NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP captures fires and aerosols across America
Credit: NOAA/NASA On Sep. 07, 2020, NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite provided two different views of how fires are affecting the U.S. A true-color image of...
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Opioid prescriptions for knee surgery vary widely from state to state
Strength of the average prescription is at levels linked to an increased risk of overdose deathCredit: Texas A&M University Health Science Center New research from...
People with anorexia and body dysmorphic disorder show brain similarities, differences
Key patterns of brain function are more pronounced with more severe symptomsCredit: UCLA Health A new UCLA study shows partially overlapping patterns of brain function...
Firearm ownership among LGBT adults
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 8, 2020—Nearly 16% of LGBT adults in California own a gun or live in a...
Scientists probe the chemistry of a single battery electrode particle both inside and out
The results show how a particle's surface and interior influence each other, an important thing to know when developing more robust batteries.Credit: S. Li et...
California offshore winds show promise as power source
Offshore wind peaks in the evening when power demands are greatest and other renewable energy sources are less availableCredit: Yi-Hui Wang and Ben Ruttenberg As...
NASA-NOAA satellite tracking record-breaking Tropical Storm Paulette
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of Tropical Storm...
NASA-NOAA satellite sees new Tropical Storm Rene drenching Cabo Verde islands
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of the latest tropical...
3M awards philanthropic grant to Tel Aviv University for COVID-19 vaccine research
Supports study by Prof. Jonathan Gershoni that targets the virus's most vulnerable soft spotCredit: American Friends of Tel Aviv University (AFTAU) Science-based technology company 3M...
UC study: Secondhand smoke sends more kids to the hospital
New research by UC reveals kids exposed to tobacco smoke have higher rates of hospital admissionsCredit: Provided/Ashley Merianos Children who are exposed to tobacco have...
The Art of War: how bacteria gather intel for guiding their CRISPR-Cas systems
Credit: Daria Artamonova et al./Nucleic Acids Research Researchers from the Severinov Lab at Skoltech have looked at how a poorly studied type of CRISPR-Cas defense...
Chemotherapy drug more effective when combined with microbubbles
Administering a smaller, less toxic dose of DOX, along with intravenous perfluocarbon, shows tumor regression, reduces recurrence, and is less invasive than common treatmentsCredit: Jonah...
NASA satellites catch Typhoon Haishen before and after landfall
Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson Formerly a typhoon, Tropical Storm Haishen made landfall in South Korea on Monday, Sept. 2 and continued moving north toward China....
Fossil growth reveals insights into the climate
Researchers at the Universities of Bonn and Opole examined bones of the puzzling Panthasaurus maleriensisCredit: Elzbieta M. Teschner Panthasaurus maleriensis lived about 225 million years...
Model shows that the speed neurons fire impacts their ability to synchronize
Researchers delve into networks of virtual brain cells to explore a unique firing behaviorCredit: Image modified from Research conducted by the Computational Neuroscience Unit at...
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