“This dataset is being used to make digital elevation and terrain maps that will be a fundamental reference for future scientific and human exploration…
NASA's AIRS infrared instrument showed System 91S's center making landfall on Dec. 16 at 0647 UTC (1:47 a.m. EST) near the town of Carnavon in Western…
About 580 million years ago, life on Earth began a rapid period of change called the Cambrian Explosion, a period defined by the birth of new life forms over…
In research published today, scientists have studied human brain samples to isolate a set of proteins that accounts for over 130 brain diseases. The paper also…
As the UN's International Year of Biodiversity draws to a close, scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew are celebrating the diversity of the planet's…
As reported in a study published online ahead of print on December 19 in Nature Cell Biology, the scientists discovered this unique structure-building role for…
Plants that “lose the battle” during competitiveness for light because they are shaded by larger neighbours, counteract. They adapt by rapid shoot elongation…
The clinical course of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is highly variable, ranging from slow progression and survival for several decades to rapidly…
The results of their research were presented today at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. The National Nuclear Security…
The study is believed to be the longest of any group of children exposed to medical irradiation and followed for thyroid cancer incidence. It was published in…
Wind turbines in Midwestern farm fields may be doing more than churning out electricity. The giant turbine blades that generate renewable energy might also…
People with a known, high risk for Alzheimer’s disease develop abnormal brain function even before the appearance of telltale amyloid plaques that are…
The National Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series report, “N-Control Seagrass Restoration Monitoring Report Monitoring Events 2003-2008,” presents results of…
To answer the big questions, it often helps to look at the smallest details. That is the approach Stanford mineral physicist Wendy Mao is taking to…
A mathematically driven evolutionary snapshot of woody plants in four similar climates around the world has given scientists a fresh perspective on genetic…
We might someday have to do just that, Cornell University conservation scientist Jeff Wells warns.Wells, a visiting fellow at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology,…
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