NASA sees vertical wind shear affecting Tropical Storm Muifa
Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce Vertical wind shear can weaken a tropical cyclone and that's what's happening to the now weaker Tropical Depression Muifa in...
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Crime and virtual punishment
Credit: University of Utah When it comes to crime and punishment, how judges dish out prison sentences is anything but a game. But students from...
NRL breakthrough enables safer alternative to lithium-ion batteries
Credit: U.S. Navy / Matthew Poynor WASHINGTON -- Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Chemistry Division have developed a safer alternative to fire-prone...
Neurons’ faulty wiring leads to serotonin imbalance, depression-like behavior in mice
Credit: Tom Maniatis/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute NEW YORK -- Columbia scientists have identified a gene that allows neurons that release serotonin -- a neurotransmitter that regulates...
Ocean acidification could impair the nitrogen-fixing ability of marine bacteria
While increased carbon dioxide levels theoretically boost the productivity of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the world's oceans, because of its "fertilizing" effect, a new study reveals...
Ripples in the cosmic web
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- The most barren regions known are the far-flung corners of intergalactic space. In these vast expanses between the galaxies there is...
For first time, researchers measure forces that align crystals and help them snap together
Credit: Xin Zhang/PNNL RICHLAND, Wash. -- Like two magnets being pulled toward each other, tiny crystals twist, align and slam into each other, but due...
Pregnancy does not increase expectant mothers’ melanoma risk
CHICAGO (April 27, 2017): Expectant mothers need not be concerned that they are more prone to develop melanoma, or will have a worse prognosis if...
NASA sees formation of Tropical Storm Frances near Darwin
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team Tropical Storm Frances has formed in the Beagle Gulf, east of the Timor Sea near Darwin, Australia,...
Can early experiences with computers, robots increase STEM interest among young girls?
Loading video... Credit: UW Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences Girls start believing they aren't good at math, science and even computers at a young...
Survey: Another good year for Chesapeake Bay’s underwater grasses
Credit: © D. Malmquist/VIMS. An annual survey led by researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science shows the abundance of underwater grasses...
Two UTA students earn prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program funding
Credit: UTA Two University of Texas at Arlington College of Science students have been named recipients of National Science Foundation funds to further their graduate...
Chemoresistance in breast cancer is related to varying tumor cell populations
Credit: Cell Reports / IDIBELL Researchers from the transformation and metastasis group of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), led by Dr. Eva González-Suárez, have...
Molecule identified that helps give resident T cells in the skin their anti-cancer punch
Credit: Photograph courtesy of Medical University of South Carolina immunologist Dr. Chrystal M. Paulos and Dartmouth's Dr. Mary Jo Turk. The molecule CD103 is key...
A turbo engine for tracing neurons
Credit: Allen Institute Putting a turbo engine into an old car gives it an entirely new life--suddenly it can go further, faster. That same idea...
