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Resistance to Dementia May Run in the Family

“In very elderly people with good cognition, higher levels of C-reactive protein, which is related to inflammation, are associated with better memory,” said…

Earth Sciences

Simulating Volcano Eruptions, One Blast at a Time

Two dozen people fell silent before a muffled blast sent a geyser-like shower of crushed gravel, limestone and asphalt roughly 50 feet in the air. Moments…

Physics & Astronomy

Georgia Tech Advances Potential Commercial Space Flight System

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is one of three companies that will receive hundreds of millions of dollars to further develop its commercial human spacecraft…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Iowa State Researchers Feed Pigs, Chickens High-Protein Fungus Grown on Ethanol Leftovers

In separate feeding trials, nursery pigs and chickens have eaten high-protein fungi that Hans van Leeuwen and other Iowa State University researchers have…

Physics & Astronomy

Giant Galaxy Cluster Phoenix Sets Record for Star Creation

The discovery of this cluster, known as the Phoenix Cluster, made with the National Science Foundation's South Pole Telescope, may force astronomers to rethink…

Medical Engineering

Deep Inside the Body, Tiny Mechanical Microscope Diagnoses Disease

Tiny space age probes — those that can see inside single living cells — are increasingly being used to diagnose illness in hard-to-reach areas of the body. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center’s Dr. Michel Kahaleh often threads a tiny microscope into the narrow bile ducts that connect the liver to the small intestine to hunt for cancer. He also uses the device to minutely explore the pancreatic duct as one of a few doctors in the country to use such technology in this way….

Life & Chemistry

Research Reveals Unexpected Benefits of Living in a Changing Climate

Working with Ian Johnston at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, Scott has found that raising zebrafish at warmer temperatures as embryos actually…

Earth Sciences

NASA’s Aqua Satellite Tracks Tropical Storm Kai-tak Approaching Hong Kong

NASA's Aqua satellite captured infrared data on Kai-tak when it passed overhead on August 15 at 0517 UTC (1:17 a.m. EDT/1:17 p.m. local time, Hong Kong)….

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers reassured by record-breaking star formation in huge galaxy cluster

The situation changed dramatically when a large international team of over 80 astronomers, led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Hubble Fellow Michael…

Earth Sciences

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's LAMP spectrometer detects helium in moon's atmosphere

Although LAMP was designed to map the lunar surface, the team expanded its science investigation to examine the far ultraviolet emissions visible in the…

Earth Sciences

GOES-15 Satellite Sees Fading Tropical Storm Hector and TD7's Remnants

NASA's GOES Project, located at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., uses the GOES-15 satellite data to create images and animations from the…

Studies and Analyses

Divorced Couples’ Co-Parenting Relationships Can Improve, MU Researcher Says

New research conducted at the University of Missouri offers hope for divorced parents and suggests hostile relationships can improve when ex-spouses set aside…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Climate Change Impact and Mitigation in Northeast Forests

The report outlines the effects of climate change on multiple aspects of forests in the northeastern corner of the United States and eastern Canada and…

Health & Medicine

Children's self-control is associated with their body mass index as adults

However, exhibiting these skills at a young age actually may affect weight later in life. A new study scheduled for publication in The Journal of Pediatrics…

Earth Sciences

Warming causes more extreme shifts of the Southern Hemisphere's largest rain band

The changes will result from the South Pacific rain band responding to greenhouse warming. The South Pacific rain band is largest and most persistent of the…

Health & Medicine

Moffitt Cancer Center Validates Molecular Signature for Radiation Benefits

The results appeared in a recent issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research.The study examined patients…

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