Air pollution spikes linked to irregular heartbeats, study finds
Author: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
Category: science
Study of 200,000 Chinese hospital admissions finds acute exposure to air pollution raises risk of heart arrhythmiasSpikes in air pollution increase th...
Astronomers discover two super-Earths orbiting nearby star
Author: Joe Doe
Category: science
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered two "super-Earth" exoplanets orbiting a...
Fur seals on a remote island chain are exposed to huge amounts of toxic heavy metals, yet somehow, they're healthy
Author: Joe Doe
Category: science
Juan Fernández fur seals are so poorly understood that they were considered extinct for nearly a century before a remnant population which had managed...
Scientists develop plant-based cell culture scaffold for cheaper, more sustainable cultured meat
Author: Joe Doe
Category: science
A research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has successfully used common plant proteins to 3D-print an edible cell culture scaffol...
Crushed Scottish fossils reconstructed to reveal ancient predator's skull
Author: Joe Doe
Category: science
Meet the "tadpole from hell," or to give the species its full name, Crassigyrinus scoticus. Digital reconstructions of broken fossils have revealed mo...
Buried medical waste found in Renaissance-era landfill on site of ancient Roman forum
Author: Joe Doe
Category: science
A team of archaeologists affiliated with several institutions in Denmark and Italy has found buried medical waste in a Renaissance-era landfill that w...
New study of river channel belts results in a valuable online map
Author: Joe Doe
Category: science
A new study authored by Björn Nyberg and colleagues offers the world's first comprehensive classification of river channel belts at a 30-meter resolut...
How close-ups of Mars’ moon Deimos are a game-changer for the UAE
Author: Robert Lea
Category: science
"People in the Emirates think differently now, school students dream of going to space, of being a scientist. That’s the real goal.”The post How close...
Fighting to save Venezuela's Orinoco Crocodile
Author: Joe Doe
Category: science
Venezuela's Orinoco Crocodile is a fearsome beast, but its enormous size and sharp teeth were no match for humans who hunted them to the brink of exti...
Engineers develop electroconductive hydrogel for biomedical applications
Author: Joe Doe
Category: science
Synthetic hydrogels show great promise in tissue repair, drug delivery, medical implants and many other applications. Hydrogels functionalized with el...
