2006-01-10 George A Eby Rhinosinusitis is an inflammation or infection of the nose and air pockets (sinuses) above, below and between the eyes which connect with the back of the nose through tiny openings (ostia). Rhinosinusitis can be caused by…
2020-07-06 CNRS What makes ships mysteriously slow down or even stop as they travel, even though their engines are working properly? …In 1904, the Swedish physicist and oceanographer Vagn Walfrid Ekman showed in a laboratory that waves formed under the…
2020-07-01 William Charles Louis and Richard G. Van de Water The most likely solution was a new neutrino—a “sterile” neutrino, so called because it would not interact with other matter in any way except through gravity.
2020-02-02 Raluca Budiu Results showed that light mode won across all dimensions: irrespective of age [of the individual], the positive contrast polarity [light mode] was better for both visual-acuity tasks and for proofreading tasks.
2020-06-08 Chris Lee Hydrogen, in low concentrations in a confined space, burns with a branching network instead of with a wide flame.
2019-12-16 Elena Renken Scientists are beginning to understand one of the ways in which sleep may benefit the health of the brain: by organizing the flow of fluids that can wash away harmful build-ups of proteins and wastes around neurons.…
2020-05-13 CNRS “The trails that we see are actually casts, corresponding to the base of the sauropods’ feet,” Moreau explains. “It’s as if you were looking at the tracks left by the dinosaurs from below. What happened is that infiltrated…
2020-03-20 Pall Thordarson Alcohol-based disinfectants are also effective, but soap is a highly efficient way of killing the virus when it’s on your skin … Health authorities have been giving us two messages: once you have the virus there are…
2020-03-09 Katherine Harmon Courage In the February 20 issue of Cell, one team of scientists announced that they — and a powerful deep learning algorithm — had found a totally new antibiotic, one with an unconventional mechanism of action that…
2020-02-04 Jennifer Ouellette Study reveals that polymers of varying strand lengths are the key ingredient. The article includes the recipe for blowing gigantic bubbles.