Researchers have an enhanced understanding of a common freshwater alga and its remarkable ability to…
Month: April 2011
SeaWiFS’ 13 years of observing our home planet
For centuries, oceanographers were limited in their study of the highly variable and incredibly vast…
NASA airborne radar set to image Hawaiian volcano
The Kilauea volcano that recently erupted on the Big Island of Hawaii will be the…
The Art of Making Stars
It might look like an abstract painting, but this splash of colors is in fact…
More women medical students select general surgery and continue to close the gender gap
The gender gap among United States medical graduates in the traditionally male-dominated specialty of general…
Herpes linked to Alzheimer’s disease: ‘Cold sores’ connected to cognitive decline
New research using a new technique to observe herpes simplex virus type 1 infections inside…
Simpler woodland strawberry genome aids research on more complex fruits
The complete genome sequence of the woodland strawberry will allow researchers to conduct comparative genomics…
New tool helps surgeons predict patients’ risk of complications after bariatric operations
A new risk calculator can predict the risk of postoperative complications occurring for individual bariatric…
Mountain pine beetle marching east from Alberta
Scientists have determined that the mountain pine beetle has invaded jack pine forests in Alberta,…
Scientists identify KRAS rearrangements in metastatic prostate cancer
Scientists have uncovered a genetic characteristic of metastatic prostate cancer that defines a rare sub-type…