By: Eureka Alert / University of Portsmouth People can die simply because they’ve given up, life has beaten them and they feel defeat is inescapable, according to new research. The…
Continue readingBy: USASK RESEARCH PROFILE AND IMPACT A University of Saskatchewan (USask) research team has uncovered how bats can carry the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus without getting sick—research that…
Continue readingBy: Heidi Douglass / UNSW World-first research led by neuroimaging expert Dr Jiyang Jiang at UNSW’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) has found that those aged 95 and over demonstrated more…
Continue readingBy: CELL PRESS There is an ongoing debate among policymakers and the general public about where SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, came from. While researchers consider bats the most…
Continue readingBy Sara Tubbs / University of Houston From writing papers to answering emails, it’s common for office workers to juggle multiple tasks at once. But those constant interruptions can actually create…
Continue readingMore than half of the planet’s fresh water is in Antarctica. While most of it is frozen in the ice sheets, underneath the ice pools and streams of water flow…
Continue readingOrganic compounds called thiophenes are found on Earth in coal, crude oil and oddly enough, in white truffles, the mushroom beloved by epicureans and wild pigs. Thiophenes were also recently…
Continue readingWhen’s the next dog food commercial on? Shutterstock Dog owners often notice their pets watching televisions, computer screens and tablets. But what is going on in their pooch’s head? Indeed,…
Continue readingThe Earth currently has two moons – but they won’t look like this in the sky. Author provided The Minor Planet Centre has just announced that the Earth has been…
Continue readingScientists have identified a sub-atomic particle that could have formed the “dark matter” in the Universe during the Big Bang. Up to 80% of the Universe could be dark matter,…
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