NASA-NOAA satellite finds Cyclone Hikaa at Oman’s coast
Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/NRL NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Arabian Sea in the Northern Indian Ocean and provided forecasters with a view of Cyclone...
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Exploring the risk of ALL in children with Down syndrome
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), is the most common childhood cancer. Children with trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) are 10 to 20...
For baboons, a mother’s history of hardship can have lasting effects on her kids too
Baboons reveal how childhood wounds borne by one generation can take a toll on the nextCredit: Chelsea Weibel, University of Notre Dame DURHAM, N.C. --...
Quality control in immune communication: Chaperones detect immature signaling molecules
Credit: Sina Bohnacker / Technical University of Munich Based on: Protein Data Base ID 3DUH. The cells of our immune system constantly communicate with one...
Naming of new interstellar visitor: 2I/Borisov
Second interstellar object has been spotted and named just two years after the firstCredit: Gemini Observatory/NSF/AURA On 30 August 2019 the amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov,...
Eyeballing a black hole’s mass
Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office There are no scales for weighing black holes. Yet astrophysicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have devised a...
NASA-NOAA satellite finds wind shear taking a toll on tropical storm Jerry
Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/NRL Tropical Storm Jerry continued to weaken as warnings were in effect for Bermuda on Sept. 24. Jerry appeared less organized on visible...
Using light to speed up computation
PAXEL, a new type of photonic integrated circuit device that uses a novel computing architecture, shows promise for high-speed, energy-efficient computingCredit: Ken-ichi Kitayama WASHINGTON, D.C.,...
Brown, Dartmouth researchers to explore materials, matter states for quantum technologies
Credit: Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. AND HANOVER, N.H. -- Quantum technologies have the potential to spur revolutions in computing, sensing, cryptography and beyond. With a...
NASA sees Karen regain tropical storm status
Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/NRL NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Caribbean Sea and used infrared light to obtain temperature information about Karen's cloud tops. Data...
Wistar receives over $12M for clinical research on opioid use in HIV-infected people
Credit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (September 24, 2019) -- The Wistar Institute was awarded two major grants totaling more than $12 million from the...
Do children’s brains really get thinner?
Neuroscientists provide striking results that suggest the brains of children likely do not thin as much as expectedCredit: MPI CBS Using state-of-the-art brain imaging techniques,...
Research could help flexible technology last longer, avoid critical failures
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY - Whether from regular use, overuse or abuse, every device is bound to develop cracks...
Christian Smorra receives ERC starting grant for antimatter research
Funding for the development of a trap for the transport of antiprotons from CERN to Mainz; researchers expect to greatly enhance measuring accuracyCredit: Ill./©: Christian...
Quantum destabilization of a water sandwich
Credit: © 2019 KAUST From raindrops rolling off the waxy surface of a waterlily leaf, to the efficiency of desalination membranes, interactions between water molecules...
