Discovered: a nearby sub-Earth exoplanet as dense as pure iron
Roughly 9 parsecs, or 30 light-years, from Earth, a sub-Earth planet with a density close to pure iron orbits its ...
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New genetic variant discovered in Old Order Amish provides increased cardioprotection
Whole-exome sequencing and association analysis in nearly 7,000 Old Order Amish reveals a genetic variant that may confer protective effects ...
Potential target for treating and diagnosing Lyme disease discovered
You don’t have to go far to find ticks. Just step outside and look for some grass. Look to the ...
Extinct swordfish-shaped marine reptile discovered
A team of international researchers from Canada, Colombia, and Germany has discovered a new marine reptile. The specimen, a stunningly ...
Extraordinary Roman mosaic and villa discovered beneath farmer’s field in Rutland, UK
Archaeologists have unearthed the first Roman mosaic of its kind in the UK. Today (Thursday 25th November 2021), a rare ...
Important genetic predispositions for acute myeloid leukemia discovered
The National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden (NCT/UCC) is a joint institution of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the ...
First moth species on Alpenrose discovered
An Austrian-Swiss research team was able to find a previously unknown glacial relic in the Alps, the Alpine rose leaf-miner ...
Research in Brief: First-ever interior Earth mineral discovered in nature
UNLV geochemists have discovered a new mineral on the surface of the Earth. There’s just one catch: it shouldn’t be ...
Easternmost Roman aqueduct discovered in Armenia
Archaeologists from the University of Münster and the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia have discovered remains ...
Quantum confinement discovered in porous nano-photocatalyst
Green hydrogen production from solar water splitting has attracted a great deal of interest in recent years because hydrogen is ...
A newly discovered genetic link to non-alcoholic inflammatory liver disease
Tsukuba, Japan – Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the accumulation of fat in the liver unrelated to alcohol abuse ...
Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered a mechanism that helps plants cope with water shortages
Credit: Tel Aviv University A newly-discovered mechanism is responsible for the closing of stomata in leaves to prevent water ...
NSU research scientist leads group that discovered gene variants that delimit HIV-1 infection
Research Take-a-Ways:Credit: Dr. Stephen J. O'Brien Research Take-a-Ways: This represents the first detailed study of a search for human genes ...
A reef in two gears: New patterns of coral recovery discovered
Damaged coral reefs show slower than expected recovery for up to six years before switching to a faster phase of ...
Three-channel Kondo effect discovered in cubic holmium compound
Tokyo, Japan – A scientist from Tokyo Metropolitan University has applied numerical methods to capture the hallmarks of a quantum ...
Promising new antimalarial compound discovered in McMaster-Hamburg collaboration
Hamilton, ON (Oct. 27, 2021) – A study out of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research at ...
Infant planet discovered by UH-led team using Maunakea telescopes
One of the youngest planets ever found around a distant infant star has been discovered by an international team of ...
‘Raptor-like’ dinosaur discovered in Australian mine, actually uncovered as a timid vegetarian
Fossil footprints found in an Australian coal mine around 50 years ago have long been thought to be that of ...
Novel quantum effect discovered in naturally occurring graphene
Usually, the electrical resistance of a material depends very much on its physical dimensions and fundamental properties. Under special circumstances, ...
‘The mother of all cannabinoids’: anti-seizure compounds discovered in cannabis
Research from pharmacologists at the University of Sydney provides new insights into how cannabis extracts may work to treat epilepsy.Credit: ...