HEALTH
Drugs could one day treat nearsightedness, reveals gene study
A study of gene changes in the retina has brought closer the day when drugs may be able to stop or reverse the development of nearsightedness, or myopia,…
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HEALTH
Newly discovered molecule could treat heart failure
In heart failure, the heart is unable to pump blood effectively throughout the body. One key factor in the development of this…
SCIENCE
Moderate warming could melt East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Parts of the world’s largest ice sheet would melt if Antarctic warming of just 2°C is sustained for millennia, according to international…
SCIENCE
Could a ‘demon’ help create a quantum computer?
Reduced entropy in a three-dimensional lattice of super-cooled, laser-trapped atoms could help speed progress toward creating quantum computers. A team of researchers…
SCIENCE
Human genome could contain up to 20 percent fewer genes, researchers reveal
A new study led by the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) reveals that up to 20% of genes classified as coding…
SCIENCE
Humanmade mangroves could get to the ‘root’ of the problem for threats to coastal areas
With threats of sea level rise, storm surge and other natural disasters, researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer…
SCIENCE
Serial criminals could help save tigers
A geographic profiling tool used to catch serial criminals could help reduce the casualties of human-tiger conflict, according to scientists who collaborated…
SCIENCE
Tracking Sargassum’s ocean path could help predict coastal inundation events
The word Sargassum conjures up images of a vast floating island off the coast of Bermuda, the mystical Sargasso Sea that has…
SCIENCE
Novel sensors could enable smarter textiles
A team of engineers at the University of Delaware is developing next-generation smart textiles by creating flexible carbon nanotube composite coatings on…
SCIENCE
‘Abrupt thaw’ of permafrost beneath lakes could significantly affect climate change models
Methane released by thawing permafrost from some Arctic lakes could significantly accelerate climate change, according to a new University of Alaska Fairbanks-led…