MIT scientists identify brain roots of pessimism
WASHINGTON -- American neuroscientists identified a brain region that can generate pessimistic mood of many patients with anxiety or depression....
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MED-TECH | Study shows deleting key gene can inhibit lung cancer
BEIJING, CHINA -- Chinese researchers have found that lung cancer can be inhibited by knocking out a key gene in...
MED-TECH | New drugs put cancer into ‘permanent sleep’: Aussie research
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA -- Australian scientists on Thursday said they have discovered a new type of drug that targets specific proteins...
CLIMATE | As Northern Hemisphere sizzles in scorching summer, environment experts warn of worse if global warming continues
BEIJING, CHINA -- With scorching weather broiling the Northern Hemisphere this summer and setting off forest fires in the Arctic...
SPACE | Scientists discover ‘rogue planet’ outside solar system
WASHINGTON -- Scientists have made the first radio-telescope detection of a huge free-floating planet beyond our solar system, a new...
SCI-TECH | Prehistoric worms come back to life after 42,000 years of being frozen
MOSCOW, RUSSIA -- Scientists have revived worms that have been frozen in Russian permafrost for nearly 42,000 years, local media...
SCI-TECH | New algorithm inverts physics research process: study
WASHINGTON -- American scientists have developed an algorithm that could reveal novel properties in materials, which reversed the typical mathematical...
SCI-TECH | Scientific body calls for developing ways to recycle lithium-ion battery
CANBERRA -- Australia's peak scientific body has called for the country to take a world-leading role in recycling lithium-ion batteries....
NATURAL SCIENCE | Honeybees understand abstract concept of zero: study
WASHINGTON -- Australian and French scientists have discovered that honeybees can understand the concept of zero, making them into the...
BIO-TECH | Russian biologists extract substance from maggots to increase effectiveness of antibiotics
ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA -- A substance extracted from meat fly maggots can increase the effectiveness of existing antibiotics, said Russian...