Infrared satellite imagery from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite shows that the convection (rapidly rising air that…
The collaborative team of researchers was led by Margaret A. Pericak-Vance, PhD, Director of the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics at the University…
But water issues – both quantity and quality – are not new to this strategically important country. Waterborne diseases account for 30 percent of all deaths in…
One touch directs a robotic arm to grab objects in a new computer program designed to give people in wheelchairs more independence.University of Central…
Results of the research revealing these racial disparities, published in the August issue of the American Journal of Surgery, suggest that injury-prevention…
Prof. Herrera said: “No one has paid much attention to the corollas, collections of petals on a flower, when they shrivel. Their job is done, so it's no…
There, the concentrations of toxic substances from cigarettes are far higher than in smoky air, and they can be released again, for example by contact with the…
Now, a group of astronomers has discovered a new astronomical phenomenon that appears to be common in such clouds, and promises a new window onto the earliest…
Using imaging tools which enable investigation of processes in living organisms, Dr. Volker Siffrin and Professor Dr. Frauke Zipp (formerly Max Delbrück…
“The results confirm the presence of drugs such as cocaine, amphetamines, codeine, morphine and cannabis in the surface waters of the L'Albufera National Park…
China leads the world in tonnage of fish caught annually as well as the amount of fish consumed, according to new findings reported in National Geographic…
A new Florida State University study found that older adults with Parkinson's disease altered their gait — stride length, step velocity and the time they spent…
In the study, Rima McLeod and colleagues point out that toxoplasmosis is one of the world's most common parasitic infections, affecting about one-third of the…
A study led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators links the muscle weakness and other symptoms of a rare neurodegenerative disease to a…
The powder shows bright promise for a number of other uses, they said. It may, for instance, be a greener, more energy-efficient way of jump-starting the…
“Our research could pave the way for turning electricity from the atmosphere into an alternative energy source for the future,” said study leader Fernando…
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