Space
NASA infrared imagery shows Chanthu weakening after landfall in southeastern China
Tropical Storm Chanthu came ashore in southeastern China and continues to move inland.
Jul 22, 2010
Health
GOES-13 sees Tropical Depression 3 form in the Atlantic: Bahamas, Florida under warnings
The GOES-13 satellite has kept an eye on System 97L all week, and it has now developed into a tropical depression.
Jul 22, 2010
Life
Rediscovery: MBL scientists confirm role for mysterious cell component, the nucleolinus
MBL, WOODS HOLE, MA -- When searching for long-lost treasure, sometimes all you need is a good flashlight.
Jul 22, 2010
Health
Study describes health effects of occupational exposures in Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant workers
A five-year study into the causes of deaths of workers at Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) shows significantly lower death rates from all causes and cancer in general when compared to the overall United States population.
Jul 22, 2010
Health
New global report launched by the International AIDS Society recommends a new paradigm for treating injecting drug users
Thursday, 22 July, 2010 (Vienna, Austria)-- Against the backdrop of some of the globe's fastest growing HIV epidemics in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, a…
Jul 22, 2010
Technology
Penn collaboration leads to simpler method for building varieties of nanocrystal superlattices
PHILADELPHIA -- - Collaboration by chemists, physicists and materials scientists at the University of Pennsylvania has created a simple and inexpensive method…
Jul 22, 2010
Health
Kaiser Permanente demonstrates success of large-scale total joint replacement registry
July 22, 2010 (Oakland, Calif.) -- A total joint replacement registry based on carefully designed and integrated technology can enhance patient safety, quality…
Jul 22, 2010
Health
Scientists find unsuspected molecular link between obesity and insulin resistance
BOSTON -- A new understanding of insulin resistance and the action of diabetes drugs such as Avandia and Actos could pave the way for improved medications that…
Jul 21, 2010
Earth & Environment
NASA satellites tracking rain-packed Tropical Storm Chanthu as it heads toward China
NASA satellite imagery of Tropical Storm Chanthu revealed a large area of moderate to very heavy rainfall as it nears the southeast China coast.
Jul 21, 2010
Health
Lack of insurance coverage remains obstacle to wider colorectal cancer screening with CT colonography
A recent questionnaire submitted to a group of patients at one of the nation's largest general hospitals suggests that a significant number of patients, who…
Jul 21, 2010
Health
Improved treatment access requires end to portrayal of drug abusers as already dead
The Lancet Series on HIV in people who use drugs, published online July 20 and presented at the International AIDS conference in Vienna, reports that in order…
Jul 21, 2010
Health
Protein important in diabetes may also play a key role in heart disease, other disorders
Studying a protein already known to play an important role in type 2 diabetes and cancer, genomics researchers have discovered that it may have an even broader role in disease, particularly in other metabolic disorders and heart disease.
Jul 21, 2010
Health
UCLA scientists isolate the first stages of tissue production in human embryonic stem cells
Scientists at the UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center have described a population of cells that mark the very first stage of differentiation of human…
Jul 21, 2010
Brain & Behavior
NASA infrared image of Tropical Storm Chanthu shows convection missing on west side
The fourth tropical depression of the western Pacific Ocean strengthened into a tropical storm and was named Chanthu today.
Jul 20, 2010