WASHINGTON (AP) -- Opening a new era in cancer care, the Food and Drug Administration on…
Month: August 2017
Brazil court blocks Amazon mining decree
The order prevents the government from exploiting a protected area bigger than Denmark.
Posts, tweets spread widely as the Harvey missing are sought
Photos with pleas for help in finding the missing from Hurricane Harvey are being posted, cut-and-pasted…
Silicon solves problems for next-generation battery technology
Silicon -- the second most abundant element in the earth's crust -- shows great promise in…
How dietary fats’ impact healthy or obese adults
Metabolically healthy obese adults consuming a diet high in unsaturated fat and low in saturated fat…
Hope for improving protection of the reticulated python
Trading in skins of the reticulated python is such a lucrative business that illegal exports are…
What lit up the universe? Black holes may have punctured darkened galaxies, allowing light to escape
Researchers have a new explanation for how the universe changed from darkness to light. They propose…
Breakthrough in understanding mitochondria
Scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding how mitochondria -- the 'powerhouses' of human cells --…
In smartphone age, the hajj is for sharing
Arm outstretched, Abdul Rahman sweeps his mobile phone across the vista of Mecca, the Great Mosque…