The new atmospheric observatory at Mt. Chacaltaya (CHC) in Bolivia is at an altitude of 5240 meters and is the highest such station in the world. First data…
The findings, published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, show that severely hot conditions in corn-growing regions and extreme climate events…
A Washington State University astrobiologist is leading a group of 20 scientists in calling for a mission to Mars with “a strong and comprehensive life…
An in-depth analysis by scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) zeroed in on tiny, bubble-like islands that…
A team of Rice University undergraduates has invented a device they hope will make the process safer and easier.In collaboration with Shriners Hospital for…
But now researchers at Michigan State University, as part of an international collaboration, have figured out how plants can make the “decision” between growth…
Ten years ago, a landmark clinical trial in Canada demonstrated the unequivocal effectiveness of brain surgeries for treating uncontrolled epilepsy, but since…
They collect leeches from tropical jungles, which have been sucking blood from mammals, and subsequently analyse the blood for mammal DNA. By using this…
But the team members’ advice for controlling the species goes something like this: “If you can’t beat ‘em, eat ‘em.” James Garvey, director of the Fisheries…
Despite many achievements in the field of super-resolution microscopy in the past few years with spatial resolution advances, live-cell imaging has remained a…
The signing of an agreement between The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) has brought together top-notch…
“It comes as a surprise to us that climate change over millions of years still leaves a signature in the composition of species assemblages we see today. If…
According to T. D. Schowalter, author of a new open-access article in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management called “Ecology and Management of Bark Beetles…
A team of scientists from Johns Hopkins and elsewhere have developed nano-devices that successfully cross the brain-blood barrier and deliver a drug that…
Glucocorticoids are natural steroids secreted by the body during stress. A small amount of these hormones helps with normal brain function, but their excess is…
The computational technique could provide faster, less expensive and higher resolution tissue imaging to a broader population of users. The group describes its…