This winter, areas across the globe experienced a shift in rain patterns due to the…
Month: February 2016
New, simpler law of complex wrinkle patterns
A physicist points out that the work is crucial for understanding how wrinkle wavelength depends…
NASA sees a different kind of El Nino
A new NASA visualization shows the 2015 El Nino unfolding in the Pacific Ocean, as…
Mountaintop mining, crop irrigation can damage water biodiversity
An international, multi-institutional team of researchers recommends ways that humans can protect freshwater from salts…
California blowout led to largest U.S. methane release ever
The Aliso Canyon natural gas well blowout, first reported on Oct. 23, 2015, released over…
Mental abilities are shaped by individual differences in the brain
Everyone has a different mixture of personality traits: some are outgoing, some are tough and…
Antidepressant may improve cognitive symptoms in people with HIV
The antidepressant paroxetine modestly improves decision-making and reaction time, and suppresses inflammation in people with…
Potential diagnostic for dengue fever outcomes based on metabolomic profiles
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease that can develop into the life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic…
Experimental Ebola antibody protects monkeys
Scientists have discovered that a single monoclonal antibody isolated from a human Ebola virus disease…
Bacteria take ‘RNA mug shots’ of threatening viruses
Scientists have discovered that bacteria have a system that can recognize and disrupt dangerous viruses…