In addition to its history-making encounter with Pluto last July, the New Horizons spacecraft also…
Month: April 2016
Summer melt-driven streams on Greenland’s ice sheet brought into focus
Erosion by melt-driven streams during summers on Greenland’s ice sheet during shapes landscapes similarly to,…
Researchers test new Risk of Bias assessment tool for non-randomized intervention studies
The Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool for Non-Randomized Studies of Interventions shows potential value in…
The science behind bodily secretions
The secretion of fluids like saliva and digestive juices are important in countless activities that…
New mouse model to aid testing of Zika vaccine, therapeutics
Scientists have established a mouse model for testing of vaccines and therapeutics to battle Zika…
Scientists get first-ever glimpse of ‘teenage’ HIV-neutralizing antibody
Scientists have described the first-ever immature or ‘teenage’ antibody found in a powerful class of…
Interventions requiring less individual agency should be prioritized to fight obesity
Public health interventions that require individuals to invest fewer individual personal and psychological resources are…
Uninfected or asymptomatic? Diagnostic tests key to forecasting major epidemics
Major epidemics such as the recent Ebola outbreak or the emerging Zika epidemic may be…
‘It’s not worth me having a long-life lightbulb’: Rare insight into attitudeson death among the very old
Death is a part of life for people over 95 years old, who mainly live…
Trophoblasts resistant to Zika/Zika in the mouse
Two unrelated studies on the Zika virus — one ruling out a theory for how…