How do world’s smallest sea turtles become stranded in Cape Cod?
Computer simulations help reconstruct ocean conditions behind strandingCredit: Olivia Bourque A computational analysis has surfaced new insights into the wind ...
Month: December 2019
NASA sees Tropical Storm 06A maintaining strength
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite found some powerful storms in Tropical Storm 06A as it moved through the Arabian ...
Warmer temperatures will increase arsenic levels in rice, study shows
Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington People around the world consume rice in their daily diets. But in addition to its ...
How plants harness ‘bad’ molecules for good ends
Identifying the complex molecular interactions that regulate root growth could lead to more productive cropsCredit: Photo by Duke University DURHAM, ...
Grant funding to study cattle genomics could breed profits
UTIA researchers explore value-added marketing opportunitiesCredit: Photo by T. Johnson, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A team of researchers at ...
NRL, NASA combine to produce sun imagery with unprecedented clarity
Credit: (U.S. Navy/Released) WASHINGTON -- Early returns from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's camera on NASA's latest mission to study ...
WFIRM scientists push bioprinting capability forward
Two materials used at once better fabricate trachea constructsCredit: Credit: WFIRM WINSTON-SALEM, NC, -- Dec. 4, 2019 -- Wake Forest ...
Study to investigate surrogate decision challenges for LGBT patients with Alzheimer’s
Decreasing end-of-life disparities of a doubly vulnerable populationCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Facing Alzheimer's disease in a loved one is ...
Deep biomarkers of aging and longevity: From research to applications
The deep age predictors can help advance aging research by establishing causal relationships in nonlinear systems.Credit: Correspondence to: Alex Zhavoronkov ...
Bone and muscle health can ‘make or break’ care as we age
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society Experts at a prestigious medical conference hosted by the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and ...
First experimental genetic evidence of the human self-domestication hypothesis
Credit: Thomas Ôrourke/UB The study, published in Science Advances, results from the collaboration between a UB team led by Cedric ...
Living at the edges
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - Resembling an overgrown house cat with black-tipped ears and a stubby tail, the Canada lynx, ...
Drug decreases gut leakiness associated with ulcerative colitis
UC Riverside-led study is the first to show how tofacitinib affects epithelial cells lining the gutCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. ...
Hundreds of environmental health professionals in US report challenges, research needs
With more than a quarter of the professionals expected to retire in five years, a national effort is needed for ...
Pitt engineer Sangyeop Lee receives $500K NSF CAREER Award
Lee will use machine learning to improve energy performance of semiconductors and insulatorsCredit: University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering ...
Better wildfire and smoke predictions with new vegetation database
Credit: University of Washington It's hard to find a place in the U.S. that isn't impacted by wildfires and smoke. ...
Mexican students launch a small satellite to the International Space Station
The first satellite built by students in Mexico for launch from the International Space Station is smaller than a shoebox ...
Suomi NPP satellite finds Kammuri weakening in South China Sea
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the South ...
Sun’s close-up reveals atmosphere hopping with highly energetic particles
New data from the first two orbits by NASA's Parker Solar ProbeCredit: Image by Jamey Szalay and David McComas; Adapted ...
Lung images of twins with asthma add to understanding of the disease
Credit: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry Two lung imaging studies from Western University, including one performed in non-identical twin patients with ...
