Routes of migratory birds follow today’s peaks in resources
Loading video... Credit: Science Advances Movement of migratory birds is closely linked to seasonal availability of resources. The birds locate ...
Research reinforces role of supernovae in clocking the universe
Credit: Courtesy of NASA How much light does a supernova shed on the history of universe? New research by cosmologists ...
UNC-Chapel Hill researchers use light to launch drugs from red blood cells
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a breakthrough technique that uses light to activate ...
Nano-chimneys can cool circuits
Credit: Alex Kutana/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. 4, 2017) - A few nanoscale adjustments may be all that is required ...
SwRI to lead NASA’s Lucy mission to Jupiter’s Trojans
Credit: SwRI Boulder, Colo. -- January 4, 2017 -- NASA has selected Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to lead Lucy, a ...
Specific Technologies announces new results and a major new NIAID grant award
January 4, 2016 - MOUNTAIN VIEW, California Specific Technologies, which has developed a new diagnostic paradigm combining detection with ID ...
‘Complementary’ feeding for infants — ESPGHAN position paper offers guidance
January 4, 2017 - Updated evidence-based recommendations on introducing complementary foods to infants' diet--solids and liquids other than breast milk--appear ...
Scripps Florida scientists expand toolbox to study cellular function
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - January 4, 2017 - Scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps ...
Murky Amazon waters cloud fish vision
Credit: Daniel Escobar-Camacho Cichlids are a remarkably diverse family of fish, with many African freshwater species known for their incredible ...
Study sheds light on esophageal cancer, offers insight into increasingly common disease
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (January 4, 2017) -- A comprehensive analysis of 559 esophageal and gastric cancer samples, collected from patients ...
Yoga may help kids with cancer — special issue of Rehabilitation Oncology highlights physical therapy for pediatric cancer
January 4, 2017 - A yoga program for children with cancer can be carried out even during cancer treatment, and ...
Immunotherapy, gene therapy combination shows promise against glioblastoma
Credit: University of Michigan "Devastating" and "dismal." That's how leading researchers describe the present outlook for malignant brain tumors. The ...
Scientists tissue-engineer part of human stomach in laboratory
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Scientists report in Nature using pluripotent stem cells to generate human stomach tissues in a ...
Precise location, distance provide breakthrough in study of fast radio bursts
For the first time, astronomers have pinpointed the location in the sky of a Fast Radio Burst (FRB), allowing them ...
Fast radio burst tied to distant dwarf galaxy, and perhaps magnetar
Credit: Danielle Futselaar (www.artsource.nl) One of the rare and brief bursts of cosmic radio waves that have puzzled astronomers since ...
People aren’t the only beneficiaries of power plant carbon standards
Credit: Drexel University When the Environmental Protection Agency finalized the Clean Power Plan in 2015 it exercised its authority to ...
Not feeling the music
Credit: Hans Braxmeier Have you ever met someone who just wasn't into music? They may have a condition called specific ...
New study finds girls feel unprepared for puberty
January 4, 2017 -- Girls from low-income families in the U.S. are unprepared for puberty and have largely negative experiences ...
MSU lands $1 million USAID grant to fight Zika
Credit: Photo by Jim Peck Michigan State University has landed a highly competitive grant from USAID to fight the Zika ...
The fire through the smoke: Working for transparency in climate projections
The government of a low-lying island nation is considering the construction of a seawall to protect its capital and economic ...
