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Sea-Ice-Free Arctic Makes Permafrost Vulnerable to Thawing

January 9, 2020

The rate and extent of future thawing of permafrost, and consequent release of its carbon, is hard to predict from modern obs...

Scientists Call for More Diversity in Genomic Research

January 7, 2019

The authors caution that lack of diversity has potentially huge implications for the understanding and applications of geneti...

Evidence that Addictive Behaviors Have Strong Links with Ancient Retroviral Infection

September 25, 2018

New research shows that an ancient retrovirus—HK2—is more frequently found in drug addicts and thus is signi...

New Light Shed on the People Who Built Stonehenge

August 3, 2018

Despite over a century of intense study, we still know very little about the people buried at Stonehenge or how they came to ...

The Bacterial 'Game of Thrones'

January 26, 2018

Understanding bacterial wargames inside our body

A New Method for the 3-D Printing of Living Tissues

August 15, 2017

The approach could revolutionize regenerative medicine

Scientists Uncover Genetic Evidence That 'We Are What We Eat'

November 17, 2016

Researchers at the University of Oxford have demonstrated that the diets of organisms can affect the DNA sequences of their g...

How Did Birds Get Their Wings? Bacteria May Provide a Clue, Say Scientists

May 10, 2016

Gene duplication has been proposed as playing a key role in innovation since the 1970s, but latest findings add important emp...

Gene Therapy Shows Long-Term Benefit for Treating Rare Blindness

May 3, 2016

The gene therapy treatment was designed to slow or stop sight loss, however, two of the patients experienced a significant im...

Reduced Oxygen in Ice Age Antarctic Ocean Gives Clue to 'Missing' Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

April 4, 2016

The scientists were able to infer past ocean conditions, using foraminifera preserved in sediment cores

Nano-Pixels Promise Thin, Flexible High-Res Displays

July 16, 2014

A new discovery will make it possible to create pixels just a few hundred nanometres across that could pave the way for extre...

Research Indicates Risks of Consuming High Fructose Corn Syrup

November 28, 2012

A new study indicates that large amounts of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a sweetener found in national food supplies acro...