Cancer cells’ appetite for sugar may have serious consequences for immune cell function, researchers at…
Month: June 2013
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover nears turning point
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission is approaching its biggest turning point since landing its rover,…
Cassini sees precursors to aerosol haze on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan
Scientists working with data from NASA’s Cassini mission have confirmed the presence of a population…
Stars don’t obliterate their planets (very often)
Stars have an alluring pull on planets, especially those in a class called hot Jupiters,…
NASA to study how pollution, storms and climate mix
NASA aircraft will take to the skies over the southern United States this summer to…
NASA builds sophisticated Earth-observing microwave radiometer
A NASA team delivered in May a sophisticated microwave radiometer specifically designed to overcome the…
NASA’s Orion spacecraft proves sound under pressure
After a month of being poked, prodded and pressurized in ways that mimicked the stresses…
NASA spacecraft sees tornado’s destructive swath
A new image from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on…
Second life for possible spintronic materials: Manganese, gallium nitride merged in uniform layer
Ten years ago, scientists were convinced that a combination of manganese and gallium nitride could…
Alpine lakes reflect climate change
Global warming impacts lakes’ structure, function and water quality. Increases in temperature as a result…