In partnership with NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, Calif., Goddard’s Wallops Flight Facility…
Month: August 2013
NASA plans to crash helicopter to study safety
NASA researchers will drop a 45-foot-long helicopter fuselage from a height of about 30 feet…
How women achieve a healthier weight may impact long-term health of offspring
New research suggests that the healthy weight and glucose control women achieve through weight-loss surgery…
High-precision measurement of subatomic shape shifting and new result on differences among neutrino masses
New results about the oscillation of neutrinos — elusive, ghostlike particles that carry invaluable clues…
Lab-made complexes are ‘sun sponges’
Scientists have described a testbed for light-harvesting antennae, the structures that capture the sun’s light…
What is your heart attack risk?
Researchers in India have carried out a data mining exercise to determine which are the…
Astronomers take sharpest photos ever of the night sky
Thanks to new technology, astronomers can now view objects in the sky at unprecedented sharpness…
Experimental Ebola treatment protects some primates even after disease symptoms appear
Scientists have successfully treated the deadly Ebola virus in infected animals following onset of disease…
Mood is influenced by immune cells called to the brain in response to stress
New research shows that in a dynamic mind-body interaction during the interpretation of prolonged stress,…
Tuberculosis genomes portray secrets of pathogen’s success
By any measure, tuberculosis (TB) is a wildly successful pathogen. It infects as many as…