For The Better

Normal household waste is collected and disposed of by waste collectors, and a similar process occurs in cells to remove damaged and potentially harmful proteins. A new research study provides a better understanding of how this is done.

Researchers have created what could be the first battery that is both flexible and washable. In addition to watches and patches for measuring vital signs, the battery might also be integrated with clothing that can actively change color or temperature.

MRI — with or without FDG PET coregistration –c an improve the staging of patients with small cell lung cancer.

The prevalence of obesity has doubled in Australia in the last two decades. As a result, overweight and obesity will likely be associated with 10,000 thyroid cancers in the next decade.

Using data on electromagnetic (EM) waves and plasma particles measured simultaneously via multiple satellites, an international collaborative research group has discovered the existence of invisible ‘propagation path’ of EM waves and elucidated the mec…

Women who gave birth to a premature baby after developing pre-eclampsia were 17 times more likely to experience another preterm birth if pre-eclampsia emerged again, new research has found.

A team of astronomers has discovered the fastest optical flash of a Type Ia supernova.

Researchers have conducted high-precision 3D supercomputer simulations to reveal the 3D structure of theoretically predicted micron-scale megatesla magnetic fields, which optimizes engineering design of laser conditions and micron-size target structure…

Enzymes are capable of degrading synthetic polyisoprene. The specific conditions for that have now been created and exploited. Polyisoprene is the principal component of natural rubber and of many types of rubber also used in car tires, for example. Up…

Rising as high as 20 feet, ancient stone monoliths in southern Ethiopia are 1,000 years older than scientists previously thought, according to a new study. A research team used advanced radiocarbon dating to determine the often phallic-shaped monoliths…

A new study has shown that the signs of age related macular degeneration can set in earlier than previously thought — even before patients begin to lose their sight. The findings open the door for research into earlier treatment that could help slow d…

Cities are responsible for 60-70% of energy-related CO2 emissions. As the world is increasingly urbanized, it is crucial to identify cost-effective pathways to decarbonize. Here, we propose a ‘SolarEV City’ concept, in which integrated systems of citie…

An international team of scientists has demonstrated that burrowing snakes have undergone extensive vision gene loss over tens of millions of years of evolutionary history.

Large future changes in climate variability. New computer model simulations identify widespread changes in climate variability under sustained anthropogenic forcing.

Toxic metals in the environment may increase the risk of atherosclerosis, a buildup of plaque in the arteries that can prevent blood and oxygen from reaching major organs. Arsenic and cadmium, metals that can be found in food, water and tobacco, plus t…

Scientists have discovered that gene therapy and the diabetes drug metformin may be potential treatments for late-onset retinal degeneration (L-ORD), a rare, blinding eye disease. Researchers generated a ‘disease-in-a-dish’ model to study the disease.

Engineers have reached a theoretical limit for efficiently converting analog data into digital bits in an emerging computer technology.

Two complementary studies show that defibrotide can successfully suppress the formation and progression of neutrophil extracellular traps, or NETs, which are web-like networks of toxic proteins that play a role in forming blood clots and promoting infl…