Scientists and public health officials have documented an increasing number of outbreaks of mosquito-borne illnesses across the globe in recent years, including yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya, and Zika.
Mar 6, 2019
A new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins shows that an immunotherapy drug appears to treat Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare but aggressive form of skin cancer, more effectively and with better survival rates than does conventional chemotherapy.
Mar 6, 2019
Scientists have uncovered a new “division of labor” between our brain’s two hemispheres in how we comprehend the words and other sounds we hear—a finding that offers new insights into the processing of speech and points to ways to address auditory disorders.
Mar 5, 2019
Plants move at a much slower rate than what we can see. They don’t have muscles so they’ve figured out different ways to move.
Mar 5, 2019
In multicultural areas like San Francisco, doctors are increasingly looking to Google Translate to provide written instructions their patients can take home, so they stand a better chance of following medical advice.
Mar 4, 2019
While virtually all cells in an animal’s body communicate with their neighbors in one way or another, many scientists thought that only neurons — the…
Mar 4, 2019
A team of Stony Brook University autism researchers investigating atypical communications characteristics (such as repeating words or having unusual…
Mar 4, 2019
You slide fluently through cool, coastal waters, A balletic grace with unparalleled force That silently slips between the spheres As a distant rumble announces time.
Mar 1, 2019
There are rare finds, and then there are those out-of-nowhere, first-ever discoveries that send scientists’ hearts aflutter.
Mar 1, 2019
An interdisciplinary Northwestern University team has developed a pair of soft, flexible wireless body sensors that replace the tangle of wire-based sensors…
Mar 1, 2019
New research on an extinct weasel relative reveals what it might have eaten when it lived in North America and Asia about 20 million years ago.
Feb 25, 2019
X-Mat® is an environmentally-friendly material that combines the strength of metal, lightness of plastic and high operating temperatures of ceramic.
Feb 25, 2019
A dynasty of diamonds in the sky, You stretch beyond the hemispheres of sight Scattering stardust like lavish silt as Unseen tidal forces conspire to tear you apart.
Feb 22, 2019
Assistant Professor of Political Science Marcela García-Castañon.
Feb 22, 2019
