Credit: Jennifer Wisecaver, Rokas Lab, Vanderbilt University Cocaine, nicotine, capsaicin. These are just three familiar examples of the hundreds of thousands of small molecules (also...
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce Two extra-tropical cyclones recently dropped very heavy rain over New Zealand, Debbie and Cook. As Cook's remnants continue...
Although sketching exercises can help students learn many subjects, they are woefully underused in classrooms. "Sketches are difficult and time-consuming to grade," said Northwestern University'..
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- In physics, the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou (FPUT) problem -- which found that certain nonlinear systems do not disperse their energy, but rather return to...
Credit: Kelley Travers / MITEI Recognizing the critical need for scalable energy storage solutions to develop regional energy systems in China, ENN Group of China...
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan - When cancer metastases, bone unwittingly offers a friendly place for tumor cell growth--only to have its hospitality betrayed...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- When the Deepwater Horizon oil rig suffered a catastrophic explosion and blowout on April 21, 2010, leading to the worst oil spill...
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA Although galaxy formation and evolution are still far from being fully understood, the conditions we see within certain galaxies -- such...
Scientists have identified the gene responsible for generating acylceramide, the key lipid in forming the skin barrier that protects us from pathogens, allergens and other...
Mitochondrial disorders (MIDs) frequently manifest as myopathy. Myopathy may also involve the respiratory muscles. Affection of the respiratory muscles may progress to respiratory insufficiency, requi..
Bottom Line: A vaccine targeting cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigen pp65, combined with high-dose chemotherapy (temozolomide), improved both progression-free survival and overall survival for a small group..
Credit: Clinical Cancer Research/American Association for Cancer Research DURHAM, N.C. -- A phase one study of 11 patients with glioblastoma who received injections of an...
Credit: Please credit 'choosing face infographic by David White' When trying to pick the most flattering pictures for online profiles, it may be best to...
Credit: 21 Lux photography/Heike Engel If you're small, smells are a good way to stand out. A team of researchers led by the Netherlands Institute...
Credit: Anne Gordon, Whale Watching Panama Whales from both poles migrate long distances to breed in tropical waters. Smithsonian scientist Hector M. Guzman and Fernando...
