News
- Life
Hydrothermal vents sometimes colonized from afar
Deep-sea currents can waft larvae hundreds of kilometers.
- Health & Medicine
Carotid procedures test about equally
Study finds similar stroke risks after surgery or stents.
- Health & Medicine
U.S. women still have higher stroke incidence than men
Research suggests possible link to abdominal fat.
- Health & Medicine
Compound might facilitate stroke recovery
Animal study finds regrowth of brain cells with natural protein fragment.
- Health & Medicine
Coffee associated with lower stroke risk
Study finds java drinkers 71 percent as likely to have had stroke as nondrinkers.
- Health & Medicine
Cooling stroke patients from the inside out
A treatment that induces hypothermia proves safe in an early test.
- Chemistry
Naming an atomic heavyweight
More than a decade after its debut in a German lab, element 112 is officially named copernicium.
- Ecosystems
Sea of plastics
Oceanographers are finding more patches of floating polymers, some up to 20 meters deep.
- Life
Ultraviolet freckles start fish fights
Two damselfish species use short wavelengths to recognize rivals’ spots.
- Health & Medicine
‘Ministrokes’ may cause more damage than thought
A common test given to patients after the passing attacks appears to miss some cognitive impairments.
- Life
Inflaming dangers of a fat-laden meal
In overweight people, immune cells embedded in fat are sensitive to high levels of fat in the blood, triggering inflammation that can lead to heart disease and diabetes.
- Astronomy
Saturn moon could be hospitable to life, new images suggest
Cassini spacecraft sees evidence for liquid water beneath the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
