Tardigrades Shot Through a Gun to Test the Space Organisms Indestructibility

Medicine & Technology May 20, 2021

Researchers from the University of Kent, UK fired individual tardigrades through a two-stage-light-gas-gun to test the high-velocity survivability threshold of the virtually indestructible animal.

Socioeconomic Disadvantages Linked to Increased Long-Term Heart Attack Effects, Mortality

May 20, 2021

According to researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, patients that experienced heart attacks at a young age have an increased tendency of suffering from long-term post-heart-attack if they live in disadvantaged neighborhoods and contributing socioeconomic factors.

Climate Change Linked to Intensity Hurricane Sandy Boosting Damages by at Least $8 Billion

May 20, 2021

Research now shows that human-induced climate change played a significant role in boosting the damages and intensity of 2012's Hurricane Sandy by no less than $8 billion.

New Research Allows Easy Mapping of Rare Extragalactic Quasars

May 20, 2021

New research suggests an easy solution to identify the rare extragalactic quasars.

Neuroscientists Discover Nerve Cells Sending Neural Information in the Wrong Direction

May 19, 2021

Challenging conventional theories on how neural information is relayed in the brain via one-way street. A study shows that when the receiving post-synaptic dendrites are overloaded the pre-synaptic axons hold off the delivery of the signal and send it first in the wrong direction.

Extinct Australian Crocodile Species Likely Preyed on 1,400-Pound Birds in the Late Mioce Era

May 19, 2021

A newly re-examined fossil shows that it belongs to a previously unknown Baru crocodile species in central Australia. Researchers hypothesize that the soon-to-be-named crocodile is the last of the Baru crocodiles to thrive in Australia and likely preyed on 1,400-pound flightless birds.

First-Ever Hood Graft Operation on Big Cat Done to Save Ratna the Tiger

May 19, 2021

Ratna the tiger from Shepreth Wildlife Park was the first-ever hood graft patient in Big Cats due to her corneal ulcer that's more commonly performed on domesticated small animals.

COVID-19 Reduces Gray Matter in Frontal Lobe Resulting to Changing Mood, Neurological Disease

May 19, 2021

An ongoing study suggests that neurological disease and covid-19 are possibly associated and can result in frontal lobe cell reduction.

New Concept of Saturn's Titan Moon Exploration by NASA Will Ease the Sample Collection

May 19, 2021

A new strategy is at work on getting samples from Saturn's gigantic moon Titan. The exploration will take advantage of the moon's chemical compounds for ease of the mission.

Neuroscientists Follow Thought Movement Inside the Human Brain of Epilepsy Patients

May 18, 2021

Neuroscientists from UC Berkeley conducted experiments on epilepsy patients undergoing surgery to track how thought passes through different areas of the brain before a reaction to a stimulus can be made.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Force Earth's Stratosphere to Shrink and Contract Says Study

May 18, 2021

A study shows that greenhouse gas emissions have forced the troposphere to expand thereby shrinking and contracting the Earth's stratosphere by 4% since the 1980s.

World War I Human Tissue a Breakthrough to Sequencing 1918 Pandemic Genome

May 18, 2021

Human tissues from WWI helped researchers to study the 1918 influenza pandemic. It opened the analysis of the flu genome's mutation and transition over time.

Land Subsidence Sinks Mexico City Deeper Within a Century

May 17, 2021

Mexico City is descending deeper and faster than expected. The city may sink hundreds of feet within a Century.

Tectonic Plates Found to be 3.6 Billion Years Old Thanks to Ancient Zircons Found in Australia

May 17, 2021

Researchers used ancient zircons--the oldest mineral found, from the jack hills of Western Australia to accurately date the origins of the Earth's tectonic plates to roughly 3.6 billion years ago.

Study Gives Clues on Potential Link Between Depression and Inflammation Due to Presence of Biomarkers

May 17, 2021

Researchers from King's College found a link between inflammation biomarkers and depression that gives clues on how depression may play a key role in low-grade systemic inflammation.