New tool for measuring police and law enforcement interactions reflects police-based discrimination experiences

Researchers have developed a new tool to catalog police and law enforcement interactions with black men,…

Suomi NPP spots formation of Tropical Cyclone Donna

The tropical low pressure area previously known as System 99P organized and developed into tropical cyclone…

Report: Even in death, indigenous border crossers marginalized

Of the hundreds of people who die trying to cross into the U.S. from Mexico each…

Extended Magnetohydrodynamics with Embedded Particle-in-Cell Simulation of Ganymede’s Magnetosphere

Abstract: We have recently developed a new modeling capability to embed the implicit particle-in-cell (PIC) model…

Facebook adding 3,000 people to screen out violent content

Facebook said Wednesday it is hiring an extra 3,000 staff to root out violent content as…

Starvation causes atypical cell death

Researchers from the Cell death group of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), led by Dr.…

Common cold duration is shortened similarly by zinc acetate and zinc gluconate lozenges

There is no significant difference between zinc acetate lozenges and zinc gluconate lozenges regarding their efficacy…

What roundworms can teach us about human growth

Human beings and the roundworm C. elegans have more in common than you'd expect. Thanks to…

Operating smart devices from the space on and above the back of your hand

Smartwatches such as the Apple Watch have been called a 'revolution on the wrist', but the…

Cost of Zika outbreak in the United States could be high

Even a relatively mild Zika outbreak in the United States could cost more than $183 million…