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Jupiter's unknown journey revealed (Image)
Mar 25, 2019 10:07 AM EDT

Jupiter's unknown journey revealed

It is known that gas giants around other stars are often located very near their sun. According to accepted theory, these gas planets were formed far away and subsequently migrated to an orbit closer to the star.

Time-restricted eating may help prevent breast cancer, mouse study suggests
Mar 25, 2019 10:00 AM EDT

Time-restricted eating may help prevent breast cancer, mouse study suggests

Changing when you eat rather than what you eat may prove to be a dietary intervention against breast cancer, suggests a new mouse study to be presented Saturday at ENDO 2019, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in New Orleans, La.

Sex hormone levels in older men are linked to lower biological age (Image)
Mar 25, 2019 09:55 AM EDT

Sex hormone levels in older men are linked to lower biological age

Older men tend to have lower biological age if they have higher levels of sex hormones, particularly the estradiol form of estrogen, a large new study from Australia finds.

Walking downhill after meals boosts bone health in postmenopausal women with diabetes (Image)
Mar 25, 2019 09:52 AM EDT

Walking downhill after meals boosts bone health in postmenopausal women with diabetes

Walking downhill after eating can reduce bone resorption, the process in which old bone is broken down and removed from the body, in postmenopausal women with diabetes.

Ammonia Selective Catalytic Oxidation (IMAGE)
Mar 23, 2019 11:11 AM EDT

Breakthrough in air purification with a catalyst that works at room temperature

Turning ammonia into harmless substances using gold nanoparticles on a metal oxide framework

World's Biggest Tyrannosaurus rex (IMAGE)
Mar 23, 2019 10:26 AM EDT

UAlberta paleontologists report world's biggest Tyrannosaurus rex

Nicknamed 'Scotty,' the record-breaking rex is also the largest dinosaur skeleton ever found in Canada.

Hematopoetic Stem Cell In Niche (IMAGE)
Mar 23, 2019 10:20 AM EDT

Squishing blood stem cells could facilitate harvest for transplants

Knockout of Ptpn21 alters deformability

Air Force Memory Test (IMAGE)
Mar 22, 2019 09:24 AM EDT

Genetic test for cognitive performance developed by Air Force

Cognitive assessment supplements physical tests used by scouts and recruiters to find candidates with the right stuff

Knowledge of Female Genital Schistosomiasis Lacking in Ghana, Study Finds (IMAGE)
Mar 22, 2019 09:22 AM EDT

Knowledge of female genital schistosomiasis lacking in Ghana

Urogenital schistosomiasis (US), a chronic parasitic disease, is endemic in Ghana and policymakers have undertaken efforts to control it, largely through mass drug administration of praziquantel given to school-aged children.

Can you think like a machine
Mar 22, 2019 08:48 AM EDT

Researchers get humans to think like computers

Computers, like those that power self-driving cars, can be tricked into mistaking random scribbles for trains, fences and even school buses. People aren't supposed to be able to see how those images trip up computers but in a new study, Johns Hopkins University researchers show most people actually ...

Eye Degeneration And Brain Lesion After Stroke (IMAGE)
Mar 21, 2019 10:14 AM EDT

New study reshapes understanding of how the brain recovers from injury

Researchers to incorporate data into new, open access platform for exploration of the human brain

Galactic Chimneys in Milky Way (IMAGE)
Mar 21, 2019 10:11 AM EDT

Giant X-ray 'chimneys' are exhaust vents for vast energies produced at Milky Way's center

Study co-authored by UCLA astronomer provides close look at what might be happening in other, more energetic galaxies

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