Chocolate lovers could soon have a harder time satisfying their sweet tooth. Worldwide demand for…
Month: March 2017
First solar images from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite
The first images from the Solar Ultraviolet Imager or SUVI instrument aboard NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite…
Nanoinjection increases survival rate of cells
How do tumors grow? And how do bacteria transform harmless substances into medical agents? When…
Scars from the Big Bang: Galaxy cluster and cosmic background
The events surrounding the Big Bang were so cataclysmic that they left an indelible imprint…
Racial gap in children’s asthma linked to social inequality
African-American and poor children in the United States suffer disproportionately from asthma. But according to…
Fine-tuned microscopy technique offers breakthrough imaging of melanoma
Researchers have recently refined a classic Raman-based technique and succeeded in imaging the two dominant…
Exploring the cause of chronic lung transplant rejection, in a quest to stop it
Researchers have investigated the scarring process in the lungs of recent lung transplant patients in…
A new cosmic survey offers unprecedented view of galaxies
Scientists have published a ‘cosmic census’ of a large swath of the night sky containing…
Researchers suggest new theory for how Parkinson’s disease develops
The toxic protein behind Parkinson’s disease may not spread like an infection from nerve cell…
Study finds single, escalated dose of brachytherapy radiation may be a safe and effective treatment for localized prostate cancer
Results from a new prospective clinical trial indicate that high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy administered in a…