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Earth Sciences

NASA satellite captures first view of 'night-shining' clouds

The first observations of these clouds by the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellite occurred above 70 degrees north on May 25. Observers on the…

Earth Sciences

New Undersea Images Transform Understanding of Antarctic Ice

Images of areas below the Eastern Ross Sea, next to West Antarctica, provide evidence that the subcontinent was involved in the general growth of the Antarctic…

Environmental Conservation

'Megafishes' project featured in Science magazine

University of Nevada, Reno researchers Zeb Hogan and Sudeep Chandra know “Megafishes” mega-well. Hogan, an assistant research professor, and Chandra, an…

Studies and Analyses

Ablation Procedure: Safe, Fast Solution for Large Tumors

“One of the biggest limitations of current radiofrequency ablation techniques is the inability to effectively treat large tumors” said Paul Laeseke, PhD, lead…

Studies and Analyses

Discover the Most Dangerous Holiday Travel Spots

Just in time for the most dangerous days of the year to drive – July 3 and 4 – the national Center for Excellence in Rural Safety (CERS) at the University of…

Life & Chemistry

Critical Protein Shields DNA Damage Across Generations

Early in the life of B lymphocytes — the immune cells responsible for hunting down foreign invaders and labeling them for destruction — they rearrange their…

Physics & Astronomy

Invisible Nano-Fibers: Conducting Electricity and Repelling Dirt

In the June issue of the journal Nature Nanotechnology, Ohio State University researchers describe how they created surfaces that, seen with the eye, look as…

Life & Chemistry

'Modular' leukemia drug shows promise in early testing

The agent represents a new class of agents called small modular immunopharmaceuticals. Called CD37-SMIP, the agent targets a protein called CD37 on the surface…

Physics & Astronomy

Carnegie Mellon Team Unveils Detailed Black Hole Simulation

By incorporating the physics of black holes into a highly sophisticated model running on a powerful supercomputing system, an international team of scientists…

Health & Medicine

Parking Garages: Safe Havens During Hurricanes?

Recently, Dr. Thomas Schmidlin, meteorologist and professor of geography at Kent State University, completed research determining the safety of using parking…

Studies and Analyses

Surgery Proven More Effective for Common Back Problems

The study, published in the May 31 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, is the second in a series reporting findings of the Spine Patients Outcomes…

Studies and Analyses

Branding matters — even when searching

Researchers in the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) copied Google results pages from four different e-commerce queries, ascribing them to…

Health & Medicine

It's not too late to change — lowering cardiac risk later in life

Once these people achieved 4 healthy behaviors, eating at least 5 fruits and vegetables daily, exercising at least 2.5 hours per week, maintaining their Body…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Earliest Evidence of Peanut, Cotton, and Squash Farming Discovered

The research team made their discovery in the Ñanchoc Valley, which is approximately 500 meters above sea level on the lower western slopes of the Andes in…

Life & Chemistry

Loss of cell's 'antenna' linked to cancer's development

Submarines have periscopes. Insects have antennae. And increasingly, biologists are finding that most normal vertebrate cells have cilia, small hair-like…

Information Technology

Discover USC’s New AI Computing Tool for IT Solutions

A USC Information Sciences Institute researcher thinks she has found a new source of artificial intelligence computing power to solve difficult IT problems of…

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