All News

Environmental Conservation

Emissions Trading Doesn't Cause Pollution 'Hot Spots'

A new study by Evan Ringquist, professor in the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs, finds the problem hasn't materialized — that…

Awards Funding

Hebrew U. Scientists Win Prize for Medical Research Innovation

Dr. Pikarsky of the department of immunology and cancer research at the Institute for Medical Research Israel Canada (IMRIC) in the Faculty of Medicine was…

Earth Sciences

Strengthening US Earthquake Resilience: Key Insights from New Report

In recent decades, destructive earthquakes in the U.S. have only been moderate to strong in size or have occurred in sparsely populated areas; the country has…

Health & Medicine

Age Doesn’t Affect Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatment Outcomes

Results from a study published today in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology, reveal that age does not affect response to imatinib and…

Information Technology

Webinos Project Unveils Open Source Apps for Multiple Devices

To allow web applications run on four screens, the webinos project consortium creates a full open source code base. The tagerted technology will allow…

Earth Sciences

Newly discovered natural arch in Afghanistan one of world's largest

Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society have stumbled upon a geological colossus in a remote corner of Afghanistan: a natural stone arch spanning…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals Key Barriers to Exercise for Boys

A study of sixth-grade boys' attitudes led by Lorraine Robbins from MSU's College of Nursing suggests an after-school physical activity program could help…

Life & Chemistry

Whole-Cell Simulations: A Breakthrough in Biological Research

The new “in silico cells” are the result of a collaboration between experimental scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Biology in Germany and theoretical…

Physics & Astronomy

Kepler spacecraft gives Iowa State's Kawaler, astronomers a look inside red giant stars

“No one anticipated seeing this before the mission launched,” said Steve Kawaler, an Iowa State University professor of physics and astronomy and a leader of…

Life & Chemistry

New Hepatitis C Drug Boceprevir Offers Hope for Treatment

The drug boceprevir helps cure hard-to-treat hepatitis C, says Saint Louis University investigator Bruce R. Bacon, M.D., author of the March 31 New England…

Physics & Astronomy

Physicists Find Low-Level Radioactivity From Japan in Seattle

On March 16, the scientists began testing air filters on the ventilation intake for the Physics-Astronomy Building on the UW campus, looking for evidence of…

Studies and Analyses

Bariatric Surgery Lowers Cardiovascular Risks in Diabetic Patients

In the longest study of its kind, bariatric surgery has been shown to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients with diabetes. These results and…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Hidden Elm Population May Hold Genes to Combat Dutch Elm Disease

It has been accepted for 80 years that American elms (Ulmus americana) are tetraploids, trees with four copies of each chromosome. But there have also been…

Studies and Analyses

A woman's blues bring a relationship down

But there's another way that depression isolates partners from each other. It chips away at the ability to perceive the others' thoughts and feelings. It…

Studies and Analyses

Gorillas at Risk: Human Contact Linked to Respiratory Infections

In a study published online this week in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, an international team of researchers report that a virus that causes…

Environmental Conservation

NOAA scientists find killer whales in Antarctic waters prefer weddell seals over other prey

Researchers Robert Pitman and John Durban from NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, Calif., observed killer whales hunting in ice floes, off…

Feedback