NASA gets inside look at large and powerful Hurricane Florence
NASA's Aqua satellite provided an infrared look at the large and powerful Hurricane Florence early on Sept. 13, 2018 that indicated wind shear was...
Largest study of ‘post-treatment controllers’ reveals clues about HIV remission
Much remains unknown about a group of individuals known as HIV post-treatment controllers, including how rare this ability is. Two new studies explore the...
Cancer drug and antidepressants provide clues for treating brain-eating amoeba infections
Researchers have now identified three new molecular drug targets in Naegleria fowleri and a number of drugs that are able to inhibit the amoeba's...
Most fire in Florida goes undetected
A new study indicates that common satellite imaging technologies have vastly underestimated the number of fires in Florida, detecting only 25 percent of burned...
New genetics tool helps answer evolutionary questions
Developing cutting-edge statistical tools that can handle these massive new datasets is a piece of the research puzzle, and new research has just added...
Scientists design new metabolic technology to open scientific data for everyone
XCMS-MRM and METLIN-MRM represent a cloud-based analysis platform that allows scientists to quantify molecules from biological samples and make their results publicly available.
Tiny camera lens may help link quantum computers to network
Scientists have invented a tiny camera lens, which may lead to a device that links quantum computers to an optical fiber network.
Famous theory of the living Earth upgraded to ‘Gaia 2.0’
A new twist has been given to the 'Gaia' theory that aims to explain why conditions on Earth have remained stable enough for life...
A very special protein synthesis machinery
Sleeping sickness-causing parasites contain an unusual protein synthesis machinery. A team of researchers has resolved its very special structure for the first time.
High-resolution genomic map gives scientists unprecedented view of brain development
Researchers have created a massive database of the changes in gene activity of individual cells in the cerebellum during embryonic development and immediately after...