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Phys.org / Low-development regions suffer far higher losses in climate disasters, study warns
People living in regions with lower scores on the Human Development Index face a substantially higher risk from climate-related disasters, even when these are not unusually severe. This is the key finding of a new study led ...
Phys.org / Reforestation's effects on water resources may depend on global warming level
Planting trees is widely promoted as a natural solution to climate change. But a new study led by researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences finds that the hydrological consequences ...
Phys.org / Benzene reaction may explain how DNA and RNA building blocks formed on early Earth
Caltech researchers have identified a novel chemical reaction that could explain the formation of the building blocks of DNA and RNA, the molecules that encode all of life's functions. The work is an important step toward ...
Phys.org / Your body's secret sugar code could predict disease years before it strikes
Scientists have found that hidden health signals coating your cells could change medicine forever. The new study by Edith Cowan University (ECU) School of Medical and Health Sciences has shown sugar molecules in your body ...
Phys.org / Observation of living cells solves mystery of bacterial cell division
Using an innovative combination of biochemical experiments and ultra-high-resolution microscopy, a research team at Kiel University has solved the long-standing mystery of how the bacterium B. subtilis regulates its cell ...
Medical Xpress / A diet-derived nutrient in breast milk may shape immune development
Trans-vaccenic acid (TVA), the most abundant trans fatty acid found in human breast milk, helps boost immune system development and has long-lasting effects on immune system health in mice, according to a new study by researchers ...
Medical Xpress / Exploiting a common weakness in enzymes could lead to a single vaccine against diarrhea-causing gut pathogens
The bacteria enterotoxigenic E. coli and Shigella together cause hundreds of millions of infections each year and are among the leading causes of diarrheal death, especially in children. Decades of vaccine development efforts ...
Phys.org / Dogs and humans are more alike than we thought, study finds
The same biological signals that help predict lifespan in humans also appear in dogs, according to new research from the Dog Aging Project—a finding that could help scientists better understand aging in both species.
Medical Xpress / Newborn neurons routinely break then repair DNA during brain cortex formation, study reveals
Newborn nerve cells must squeeze through crowded, narrow spaces—through dense tissue, past other cells, and between fibers—to reach the areas where they form neural circuits in the brain cortex. In a study published in Nature, ...
Tech Xplore / AI museum brings sights, sounds and smells of the rainforest
The squawks of macaws, the smell of wet earth after rain and a swirl of colors will transport visitors from a Los Angeles museum to the heart of the Amazon rainforest—or rather, an AI version of it.
Phys.org / Global surveys find carbon uptake in tropics overestimated
An international team of researchers has found plants in the tropics absorb much less carbon dioxide than previous modeling had suggested, which has implications for ecosystem management.
Medical Xpress / Many cancers originate from a single cancer cell and evolve through early bursts of chromosome changes
A comprehensive multi-cancer study by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has revealed that cancer cells within tumors are genetically diverse, yet all carry the same core genetic changes that ...
