Since the first cases of Ebola were reported in West Africa in March 2014, the United States has mounted a whole-of-government response to contain and eliminate the epidemic at its source, while also taking prudent measures to protect the American people.
Nov 6, 2014
Newly published findings from the University of Waterloo are giving women with bad backs renewed hope for better sex lives.
Oct 25, 2014
Researchers may have developed a way to potentially assist prognostication in the first 24 hours after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) when patients are still in a coma.
Oct 20, 2014
The mutations were familiar, but the patients’ conditions seemed baffling at first.
Oct 13, 2014
It is not only prenatal drug exposure, but also conditions related to drug use that can influence negative behavior in children, according to a new study from the University at Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions.
Oct 6, 2014
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have devised a new antibiotic based on vancomycin that is powerfully effective against vancomycin-resistant strains of MRSA and other disease-causing bacteria.
Sep 19, 2014
Hypothesis for Antarctic glaciation takes another knock from new study Is the door slowly shutting on a four-decade-old theory of how Antarctica got its ice on?
Sep 8, 2014
Drexel researchers uncover immense, remarkably complete dinosaur skeleton; research team includes three NSF Graduate Research Fellows Scientists have…
Sep 4, 2014
The world's accounting system for carbon emissions, run by the United Nations, disregards capital investments in future coal-fired and natural-gas power plants…
Aug 27, 2014
In states where it is legal to use medical marijuana to manage chronic pain and other conditions, the annual number of deaths from prescription drug overdose is 25 percent lower than in states where medical marijuana remains illegal, new research suggests.
Aug 26, 2014
Regular blood transfusions prevent recurrent blockage of brain blood vessels, a serious neurological side effect that occurs in one third of children with sickle cell anemia, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Aug 22, 2014
In a finding that has implications for life in other extreme environments, both on Earth and elsewhere in the solar system, researchers funded by the National…
Aug 22, 2014
Non-experts have high rates of success of lie detection when viewing experts work Determining deception is a tool of the trade for law enforcement.
Aug 15, 2014
Construction of the highly anticipated Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) can begin now that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has finalized funding.
Aug 8, 2014
