American Cancer Society honors exemplary cancer caregivers with Lane W. Adams Quality of Life Award
Atlanta, GA - January 13, 2017 - Six outstanding individuals have been honored with the American Cancer Society Lane W. ...
American Cancer Society awards Medal of Honor for contributions to saving more lives from cancer
Atlanta, GA - January 13, 2017 - Three outstanding individuals have been honored with the American Cancer Society Medal of ...
American Cancer Society honors Dr. William Breitbart with the Trish Greene Quality of Life Award
Atlanta, GA - January 13, 2017 - Outstanding volunteer William Breitbart, M.D. has been honored with the 2017 American Cancer ...
American Cancer Society honors James W. Murray with the Volunteer Leadership Award
Atlanta, GA - January 13, 2017 - James W. Murray from Durham, NC has been honored with the Volunteer Leadership ...
Giant Middle East dust storm caused by a changing climate, not human conflict
Credit: Eli Bou-Zeid In August 2015, a dust storm blanketed large areas of seven Middle East nations in a haze ...
3-D scans for the automotive industry
Credit: (Picture: Andreas Nüchter) The variety of car models has increased significantly over the past decades. Take Volkswagen: In 1950, ...
NASA analyzes heavy rainfall over Southern Thailand
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce Widespread flooding has recently caused the deaths of dozens of people in southern ...
NASA’s Terra Satellite sees a spark of life in former Tropical Depression 01W’s remnants
Credit: Credits: NASA/NRL NASA's Terra satellite recently analyzed the remnant low pressure area previously known as Tropical Depression 01W in ...
Multiregional brain on a chip
Credit: Disease Biophysics Group/Harvard University Harvard University researchers have developed a multiregional brain-on-a-chip that models the connectivity between three distinct ...
Deep mantle chemistry surprise: Carbon content not uniform
Credit: The photo is courtesy of Alison Shaw. Washington, DC-- Even though carbon is one of the most-abundant elements on ...
Hubble gazes into a black hole of puzzling lightness
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt The beautiful spiral galaxy visible in the center of the image is known ...
Researchers develop environmentally friendly soy air filter
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University researchers have developed a soy-based air filter that can capture toxic chemicals, ...
Biofuel matchmaker: Finding the perfect algae for renewable energy
Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory SEQUIM, Wash. - A dozen glass cylinders containing a potential payload of bright green algae ...
Arabica coffee genome sequenced
Loading video... Credit: Joe Proudman and Tim McConville/UC Davis The first public genome sequence for Coffea arabica, the species responsible ...
USDA announces $3 million for colleges serving Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced ...
NIFA announces $858,500 in funding to foster the agricultural science workforce
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2017 - The talent pipeline for the agricultural workforce begins well before college, and today the U.S. ...
Soil fungi help tree seedlings survive, influence forest diversity
MISSOULA - A new paper published Jan. 13 in Science reveals that the relationship between soil fungi and tree seedlings ...
Biophysical Society Aannounces 2017 New and Notable Symposium speakers
The Biophysical Society has announced the speakers for the New and Notable Symposium at the Society's 61st Annual Meeting in ...
Cost, technology issues are barriers to real-time cancer patient symptom reporting
CHAPEL HILL - Capturing real-time reports of cancer patients' symptoms between doctor's visits has proven health benefits, but technology and ...
Pressures from grazers hastens ecosystem collapse from drought
Credit: Xiaojun Wang DURHAM, N.C. -- Extreme droughts, intensified by a warming climate, are increasingly causing ecosystem collapse in many ...
