NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope clears critical sunshield deployment testing
Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn The sunshield for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has passed a test critical to preparing the observatory for its 2021 launch. Technicians...
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Large-scale afforestation of African savannas will destroy valuable ecosystems
African scientists speak out about global plans to plant trees on their continent in order to fight climate changeCredit: Wits University/Schalk Mouton The suggested afforestation...
Beverly Davidson, PhD, elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Neuroscientist and gene therapy expert at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia receives outstanding honor in medicineCredit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Beverly L. Davidson, PhD, director of...
Pinpointing biomolecules with nanometer accuracy
Credit: Tokyo Tech It would be impossible to understand life without having a firm grasp on the microscopic interactions between molecules that occur in and...
US Department of Education awards WPI $8M to expand online learning tool nationwide
US Department of Education awards WPI $8 million to scale and expand ASSISTments, an online learning tool proven effective at improving middle school math scores,...
Regenstrief global health informatics researcher to receive impact award
Credit: Regenstrief Institute Regenstrief Institute research scientist Theresa Cullen, M.D., has won a Leading for Impact, Women in Leadership award. The award recognizes women who...
Listening in to how proteins talk and learning their language
Machine learning accelerates the design of synthetic proteins with desired functions, facilitating future therapeutic, diagnostic and biotechnology applicationsCredit: Klinsley Stocum (BOSTON) -- Synthetic biologists have...
NASA finds Typhoon Bualoi rapidly intensified
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Typhoon Bualoi rapidly intensified over 24 hours and quickly developed an eye and...
UM School Of Medicine’s Kathleen Neuzil elected to National Academy of Medicine
Dr. Neuzil has played an important leadership role in bridging science and policy to serve the world's most vulnerable populationsCredit: University of Maryland School of...
Protein in blood protects against neuronal damage after brain hemorrhage
Credit: Dominik Schaer, UZH/USZ Patients who survive a cerebral hemorrhage may suffer delayed severe brain damage caused by free hemoglobin, which comes from red blood...
Defining the centromere
Investigating the roles of kinetochores in cell divisionCredit: Images: Dr. Veit Schubert, IPK, Gatersleben Photos: Josef Bergstein, IPK, Gatersleben The division of cells is highly-regulated...
JILA team demonstrates model system for distribution of more accurate time signals
Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST JILA physicists and collaborators have demonstrated the first next-generation "time scale" -- a system that incorporates data from multiple atomic clocks to...
International research community calls for recognition of forests’ role in human prosperity
Credit: Daniel Miller, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - World leaders convened for the UN Climate Summit in September amid dire projections of climate instability....
New CRISPR genome editing system offers a wide range of versatility in human cells
'Prime editing' combines two key proteins and a new RNA to make targeted insertions, deletions, and all possible single-letter changes in the DNA of human...
No place like home: Species are on the move, but many have nowhere to go
Many insects moving north in response to climate change find they have nowhere to go in Britain's intensively managed landscapes, according to new researchCredit: Gilles...
