L’americana Amber Pearson era solita lavarsi le mani fino a sanguinare, terrorizzata dall’idea di contaminazione da oggetti di uso quotidiano, conseguenza debilitante del suo disturbo ossessivo compulsivo (DOC)....
Nel dicembre 2022, gli scienziati della National Ignition Facility degli Stati Uniti hanno annunciato una pietra miliare storica : per la prima volta, la loro reazione di fusione alimentata dal laser è riuscita a raggiungere il pareggio, producendo più energia di quella consumata....
Ancient creatures are emerging from the cold storage of melting permafrost, almost like something out of a horror movie....
If Mars is anything like Earth, such a long-lived aqueous environment would be an ideal place for microbial life to form....
The first baby to undergo a partial heart transplant will hopefully be spared repeated heart surgeries as the implanted tissue is growing with him – an outcome that has never been seen before in humans....
Testing for mutations in the UNC93B1 gene could enable early diagnosis and a new treatment target for this lifelong condition where the immune system attacks healthy tissue, causing chronic inflammation that potentially damages almost any of the body’s organs.
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Zits are the pits, shattering anyone’s confidence in a radiant pustule of pain. So the idea that the same bacterium thought to cause acne could also be co-opted to clear it up is strangely satisfying news. Like popping a good pimple (not that you should do that)....
A volcanic eruption that has engulfed homes in an Icelandic fishing port confirms that a long-dormant faultline running under the country has woken up, threatening to belch out lava with little warning for years to come, an expert warned on Tuesday....
Since the 1960s each decade has been hotter than the last, exactly as predicted by many climate models. But there has been some debate in the science community about whether or not this rate of warming is accelerating, particularly in light of last year’s climate chaos....
When you think of the Moon, the adjective “damp” generally doesn’t spring to mind....
The surface of Mars may appear barren and lifeless, but it seems the red planet is keeping quite a few secrets hidden from prying human eyes....
