NASA has joined the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) with efforts underway across the country to augment…
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TED group backs pandemic response effort
The big-ideas TED Conference said Thursday it was allocating prize funding this year to a project…
COVID-19 could cost the United States billions in medical expenses
A new study shows that hospitalizations, ventilators, and other health resources that patients would require could…
Supreme Court rejects EPA's narrow view of Clean Water Act
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that sewage plants and other industries cannot avoid environmental requirements under…
New research finds cost transparency can increase sales 20%
Businesses don’t typically disclose information to consumers on how much it costs to produce a product.…
NSF Funds Astrophysicists to Develop Code for "Einstein Toolkit"
NSF Funds Astrophysicists to Develop Code for “Einstein Toolkit” Click here for original story,…
Common soil fungus could be ally in organic corn growers' fight against pests
A common soil fungus might be enlisted as a powerful partner by corn producers to suppress…
Inexpensive, portable detector identifies pathogens in minutes
Most viral test kits rely on labor- and time-intensive laboratory preparation and analysis techniques; for example,…
Researchers use 'hot Jupiter' data to mine exoplanet chemistry
After spotting a curious pattern in scientific papers—they described exoplanets as being cooler than expected—Cornell University…
Making recombinant-protein drugs cheaper
The mammalian cell lines that are engineered to produce high-value recombinant-protein drugs also produce unwanted proteins…