New tachyon theory could unlock the secrets of time travel and causality
Faster-than-light particles have spent decades in physics as both temptation and warning. They offered a way to test…
Study reveals hidden role of permafrost in ancient climate change
For decades, scientists have looked to the oceans for answers about one of Earth’s biggest climate mysteries: Why…
Getting an IUD can be very painful. There’s a solution.
When Tove Danovich recalls the first time she got an IUD, one thing stands out: the sheer pain…
Africa CDC and WHO unite to combat Ebola outbreak
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) today launched…
Favorable lifestyle factors reduce dementia risk across key genetic profiles
With dementia cases expected to nearly triple worldwide by 2050, researchers are increasingly focused on identifying ways to…
Popular supplement creatine supercharges critical immune cells fighting cancer
Creatine, the organic acid that is popularly taken as a supplement by athletes and bodybuilders, supercharges a critical…
Fossil discovery solves 500-million-year-old mystery about the dawn of animal life
Tiny honeycomb-like colonies from southern China have opened a long-running gap in the story of animal life. For…
Early galaxy collisions may explain why giant galaxies died young
A new study suggests that some of the Universe’s earliest giant galaxies may have lived dramatic lives. They…
Physicists propose that our universe may contain three dimensions of time
Space and time looked settled, at least in broad outline. Einstein’s special relativity gave physics a durable framework…
Explaining how skin and other tissues stay strong
Using microscopy techniques to identify the network of actin filiments, the researchers found it includes star-shaped hubs and…
Long-term exposure to air pollution associated with lower semantic memory
A new study by researchers at UC Davis Health and Kaiser Permanente found that higher exposure to very small air…
Robot fish helps explain how real fish learned to move on land
Fish stranded on shore often look helpless, all flops and wriggles. But that clumsy scramble may follow a…