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Wide variations in how well or poorly people age: United States ranks 54th between Iran (53rd) and Antigua and Barbuda (55th)

A 30-year gap separates countries with the highest and lowest ages at which people experience the health problems of a 65-year-old, according to a new scientific study.

VLA makes first direct image of key feature of powerful radio galaxies: Structure suggested by theorists decades ago

The scientists studied Cygnus A, a galaxy some 760 million light-years from Earth..

Nanomaterials give plants 'super' abilities

The researchers will present their results today at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring 2019 National Meeting Exposition.

Otherworldly mirror pools and mesmerizing landscapes discovered on ocean floor

"We discovered remarkable towers where every surface was occupied by some type of life..

Researchers tap rare pristine air to reveal pollution's impact

An international team of scientists led by Manish Shrivastava of the U.S.

How good are protein disorder prediction programs actually?

Unfortunately, it is challenging and time-consuming to characterie the structural propensities of polypeptides experimentally, and therefore bioinformatics methods for predicting protein disorder from sequence are indispensable. Over recent years many bioinformaticians have therefore constructed algorithms to differentiate peptide sequences that will fold from those that do not, and these algorithms

Bacterial factories could manufacture high-performance proteins for space missions

The researchers will present their results today at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring 2019 National Meeting Exposition.

Dark matter is not made up of tiny black holes

Scientists know that 85 per cent of the matter in the Universe is made up of dark matter.Its gravitational force prevents stars in our Milky Way from flying apart.

Changing how a country types: New keyboard standard makes typing in French easier: New standard created with state-of-the-art algorithm adopted by France

"Algorithms, like the ones we have developed for the French keyboard, can help us make better decisions..

Rainforest conservation in Peru must become more effective: How the effectiveness of the National Forest Conservation Program could be increased

In their publication the scientists analyze the "National Forest Conservation Program" (NFCP).It was launched by the Peruvian government in 2010 to curb the deforestation of the rainforest..

Calculating temperature inside moon to help reveal its inner structure

She found the temperature to be between 1,300 and 1,470 degrees Celsius, which is at the high end of an 800 degree range that previous scientists had determined.

Optical tweezers achieve new feats of capturing atoms

In a new study, a team led by physicist Cindy Regal showed that it could organize groups of individual atoms into large grids with an efficiency unmatched by existing methods.

Squeezed nanocrystals: A new model predicts their shape when blanketed under graphene

Ames Laboratory scientist are experts in 2D materials, and recently discovered a first-of-its-kind copper and graphite combination, produced by depositing copper on ion-bombarded graphite at high temperature and in an ultra-high vacuum environment. This produced a distribution of copper islands, embedded under an ultra-thin "blanket" consisting of a few layers

Researchers uncover additional evidence for massive solar storms

For the past 70 years, researchers have studied these solar storms by direct instrumental observations, which has led to an understanding of how they can pose a risk to the electrical grid, various communication systems, satellites and air traffic. Two examples of severe solar storms in modern times that caused

Few pathways to an acceptable climate future without immediate action

By adapting a popular computational climate change assessment model to better account for uncertainties in human activity and the atmosphere's sensitivity to carbon dioxide levels, the researchers created a novel method for exploring the consequences of different climate change futures to better inform policy decisions. The work is detailed in