New statistical analysis reveals thousands of rare mutations linked with cancer
Credit: Original image by Thomas A. Peterson, CC BY Scientists have identified thousands of previously ignored genetic mutations that, although...
Rare supernova discovery ushers in new era for cosmology
Credit: Credit: ESA/Hubble, L. Calçada With the help of an automated supernova-hunting pipeline and a galaxy sitting 2 bil-lion light...
New quantum liquid crystals may play role in future of computers
Credit: Hsieh Lab/Caltech Physicists at the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter at Caltech have discovered the first three-dimensional quantum...
BP oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to natural resources, scientists find
Credit: Photo courtesy US Coast Guard The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to the...
Using venomous proteins to make insect milkshakes
Credit: Adler Dillman RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- Nematodes are microscopic worms that fall into an often ignored corner of the...
New research unlocks forests’ potential in climate change mitigation
Credit: Rob Alexander New insights into the impact forests have on surface temperature will provide a valuable tool in efforts...
Rising water temperatures endanger health of coastal ecosystems, study finds
Credit: Andrew Davis Tucker/University of Georgia Athens, Ga. - Increasing water temperatures are responsible for the accumulation of a chemical...
Light rays from a supernova bent by the curvature of space-time around a galaxy
Credit: Original image by ALMA (ESO/NRAO/NAOJ), L. Calçada (ESO), Y. Hezaveh et al, edited and modified by Joel Johansson An...
Medicaid expansion linked with increase in prescriptions filled for chronic conditions
Boston, MA - During the first one and a half years of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the number of...
Hubble observes first multiple images of explosive distance indicator
Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Palomar Observatory/California Institute of Technology A Swedish-led team of astronomers used the NASA/ESA...
Changing the game
Credit: Eric Francavilla | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash. - When Shuaiwen Leon Song boots up Doom 3 and...
Engagement with natural environment a significant contributor to life satisfaction
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Looking to improve your overall life satisfaction? Try regularly hiking in a forest or otherwise engaging with...
NASA sees the formation of early Atlantic Ocean Tropical Depression 1
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce A low pressure area in the Atlantic Ocean, located southwest of the Azores...
The weird chemistry threatening masterpiece paintings (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 20, 2017 -- A good art dealer can really clean up in today's...
Recruitment begins for world’s first ovarian cancer vaccine trial
Credit: UConn Health/Janine Gelineau. UConn Health is beginning to recruit patients for the world's first personalized genomics-driven ovarian cancer vaccine...
Penn researchers show brain stimulation restores memory during lapses
A team of neuroscientists at the University of Pennsylvania has shown for the first time that electrical stimulation delivered when...
New tools visualize where bacterial species live in the gut, control their activity
Loading video... Credit: Lim et al./Cell 2017 Gut microbes play wide-ranging roles in health and disease, but there has been...
Discovering the basics of ‘active touch’
Credit: Daniel O'Connor, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Working with genetically engineered mice -- and especially their whiskers...
New research at Clemson University could help reduce fine-particle engine emissions
Credit: Clemson University New research at Clemson University could improve a technology that many experts see as crucial in helping...
NASA sees the end of ex-Tropical Cyclone 02W
Credit: Credits: NASA/NOAA NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite spotted the remnants of Tropical Cyclone 02W southeast of Taiwan in the Northwestern...
