NASA satellites show two views of California’s Apple Fire
Credit: NASA/NOAA NASA's satellites were working overtime as they snapped pictures of the large Apple Fire in Banning Canyon near San Bernardino, California on Aug....
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Study reveals less connectivity between hey brain regions in people with FXTAS premutation
Credit: McKinney, et al. LAWRENCE -- A new paper in the journal NeuroImage: Clinical from researchers at the University of Kansas reveals a possible early...
New published study from K-State virologists identifies potential COVID-19 treatment
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Yunjeong Kim and Kyeong-Ok "KC" Chang, virologists in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University, have...
NASA puts visible and water vapor eyes on Tropical Storm Isaias
Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NASA's Aqua satellite obtained visible and water vapor imagery as Tropical Storm...
2020 Michelson Prizes support groundbreaking research by young scientists
Credit: Michael Birnbaum August 3, 2020 - The Michelson Medical Research Foundation and the Human Vaccines Project are pleased to announce the 2020 Michelson Prizes...
NASA finds an eye and a giant ‘tail’ in Typhoon Hagupit
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of Typhoon Hagupit in...
Chlamydia: Greedy for glutamine
Credit: Chair of Microbiology / University of Wuerzburg Chlamydia are bacteria that cause venereal diseases. In humans, they can only survive if they enter the...
Semiconductor manufacturing techniques employed for new gamma-ray detector
Credit: NASA/Theresa Johnson NASA astrophysicists and engineers are adapting detectors used by earthbound supercolliders and creating them the same way electronics companies produce all modern...
AI & single-cell genomics
New software predicts cell fateCredit: Helmholtz Zentrum München Traditional single-cell sequencing methods help to reveal insights about cellular differences and functions - but they do...
Roadmap to reducing colorectal cancer deaths
More convenient, accurate and lower cost tests the path to saving more livesCredit: Rush Production Group Fewer people would die of colorectal cancer if health...
Racial discrimination linked to suicide
Two reports: Pain of discrimination can be greater than will to live; reframing can helpCredit: University of Houston In this age of racial reckoning, new...
ALMA captures stirred-up planet factory
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), J. Huang and S. Andrews; NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello Planet-forming environments can be much more complex and chaotic than previously expected. This is...
Open source for a global ‘energiewende’
Open-access software, benchmarks and data records: The Energy Computing Initiative of the Helmholtz Association supports the climate-friendly transformation of energy systemsCredit: (Composite photo: KIT Bildstelle;...
Germany-wide rainfall measurements by utilizing the mobile network
Rainfall maps with high temporal resolution derived from the attenuation of commercial microwave links (CMLs) by precipitationCredit: (Graphics: Graf et al., 2020) Whether in flood...
Analyzing pros and cons of two composite manufacturing methods
Credit: P. H. Geubelle, Grainger Engineering Airplane wings, wind turbine blades, and other large parts are typically created using bulk polymerization in composite manufacturing facilities....