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How Geography Functions as a Structural Determinant of Health
Geography

How Geography Functions as a Structural Determinant of Health

In unincorporated towns along the US-Mexico border, historically and socially marginalized groups become invisible to the healthcare system, demonstrating that geography serves as a structural…
The Cost of Phased-out Coal
Technology

The Cost of Phased-out Coal

Coal phase-out is vital to address climate change, but it can have a detrimental impact on workers and local communities who rely on coal for…
Advancing Cardiac Regeneration with Stem Cell-derived Heart Muscle Cells
Biology

Advancing Cardiac Regeneration with Stem Cell-derived Heart Muscle Cells

Regenerative heart therapies involve transplanting cardiac muscle cells into damaged parts of the heart to restore function. However, this surgery is apparently associated with a…
Researchers develop Artificial Cells that Function like Biological Cells
Biology

Researchers develop Artificial Cells that Function like Biological Cells

In a new paper published in Nature Chemistry, UNC-Chapel Hill researcher Ronit Freeman and her colleagues reveal the methods they took to modify DNA and…
Acid Reflux Medication has been related to an increased Risk of Migraines
Neuroscience

Acid Reflux Medication has been related to an increased Risk of Migraines

According to a study published in the online issue of Neurology®Clinical Practice, an official journal of the American Academy of Neurology, those who take acid-reducing…
These Mice, with their Hybrid Brains, Smell like Rats
Neuroscience

These Mice, with their Hybrid Brains, Smell like Rats

Mice without an olfactory system had their sense of smell restored using neurons from rats, marking the first time scientists effectively integrated sensory apparatus from…
Novel One-dimensional Superconductor in Condensed Matter Physics
Physics

Novel One-dimensional Superconductor in Condensed Matter Physics

Researchers at The University of Manchester have established robust superconductivity at high magnetic fields using a newly developed one-dimensional (1D) system, marking a significant advancement…
Behavior of Marine Plankton may Forecast Future Extinctions
Other

Behavior of Marine Plankton may Forecast Future Extinctions

Marine communities traveled to Antarctica during the Earth’s warmest phase in 66 million years, long before a major extinction occurred. During the Early Eocene Climatic…
200,000 Years Ago, Two Species Interbred to Generate a New Butterfly Species
Other

200,000 Years Ago, Two Species Interbred to Generate a New Butterfly Species

Researchers discovered that the Amazonian butterfly is a hybrid species created by two different species mated together about 200,000 years ago. The discovery, made by…
By Mid-century, Climate Change could be the Primary cause of Biodiversity Loss
Environment

By Mid-century, Climate Change could be the Primary cause of Biodiversity Loss

According to a massive multi-model study published in Science, land-use change alone has caused a 2% to 11% decrease in global biodiversity throughout the twentieth…
During the Evolution of Walking, the Hip Bone linked to the Rib Bones
Other

During the Evolution of Walking, the Hip Bone linked to the Rib Bones

A new reconstruction of the 375-million-year-old fossil fish Tiktaalik, a close relative of limbed vertebrates, utilizes micro-CT to uncover bones that remained trapped in matrix.…
Scientists uncover Genetics behind the Genesis of Gliding
Biology

Scientists uncover Genetics behind the Genesis of Gliding

Researchers explain the genomic and developmental origins of the patagium, a thin skin membrane that permits some mammalian species to fly through the air. People…
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