NASA has selected nine proposals under its Explorers Program that will return transformational science about the…
Month: July 2017
Watchdog group seeks probe into EPA chief Pruitt’s travel
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- An ethics watchdog group filed a complaint asking for an investigation into…
Watchdog group seeks probe into EPA chief Pruitt’s travel
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- An ethics watchdog group filed a complaint asking for an investigation into…
Newly discovered biomarkers may lead to promising diagnostic tool for Alzheimer’s
Diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease and determining a patient’s prognosis is an inexact business, and that stands in…
New tool to distinguish between viral, bacterial infections
Antibiotics are lifesaving drugs, but overuse is leading to antibiotic resistance, one of the world's most…
Computer models provide new understanding of sickle cell disease
Simulations developed by mathematicians provide new details of how sickle cell disease manifests inside red blood…
Dulled taste may prompt more calories on path to obesity
Food scientists have found that people with a diminished ability to taste food choose sweeter --…
Scientists discover new magnet with nearly massless charge carriers
Advances in modern electronics has demanded the requisite hardware, transistors, to be smaller in each new…
Hunger-controlling brain cells may offer path for new obesity drugs
Scientists identified two new populations of cells in the brain that potently regulate appetite. The two…
In solar eclipse’s ‘path of totality,’ rooms go for $1,000 and vendors sell every trinket under the sun
Hotels have been sold out for years. Eclipse viewing glasses are back-ordered on Amazon. People are…