SwRI-led Lucy mission completes critical design review
NASA mission to the Trojan asteroids enters construction phaseCredit: NASA/Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Oct. 21, 2019 -- The Lucy mission led by Southwest...
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Humpback whale population on the rise after near miss with extinction
Credit: L. Candisani/Courtesy Insituto Aqualie A population of humpback whales in the South Atlantic has rebounded from the brink of extinction. Intense pressure from the...
Top prize in Nikon Small World Contest goes to MBL Embryology course image
Credit: Teresa Zgoda and Teresa Kugler WOODS HOLE, Mass.--A vibrantly colored image of a turtle embryo taken by two members of the Marine Biological Laboratory...
New deep-water coral discovered
Credit: Hector Guzman/STRI Pax, Latin for 'peace' made its way into the scientific name of a new coral discovered off Pacific Panama and described in...
NASA catches short-lived Tropical Storm Priscilla’s landfall in Mexico
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Storm Priscilla was short-lived because it formed on Sunday, Oct. 20 very close...
NASA finds a transitioning Tropical Storm Neoguri
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA's Terra satellite passed over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean on Oct. 21 and captured...
Salk scientists receive $12.9 million from NIH BRAIN Initiative
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(October 21, 2019) Salk Institute scientists Nicola Allen, Eiman Azim, Margarita Behrens, and Joseph Ecker have been named recipients in the...
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia offers help and cure for picky eaters
Training parents is key to helping children eat a variety of foodsCredit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Families dealing with the stress and frustration of their...
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...
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...
