When NASA's Aqua satellite flew over Gaston early this morning, Sept. 2 at 0423 UTC (12:23 a.m. EDT), the infrared image taken from the Atmospheric Infrared…
The devices, which include transistors and diodes, could be used in nanometer-scale robotics, nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS), micro-electromechanical…
Walter Trahanovsky, an Iowa State professor of chemistry who likes to write out the chemical structures of compounds when he talks about his science, was…
School children who consume foods purchased in vending machines are more likely to develop poor diet quality – and that may be associated with being…
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured a visible image of Tropical Storm Kompasu at 02:15…
Stressors such as job, marital and financial problems have been linked to the increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease including heart attack. But…
In a study published in the September issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell, investigators found that the low-oxygen microenvironments that ordinarily deprive…
Neurologist Robert “Berch” Griggs, M.D., is heading the study of treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common form of the disease that affects…
Of the four fundamental forces that govern interactions in the universe, gravity may be the most familiar, but ironically it is the least understood by…
Ceramic pot filters, which are made out of sawdust and clay, have been around in poor countries for hundreds of years. The focus of Heinley’s research is on…
The NIST experiments, described in a forthcoming paper,* repeatedly produced light pulses that each possessed two exactly opposite properties—specifically,…
Specifically, SDSU scientists are exploring whether yellow-flowered alfalfa can improve the quality of grazing in pastures of crested wheatgrass. Crested…
Those special molecules comprise the “first solvation shell,” and although it has been known for decades that they can sense and dictate the fate of nearly…
But Orts and a team of collaborators from Lapol, LLC, of Santa Barbara, Calif., hope to change that by making corn-derived plastics more heat-tolerant. Orts…
The technique — integrative body-mind training (IBMT) — has been the focus of intense scrutiny by a team of Chinese researchers led by Yi-Yuan Tang of Dalian…
The protein, named YAP, is linked to the NF2 tumor suppressor gene via a relay of chemical signals that is responsible for shaping and sizing tissue growth by…
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