Malaria could be felled by an Antarctic sea sponge
Credit: Bill Baker The frigid waters of the Antarctic may yield a treatment for a deadly disease that affects populations in some of the hottest...
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NASA-NOAA satellite’s night-time look at Tropical Storm Kiko
Credit: NASA/NOAA/NRL NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Eastern Pacific Ocean in the early hours of Sept. 12 and grabbed a nighttime look at...
VISTA unveils a new image of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Credit: ESO/VMC Survey The Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, is one of our nearest galactic neighbors, at only 163 000 light years from Earth. With...
New health monitors are flexible, transparent and graphene enabled
Credit: ICFO New technological devices are prioritizing non-invasive tracking of vital signs not only for fitness monitoring, but also for the prevention of common health...
Nonphysician providers rarely interpret diagnostic imaging — except radiography, fluoroscopy
American Journal of Roentgenology researchers studying more than two decades of Medicare claims discover nurse practitioners and physician assistants rarely render diagnostic imaging studies, other...
Texas Biomed researchers pinpoint why HIV patients are more likely to develop tuberculosis
Discovery could lead to new added therapy for HIV patientsCredit: Texas Biomedical Research Institute San Antonio, Texas (September 11, 2019) - Tuberculosis and HIV -...
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP tracks fire and smoke from two continents
Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA, Colin Seftor Wherever fires are burning around the world NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite's Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) can track the...
Gemini observatory captures multicolor image of first-ever interstellar comet
Credit: Gemini Observatory/NSF/AURA The first-ever comet from beyond our Solar System has been successfully imaged by the Gemini Observatory in multiple colors. The image of...
GPM analyzes rainfall in Bahamas from potential Tropical Cyclone 9
Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL As the Bahamas continue to recover from Category 5 hurricane Dorian, a new developing tropical cyclone is bringing additional rainfall to an already...
Researchers identify focus points to reduce opioid overdose deaths
Credit: Larochelle MR et al. (2019). Touchpoints: Opportunities to Predict and Prevent Opioid Overdose. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.06.039 Boston - A new study identifies...
Diet impacts the sensitivity of gut microbiome to antibiotics, mouse study finds
Credit: Belenky Lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Antibiotics save countless lives each year from harmful bacterial infections -- but the community of beneficial...
Developing therapeutic strategies for pregnant women with lupus
Credit: Virginia Tech Systemic lupus erythematosus, a chronic autoimmune disease commonly referred to as lupus or SLE, has been compared to volatile, unprovoked brawls within...
Paramagnetic spins take electrons for a ride, produce electricity from heat
Credit: Renee Ripley, Ohio State University An international team of researchers has observed that local thermal perturbations of spins in a solid can convert heat...
MIT engineers develop ‘blackest black’ material to date
Made from carbon nanotubes, the new coating is 10 times darker than other very black materialsCredit: R. Capanna, A. Berlato, and A. Pinato CAMBRIDGE, MA...
Team discovers polymorph selection during crystal growth can be thermodynamically driven
Studying colloidal crystallization, Lehigh scientists show that kinetic effects may be unable to fully explain the appearance of structural transformations, surface thermodynamics can be critical...
