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Replacing Potatoes or Rice with Lentils Lowers Blood Glucose

Lentils significantly reduce blood glucose. Image credit: Maxmann.
Jun 19, 2018 by News Staff

A new study from the University of Guelph shows that replacing half of the available carbohydrates from potatoes or rice with cooked lentils can lower blood glucose levels by more than 20% in healthy adults. The study appears in the Journal of Nutrition. Lentils significantly reduce blood glucose. Image credit: Maxmann. “Pulses, such as lentils, are extremely nutrient-dense food that have the potential to reduce chronic diseases associated with...

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The short-faced Niata cow. Image credit: Journal of Heredity, doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a110716.

Research Reveals Secrets of Short-Faced Niata Cow

Jun 19, 2018 by News Staff

New research published in the journal Scientific Reports shows the Niata cow, a now-extinct animal with a short face like a bulldog that fascinated Charles...

The Medusae Fossae Formation is one of the largest sedimentary deposits on Mars. This is an infrared image mosaic generated using Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) images from NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter mission; the small colored globe based on the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA). Image credit: NASA.

Volcanic Eruptions Spawned Mysterious Medusae Fossae Formation on Mars

Jun 19, 2018 by News Staff

Explosive volcanic eruptions are the likely source of the Medusae Fossae Formation, a massive, unusual deposit of soft rock near Mars’ equator, with...

An artist’s impression of a starburst galaxy. This kind of galaxy is typically forming stars at such a high rate; they can form up to 1,000 times more stars per year, compared to our own Milky Way Galaxy. Image credit: M. Kornmesser / ESO.

Astronomers Find Too Many Massive Stars in Nearby and Distant Star-Forming Galaxies

Jun 19, 2018 by News Staff

Two independent teams of astronomers have discovered that both starburst galaxies in the early Universe and a star-forming region in a nearby galaxy called...

Hypertension is one of the main risk factors for dementia. Image credit: Raw Pixel.

Hypertensive Patients are at Higher Risk of Developing Dementia: Study

Jun 19, 2018 by News Staff

According to a study published in the journal Cardiovascular Research, people with high blood pressure are at a higher risk of developing dementia; and...

The five newfound species of snail-eating snakes, from top left to bottom right: the Bev Ridgely’s snail-eater (Sibon bevridgelyi), male; the Bob Ridgely’s snail-eater (Dipsas bobridgelyi), male; the Klebba’s snail-eater (Dipsas klebbai), male; the Oswaldo Báez’ snail-eater (Dipsas oswaldobaezi), female; and the George Jett’s snail-eater (Dipsas georgejetti), male. Image credit: Arteaga et al, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.766.24523.

Scientists Discover Five New Species of South American Snail-Eating Snakes

Jun 18, 2018 by News Staff

An international team of researchers has discovered five new species of snail-eaters (tribe Dipsadini) living in the forests of Ecuador and Peru. The five...

The ruins of the upper mainland courtyards of Tintagel Castle, England. Image credit: Kerry Garratt / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Seventh Century Inscribed Stone Discovered at Tintagel Castle in England

Jun 18, 2018 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Cornwall Archaeological Unit and English Heritage have found a stone inscribed with Christian symbols as well as Latin and Greek...

This Hubble image shows the giant galaxy cluster RXC J0949.8+1707. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / RELICS.

Hubble Sees One Distant Cluster Galaxy, Three Supernovae

Jun 18, 2018 by News Staff

Numerous fuzzy blobs and glowing shapes scattered across this image — taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope — make up RXC J0949.8+1707,...

Gelbard-Sagiv et al studied the activity of human single neurons in the medial temporal and frontal lobes while patients were engaged in binocular rivalry. Image credit: John Hain.

New Study Brings Neuroscientists One Step Closer to Understanding Consciousness

Jun 18, 2018 by News Staff

Consciousness is everything people experience, from the taste of chocolate to the pain of a migraine. But the origin and nature of consciousness have puzzled...

An artist’s impression of an ancient ecosystem. Image credit: Davide Bonadonna.

