NASA-NOAA satellite views massive Tropical Storm Krosa

Tropical Storm Krosa is a large tropical cyclone. When NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the…

Detention basins could catch more than stormwater

Everywhere you go there are stormwater detention basins built near large construction projects intended to control…

Largest-ever study of coral communities unlocks global solution to save reefs

The largest study ever conducted of its kind has identified where and how to save coral…

New study finds that race is a factor in investment judgments

According to new research released today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, race…

Ancient pigs endured a complete genomic turnover after they arrived in Europe

New research led by Oxford University and Queen Mary University of London has resolved a pig…

First cells may have emerged because building blocks of proteins stabilized membranes

Life on Earth arose about 4 billion years ago when the first cells formed within a…

Mapping the effects of drought on vulnerable populations

The greater frequency of droughts, combined with underlying economic, social and environmental risks, means that dry…

Northern tropical dry trend may just be normal variation

Rainfall variations in the tropics not only potentially influence 40% of the world’s population and the…

In first-of-its-kind study, UCI researchers highlight hookah health hazards

Hookah waterpipe use has grown in popularity in recent years — 1 in 5 college students…

An alternate theory for what causes Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia among the elderly, is characterized by plaques and…