Many shark populations around the world are known to have declined over the past several decades, yet marine scientists lack...

Credit: Jeffrey Chase/University of Delaware Injecting large amounts of offshore wind power into the U.S. electrical grid is manageable, will...

Credit: Rockefeller University and IBM Research Data collected through a crowdsourcing competition demonstrates that it is possible to accurately predict...

Ann Arbor, MI, Feb. 21, 2017 - In the U.S. more than 16 million people with smoking-related illnesses continue to...

Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team Tropical Cyclone Bart has developed in the Southern Pacific Ocean, and NASA's...

Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A team of scientists, led by a group at the University of California, Riverside,...

With the amazing ability to survey areas in complete darkness, night-vision cameras have revolutionized the security industry. But the materials...

Credit: Jennie Brewton / UCI Irvine, Calif., Feb. 21, 2017 - Global climate change is being felt in many coastal...

Boston, MA-- Hearing loss affects 360 million people worldwide according to the World Health Organization. Inner ear sensory cells, called...

Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience In a study published in Cell Reports in February 2017, Matt Rowan, Ph.D.,...

Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system...

Credit: Children's Mercy Kansas City KANSAS CITY, MO -- February 21, 2017 -- Children's Mercy Kansas City today announced it...

Credit: L.A. Cicero For all the improvements in computer technology over the years, we still struggle to recreate the low-energy,...

Credit: Credits: NASA/NOAA NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible image of the Southern Pacific Ocean's newly formed tropical cyclone...

Montreal, February 21, 2017 -- Of all the fishy predators in the Great Lakes, few are more destructive than the...

Credit: Alan Boss Washington, DC--New planetary formation models from Carnegie's Alan Boss indicate that there may be an undiscovered population...

PITTSBURGH--Alkaloids are natural nitrogen-containing compounds produced by plants and microbes. These molecules, such as morphine and quinine, are important human...

Credit: University of Pennsylvania In order for cancer to spread, malignant cells must break away from a tumor and through...

For patients with breast cancer, physical activity and avoiding weight gain are the most important lifestyle choices that can reduce...

Credit: G.L. Kohuth, Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. -- A Michigan State University breast cancer researcher has shown that...