Combinations of cancer drugs can be quickly and cheaply tested on tumour cells using a novel…
Mosquito-borne diseases in Europe: Containment strategy depends on when the alarm sets off
New research based on the Italian experience with outbreaks of Chikungunya, a disease borne by the…
Important step towards a computer model that predicts the outcome of eye diseases
Understanding how the retina transforms images into signals that the brain can interpret would not only…
People with schizophrenia account for more than one in 10 suicide cases
A new study shows that people with schizophrenia account for more than one in 10 cases…
Starving fungi could save millions of lives each year
Researchers have identified a potentially new approach to treating lethal fungal infections that claim more than…
Wolf reintroduction: Yellowstone’s ‘landscape of fear’ not so scary after all
After wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the mid-1990s, some scientists thought the large…
Normalization of ‘plus-size’ risks hidden danger of obesity
New research warns that the normalization of 'plus-size' body shapes may be leading to an increasing…
NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Space Station Resupply Mission
NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting no earlier than 5:42 a.m. EDT Friday, June 29,…
How NASA is Building a Petabyte Scale Geospatial Archive in the Cloud
Abstract: NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) is working towards a vision of…
Impact of Aquarius and SMAP Sea Surface Salinity Observations on Seasonal Predictions of the 2015 El Nino
Abstract: We assess the impact of satellite sea surface salinity (SSS) observations on dynamical ENSO forecasts…