Surging through the spray,swelling handscast salty netsthrough unseen lines.Stripes of shaded powerthat bulgeand swingand sway. Shearing swathes of surfriling concentric fieldsthat pushand pulland stay. The strength of these convulsionsriding afore each crest,pronouncing the spreadof devastationthat followsin their wake. Debris of every kind is spread across a beach following the 2009 Samoa tsunami (Image Credit: Casey […]

The two-meter skull of a newly discovered species of giant ichthyosaur, the earliest known, is shedding new light on the marine reptiles’ rapid growth into behemoths of the Dinosaurian oceans, and helping us better understand the journey of modern cetaceans (whales and dolphins) to becoming the largest animals to ever inhabit the Earth. While dinosaurs […]

Inhaled CBD shrinks the size of the highly aggressive, lethal brain tumor glioblastoma in an animal model by reducing the essential support of its microenvironment, researchers report. “We saw a significant reduction in the size of the tumor and its microenvironment was different,” Dr. Babak Baban, immunologist and associate dean for research at the Dental College of […]

Every day, the billions of bacteria that inhabit your digestive system change; the food you eat, medications you take, and germs you’re exposed to make some bacteria flourish more than others. Scientists know that this ever-shifting balance of gut microbes is linked to your health and disease, but have struggled to pin down what makes […]

Blocking function of a blood-clotting protein prevented bone loss from periodontal (gum) disease in mice, according to research led by scientists at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), part of the National Institutes of Health. Drawing on animal and human data, the researchers found that buildup of the protein, called fibrin, triggers […]

Scientists have found a way to prove that biochemical signals sent from cell to cell play an important role in determining how those cells develop. The study from researchers at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences was published in the journal Development on Dec. 22. A little background: All cells within the body begin as stem cells. […]

Researchers have developed a method to stabilise a promising material known as perovskite for cheap solar cells, without compromising its near-perfect performance. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, used an organic molecule as a ‘template’ to guide perovskite films into the desired phase as they form. Their results are reported in the journal Science. Perovskite […]

Planting trees and suppressing wildfires do not necessarily maximise the carbon storage of natural ecosystems. A new study has found that prescribed burning can actually lock in or increase carbon in the soils of temperate forests, savannahs and grasslands. The finding points to a new method of manipulating the world’s natural capacity for carbon capture […]

Melanoma patients receiving therapy that makes it easier for their immune system to kill cancer cells respond to treatment better when their diet is rich in fiber, according to a large, international research collaboration that includes the Oregon State University College of Pharmacy. Published today in Science, the study led by the University of Texas […]

The first experiments to directly observe dicarbon’s destruction under sunlight have illuminated the mechanism by which some comets gain a green ‘halo’ while their tail remains colourless. If you ask stargazers what is the most exciting thing to look at this month, they might well be pointing to a faint blob in the early morning […]