Telescope seeking new planets launches via football field-sized balloon
Instrument designed and built by UMass Lowell targets Earth-like objects in space hidden by stars' glareCredit: Photo credit: NASA LOWELL,...
Predators and hidey-holes are good for reef fish populations
Credit: Hannah Levenson New research highlights two factors that play a critical role in supporting reef fish populations and -...
Stopping the spread of cancer
University of Utah biomedical engineer receives $1.5 million grant to develop innovative methods to halt spread of cancerCredit: Dan Hixson/University...
NASA finds Narda’s remnants bringing rain to mexico, headed to southwestern US
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL The remnant low pressure area that was formerly known as tropical cyclone Narda is still generating rainfall...
NASA satellite shows Typhoon Mitag’s large reach over East China Sea
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) The bulk of Typhoon Mitag's clouds and precipitation...
ATS/IDSA publishes clinical guideline on community acquired pneumonia
Credit: ATS Oct. 1, 2019-- The American Thoracic Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America have published an official...
The future of bone healing
UTA researchers pursuing innovative treatment for cranial injuriesCredit: The University of Texas at Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington...
Shape affects performance of micropillars in heat transfer
New study shows how the shape of nanostructures impacts how well they retain water -- and heatCredit: Washington University in...
Why multipartite viruses infect plants rather than animals
Credit: Tokyo Tech Multipartite viruses have a strange lifestyle. Their genome is split up into different viral particles that, in...
Gene responsible for lutein esterification in bread wheat identified
This work provides insight into the timing and control of esterification, related to storage and nutritional qualities of bread wheat...
Texas Biomed awarded $2.8 Million NIH grant for novel TB research
Mechanisms under study could lead to new host drug targetsCredit: Texas Biomed San Antonio, Texas (September 25, 2019) - Researchers...
NIH new innovator award given to Wistar researcher
Credit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (Oct. 1, 2019) -- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced that Zachary...
High-fructose and high-fat diet damages liver mitochondria, study finds
Increases fatty-liver disease risk and metabolic syndromeCredit: Stephanie M. McPherson BOSTON - (October 1, 2019) - Researchers at Joslin Diabetes...
Earthquake in the cell
Scientists discover how a modification of the nuclear lamina maintains nuclear shapeCredit: © MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Adam Karoutas...
Scientists quantify global volcanic CO2 venting; estimate total carbon on Earth
Scientists update estimates of Earth's immense interior carbon reservoirs, and how much carbon Deep Earth naturally swallows and exhalesGas sampling...
Emerging parasitic disease mimics the symptoms of visceral leishmaniasis in people
Credit: CDC/James Gathany WHAT: A new study published this week online in Emerging Infectious Diseases suggests that transmission of a...
NASA satellite sees a large Hurricane Lorenzo headed toward Azores
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Hurricane Lorenzo was heading toward the Azores Islands...
Squid-inspired robots might have environmental, propulsion applications
Scientists studied fluid mechanics to simulate and build a squidlike robot that's fast, quiet and hard to see.Credit: Qiang Zhu...
Three UC San Diego researchers receive top honors with NIH Director’s Awards
Rob Knight, PhD, awarded the Pioneer Award; Omar Akbari, PhD, and Shadi Dayeh, PhD, receive the New Innovator Award, recognizing...
Early warning signals heralded fatal collapse of Krakatau volcano
GFZ Potsdam researchers reconstruct the flank collapse event that triggered a tsunami which killed 430 people in December 2018 -...