Bite Marks on East Coast Dinosaur Bones Illuminate Ancient Coastal Ecosystem

Jun 18, 2018 by News Staff

One might expect a dig site in some far-off desert when thinking of a paleontological discovery. Nevertheless, new finds are often made in museum collections. An...

An artist’s conception of a tidal disruption event in the merging galaxy pair Arp 299; background is the Hubble image of Arp 299. Image credit: Sophia Dagnello / NRAO / AUI / NSF / NASA / STScI.

Supermassive Black Hole Destroys Star, Launches Jet of Matter

Jun 15, 2018 by News Staff

A multinational group of astronomers has imaged the formation and expansion of a fast-moving jet of material ejected when the intense gravity of a supermassive...

Artist’s impression of a potentially habitable exomoon orbiting a giant planet. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Astronomers Identify 121 Gas Giants that May Have Habitable Moons

Jun 15, 2018 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers from the United States, Australia, and Brazil has identified 121 giant exoplanets in the habitable zones of their...

Burmese Amber Preserves 99-Million-Year-Old Tropical Frogs

Jun 15, 2018 by News Staff

In a paper published this week in the journal Scientific Reports, paleontologists have described an extinct genus and species of frog, Electrorana limoae,...

Colony of Chroococcidiopsis thermalis cells where the different colors represent photosynthesis driven by chlorophyll-a (magenta) and chlorophyll-f (yellow). Image credit: Dennis Nuernberg.

Scientists Discover New Type of Photosynthesis

Jun 15, 2018 by News Staff

The vast majority of life on our planet uses red light (680 to 700 nm) in the process of photosynthesis, but the new type uses near-infrared light (750...

Consuming a moderate amount of caffeinated coffee prior to indulging in a group activity enhances an individual’s task-relevant participation in the group activity. Image credit: Raw Pixel.

Coffee Improves Teamwork, New Research Shows

Jun 15, 2018 by News Staff

A pair of studies conducted by scientists from the University of California at Davis and the Ohio State University found that people gave more positive...

A unique example of a fossil tick preserved wrapped in a spider web from the Cretaceous Burmese amber; it is the oldest and only example of a tick caught by a spider in the fossil record. Image credit: Dunlop et al, doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.04.013.

99-Million-Year-Old Hard Tick Wrapped in Spider Silk Found Encased in Amber

Jun 14, 2018 by News Staff

The oldest example of a tick wrapped in spider silk has been found, preserved in Burmese amber. It dates from the Cretaceous period, about 99 million years...

Organic deposits in Ernutet crater on Ceres. Image credit: Kaplan et al / NASA.

Organic Matter on Dwarf Planet Ceres More Abundant than Thought

Jun 14, 2018 by News Staff

A new analysis of data collected by NASA’s Dawn orbiter suggests that organic molecules may exist in surprisingly high concentrations on the surface...

An artist’s impression of protoplanets forming around a young star. Image credit: NRAO / AUI / NSF / S. Dagnello.

ALMA Spots Three Giant Protoplanets around HD 163296

Jun 14, 2018 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have uncovered evidence that three infant planets are forming in the protoplanetary...

Mangoes are rich in mangiferin, a phenolic acid that has multiple bioactive effects. Image credit: Li Wan Chun.

Study: Daily Mango Consumption Improves Cardiovascular and Gut Health in Adult Women

Jun 14, 2018 by News Staff

Two cups (330 grams) of mangoes a day have beneficial effects on systolic blood pressure and gut fermentation among healthy postmenopausal women, according...

This 3D spectro-imaging data cube was produced using software called OsrsVol, short for OSIRIS-Volume Display; Ciurlo et al developed this custom volume rendering tool to separate G3, G4, and G5 from the background emission; once the 3D analysis was performed, the astronomers could clearly distinguish the G-objects, which allowed them to follow their movement and see how they behave around the supermassive black hole. Image credit: Ciurlo et al.

Strange Star-Like Objects Spotted near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole

Jun 13, 2018 by News Staff

Three new dusty stellar objects — so-called ‘G-type’ objects — have been spotted at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. This 3D spectro-imaging...

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