Iselle was once a rather powerful category 4 hurricane in the East Pacific with sustained winds estimated at 120 knots (~138 mph) by the National Hurricane…
The team compared mainstream bioeconomic theory — which policymakers have depended on in order to protect fish populations — with the lesser-known…
A new study published in The American Journal of Pathology identifies a novel gene that controls nerve conduction velocity. Investigators report that even…
Genevieve moved through all three Pacific Ocean regions (eastern, central and western) in its two week lifetime and met its end today.
At the ends of the Universe there are black holes with masses equaling billions of our sun. These giant bodies – quasars – feed on interstellar gas, swallowing…
Prior to this work, ideal light sources (such as perfect lasers) were thought to emit as much light as excited in them via pumping.
Scientists and engineers focusing on this challenge might make advances by studying the unique morphology of the woodpecker, whose body functions as an…
The scientists, with Professor Alan Boyde and colleagues from Queen Mary University of London, were studying the hip of a man with the genetic condition,…
This blood vessel normalization results in an increased barrier function on the one hand — thereby blocking cancer cell dissemination and metastasis — and in…
Forests around the world have become increasingly fragmented, and in the UK three quarters of woodland area lie within 100 metres of the forest edge. It has…
The impact of climate change on the Great Lakes, as well as other natural resources in the United States, was explored in the report “Science, Education, and…
A single targeted mutation is enough to alter a natural peptide system so that it also incorporates non-natural amino acids into peptides, report Swiss…
“We and others have found that Lin28b – a gene that is normally turned on in fetal but not adult tissues – is expressed in several childhood cancers, including…
A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Idaho State University (ISU) explored how habitat alterations,…
Julio's position at this point is 395 miles northeast of Honolulu, Hawaii moving northwest at 8 knots per hour.
The storm is located approximately 819 nautical miles west-northwest of Midway Island.