suppress superconductivity, as shown by guest researchers from Princeton ...
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Medicine 2013-12-20

Elucidating biological cells' transport mechanisms

Elucidating biological cells' transport mechanisms A new study focuses on the motion of motor proteins in living cells, applying a physicist's tool called non-equilibrium statistical mechanics Motion fascinates physicists. It becomes even more intriguing when ...
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Medicine 2013-12-20

How the cells remove copper

How the cells remove copper We are fundamentally dependent on the presence of copper in the cells of the body. Copper is actually part of the body's energy conversion and protective mechanisms against oxygen radicals, as well as part of the immune system, and it also has great ...
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Science 2013-12-20

New research provides insight into epilepsy

New research provides insight into epilepsy Jørgen Kjems and Morten Trillingsgaard Venø, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO), contribute to an article on microRNA-128 just published in Science. ...
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Science 2013-12-20

EARTH Magazine: Navigating the risks of hazard research

EARTH Magazine: Navigating the risks of hazard research Alexandria, VA – When individuals die in a natural disaster or property damage is costly, can anyone be blamed? After the 2012 conviction of six Italian geoscientists on manslaughter charges related ...
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Science 2013-12-20

Half of National Lottery in Spain sold at Christmas

Half of National Lottery in Spain sold at Christmas Sales of the National Lottery have fallen for the last five years, which shows that even the most traditional games have been affected by the economic crisis. In 2012, it collected 5.0163 billion euros, down 4.8% from 2011 ...
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Medicine 2013-12-20

Neurobiology: The logistics of learning

Neurobiology: The logistics of learning Learning requires constant reconfiguration of the connections between nerve cells. Two new studies now yield new insights into the molecular mechanisms that underlie the learning process. Learning and memory ...
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Science 2013-12-20

Increasing personal savings, the 'Groundhog Day' way

Increasing personal savings, the 'Groundhog Day' way How a cyclical concept of time can boost your bank account Thinking about time as a cycle of recurring experiences — a reality Bill Murray's character knows all too well in the movie ...
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Science 2013-12-20

Sugar cane fires in Louisiana

Sugar cane fires in Louisiana According to KATC Channel 3 in Lafayette, LA on December 17, 2013 , thick plumes of smoke are visible for miles around Acadiana (the mostly French region of Louisiana in the southern part of the state). They aren't major fires, but instead ...
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Medicine 2013-12-20

Parasitic DNA proliferates in aging tissues

Parasitic DNA proliferates in aging tissues The genomes of organisms from humans to corn are replete with "parasitic" strands of DNA that, when not suppressed, copy themselves and spread throughout the genome, potentially affecting health. Earlier this year Brown University researchers ...
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Science 2013-12-20

Want to stop smoking? See a specialist!

Want to stop smoking? See a specialist! Smokers in England who want to stop smoking are three times more likely to succeed if they see a trained advisor than if they try by themselves, according to a new study published online today in the medical journal Addiction. Worryingly, ...
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Science 2013-12-20

Science's top 10 breakthroughs of 2013

Science's top 10 breakthroughs of 2013 Journal celebrates recent success with cancer immunotherapy and more This news release is available in Spanish, French, Arabic, Japanese and Chinese. The cancer research community experienced ...
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Medicine 2013-12-20

Researchers generate kidney tubular cells from stem cells

Researchers generate kidney tubular cells from stem cells Advance could allow regenerative medicine to replace dialysis or transplantation for treating kidney failure Washington, DC (December 19, 2013) — Researchers have successfully coaxed stem cells to become kidney ...
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