Many galaxies are found to have an extremely bright core powered by a supermassive black…
Month: September 2016
NASA begins study of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
A NASA airborne mission designed to transform our understanding of Earth’s valuable and ecologically sensitive…
Fighting cancer with space research
For the past 15 years, the big data techniques pioneered by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory…
Skull base surgeons help pioneer method of extracting tumors from ear canal
A surgical team is helping to pioneer a new minimally invasive procedure that extracts vertigo-inducing…
Drug-loaded synthetic nanoparticles can distinguish lung cancer cells from healthy cells
A synthetic polymer that can transport a drug into lung cancer cells without going inside…
Tobacco industry tactics influential in e-cigarette policy
By employing the same tactics it used to drive policymaking from the 1970s-1990s, the tobacco…
How a small implanted device could help limit metastatic breast cancer
A small device implanted under the skin can improve breast cancer survival by catching cancer…
New clinical guidelines for LAM, a rare lung disease
New clinical practice guidelines have now been published for the diagnosis and management of lymphangioleiomyomatosis…
Math difficulties may reflect problems in a crucial learning system in the brain
Children differ substantially in their mathematical abilities. In fact, some children cannot routinely add or…
Yes, computing genetic ancestors is super accurate
For decades, geneticists have used programs to compute back through tens of millions of years…