NASA gives the Webb Telescope a shakedown
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scientists and engineers had many challenges in designing the components of ...
Month: February 2017
NASA catches formation of Tropical Cyclone Dineo
Credit: Credits: NASA The fifth tropical cyclone of the Southern Indian Ocean season formed today, February 13 as NASA's Aqua ...
TSRI researchers discover how the brain turns chronic stress into pathological anxiety
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - Feb. 13, 2017 - In a new study, researchers at The ...
Researchers discover a new link to fight billion-dollar threat to soybean production
Credit: Xiaoli Guo, Division of Plant Sciences and Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri; College of Plant Science and ...
Team makes planet hunting a group effort, finds more than 100 candidates
Credit: courtesy of Ricardo Ramirez. Washington, DC -- An international team of astronomers released the largest-ever compilation of exoplanet-detecting observations ...
Neurons support cancer growth throughout the body
Credit: Venkatesh and Monje Cancer cells rely on the healthy cells that surround them for sustenance. Tumors reroute blood vessels ...
Banned chemicals from the ’70s found in the deepest reaches of the ocean
A study, led by Newcastle University's Dr Alan Jamieson, has uncovered the first evidence that man-made pollutants have now reached ...
Plant-made hemophilia therapy shows promise, Penn study finds
People with hemophilia require regular infusions of clotting factor to prevent them from experiencing uncontrolled bleeding. But a significant fraction ...
Luminescence switchable carbon nanodots follow intracellular trafficking and drug delivery
Credit: University of Illinois Tiny carbon dots have, for the first time, been applied to intracellular imaging and tracking of ...
Ovarian hormones awaken newly discovered breast stem cells
Credit: Dr Anne Rios, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have used advanced cellular, bioinformatics ...
American Association for Cancer Research to hold its Annual Meeting in Washington, April 1-5, 2017
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will be hosting its Annual Meeting, April 1-5, at the Walter E. Washington ...
In-depth gene search reveals new mutations, drug targets in rare adrenal tumors
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Casting one of the largest genomic nets to date for the rare tumors of the ...
UBC scientists create mouse that resists cocaine’s lure
Credit: University of British Columbia Scientists at the University of British Columbia have genetically engineered a mouse that does not ...
Use of multiple brain-affecting drugs is rising among seniors, despite risks, study finds
ANN ARBOR, MI - The number of older Americans who take three or more medicines that affect their brains has ...
New protein discovery may lead to new, natural antibiotics
COLLEGE STATION -- Scientists have discovered a new protein that likely will advance the search for new natural antibiotics, according ...
Chemical engineers boost bacteria’s productivity
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT chemical engineers have designed a novel genetic switch that allows them to dramatically boost bacteria's production ...
Making single-cell RNA sequencing widely available
CAMBRIDGE, MA - Sequencing messenger RNA molecules from individual cells offers a glimpse into the lives of those cells, revealing ...
Success by deception
When computers independently identify bodies of water and their outlines in satellite images, or beat the world's best professional players ...
Scientists isolate new antibodies to fight human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
Researchers from VIB, UGent, the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and several collaborators developed a new antiviral strategy to ...
NASA’s TDRS-M space communications satellite begins final testing
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) project has begun final testing on a ...
