Complete world map of tree diversity
New statistical model eliminates blank spacesCredit: Petr Keil and Jonathan Chase Leipzig, Halle. The biodiversity of our planet is one of our most precious resources....
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Introducing the AGA Future Leaders Class of 2020
AGA has announced the 18 early career physicians and scientists selected to participate in its flagship leadership development program Bethesda, MD (Feb. 20, 2019) --...
NASA finds Tropical Cyclone Wutip organizing
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Depression 02W has organized and strengthened into a tropical storm. NASA-NOAA's Suomi...
Antibody therapy training phagocytes to destroy tumors now tested on patients
Developed by researchers at the University of Turku in Finland, an immunotherapeutic antibody therapy re-educates macrophages to activate passivated cytotoxic T cells to kill cancer....
New therapeutic approach to combat African sleeping sickness
Small inhibitor molecule inhibits parasitic enzyme / Novel concept could also be employed in the future rational design of drugs for the treatment of other...
NASA-NOAA satellite looks at large-eyed Tropical Cyclone Oma
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Cyclone Oma is a large hurricane with a big eye. The storm...
Earth may be 140 years away from reaching carbon levels not seen in 56 million years
WASHINGTON -- Total human carbon dioxide emissions could match those of Earth's last major greenhouse warming event in fewer than five generations, new research finds....
Nitisinone increases melanin in people with albinism
NIH clinical study results suggest the drug could help protect skin and prevent vision problemsCredit: Brian Brooks, M.D., Ph.D., National Eye Institute A small pilot...
Ben-Gurion U. develops new AI platform for ALS care
Technology will also improve drug development and clinical trials for neurodegenerative diseasesCredit: Dani Machlis/BGU BEER-SHEVA, Israel...February 20, 2019 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU)...
Fossil fuel combustion is the main contributor to black carbon around Arctic
An international team conducted study at sites in Russia, Canada, Sweden and Norway, with Baylor University researchers contributing measurements for AlaskaCredit: Robert Rogers of Baylor...
The ‘blue’ in blueberries can help lower blood pressure
A new study published in the Journal of Gerontology Series A has found that eating 200g of blueberries every day for a month can lead...
NIST physicists ‘flash-freeze’ crystal of 150 ions
Credit: Jordan/NIST Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have "flash-frozen" a flat crystal of 150 beryllium ions (electrically charged atoms), opening...
Researchers discover a flipping crab feeding on methane seeps
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers have documented a group of tanner crabs vigorously feeding at a methane seep on the seafloor off...
EEG helps scientists predict epileptic seizures minutes in advance
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Feb. 20, 2019 - Elizabeth Delacruz can't crawl or toddle around like most youngsters nearing their second birthday. A rare...
Genetic blueprint for extraordinary wood-munching fungus
A relatively unknown fungus, accidentally found growing on an Acacia tree in the Northern Cape, has emerged as a voracious wood-munching organism with enormous potential...
