Scientists have turned their view of the nation’s largest fishery upside down with upward-facing sonar…
Month: May 2015
New chemical technology boosts potency of targeted cancer therapy
A new chemical technology uses cancer cells’ own protein-degrading machinery to destroy, rather than merely…
Epstein-Barr virus co-infection may boost malaria mortality in childhood
Malaria researchers are calling attention to a trouble-maker whose effects may be underappreciated: Epstein-Barr virus…
Intuitive control of robotic arm using thoughts alone
Through a clinical collaboration between Caltech, Keck Medicine of USC and Rancho Los Amigos National…
Tara Oceans expedition yields treasure trove of plankton data
A multinational team of researchers who spent three and a half years sampling the ocean’s…
New insights into global ocean microbe-virus interactions, drivers of Earth’s ecosystems
Ocean microbes are vital to the Earth’s ecosystems, and their interactions with ocean viruses can…
Sudden onset of ice loss in Antarctica so large it affects Earth’s gravity field
Scientists have observed a sudden increase of ice loss in a previously stable region of…
Partly human yeast show a common ancestor’s lasting legacy
Despite a billion years of evolution separating humans from the baker’s yeast in their refrigerators,…
Can a viral co-infection impair immunity against Plasmodium and turn malaria lethal?
It is known that infections with certain viruses can weaken the immune response to another…
Proteins may slow memory loss in people with Alzheimer’s
Certain proteins may slow the devastating memory loss caused by Alzheimer’s disease, according to a…