Hubble snaps close-up of celebrity comet NEOWISE
Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Pagan (STScI), and Q. Zhang (Caltech) NASA Hubble Space Telescope images of comet NEOWISE, taken on Aug. 8, zero in on...
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NASA’s Terra satellite analyzes Caribbean’s Tropical Depression 14
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Terra satellite gathered infrared data on Tropical Depression 14 as it moves through the Caribbean Sea. Infrared data was used to...
Göttingen professors share their expert opinions on more sustainable nutrition
Germany's Scientific Advisory Board for Agricultural Policy, Food and Consumer Health Protection (WBAE) submits recommendations to the Federal Minister of Food and AgricultureCredit: BMEL/Mewes Germany's...
Understanding how birds respond to extreme weather can inform conservation efforts
Credit: Jeremy Cohen MADISON, Wis. -- When it comes to climate change, University of Wisconsin¬-Madison forest and wildlife ecology Professor Ben Zuckerberg says birds are...
Discovering the mechanism of brain vascular pathfinding during development
Credit: CEBSIT The blood vasculature in the brain is a highly ramified, complex but well-organized vessel network. During development, the pathfinding of growing vessels is...
NASA nighttime image shows a weaker Genevieve moving away from mexico
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Nighttime imagery from NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite found the center of now Tropical...
Harvard’s Wyss Institute launches Torus Biosystems
Nucleic acid detection technology enables rapid, quantitative, and highly multiplexed detection of microbial pathogens and host immune-response markers, facilitating precision diagnosticsCredit: Wyss Institute at Harvard...
Energy transition away from coal in China will yield benefits
Credit: Stony Brook University STONY BROOK, NY, August 21, 2020 - China is the world's largest producer and consumer of coal. A team of international...
New insights into lung tissue in COVID-19 disease
Researchers led by Göttingen University develop new three-dimensional imaging technique to visualize tissue damage in severe Covid-19Credit: T Salditt, M Eckermann Physicists at the University...
Women surgeons earn their cut of NIH funding — and then some
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Women are underrepresented in the field of academic surgery, but women surgeons are earning a disproportionate share of research...
Elevated “hunger” hormone leaves trauma-exposed teens at higher risk for PTSD
Credit: JoCol Burgess Chronic stress increases a blood-based hormone called acyl-ghrelin for years after the initial traumatic stressor exposure in some adolescents, and those with...
‘Selfies’ could be used to detect heart disease
New research uses artificial intelligence to analyse facial photosCredit: European Heart Journal Sending a "selfie" to the doctor could be a cheap and simple way...
“All-in-one” strategy for metalla[3]catenanes, borromean rings and ring-in-ring complex
Credit: ©Science China Press Interlocked molecular species have received considerable attention recently, not only because of their intriguing structures and topological importance, but also because...
VUMC awarded $34 million to lead nationwide convalescent plasma study
Study's launch supported by the Dolly Parton COVID-19 Research FundCredit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has been awarded a one-year, $34-million...
Why obeying orders can make us do terrible things
New brain study shows how obeying orders can dull our empathyCredit: Dr. Emilie Caspar War atrocities are sometimes committed by 'normal' people obeying orders. Researchers...