Two veteran NASA missions are providing new details about icy, ocean-bearing moons of Jupiter and…
Month: April 2017
Brain tissue from a petri dish
The most complex organ in humans is the brain. Due to its complexity, it is…
Battery prototype powered by atmospheric nitrogen
As the most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere, nitrogen has been an attractive option as…
Brain structure, anxiety and negative bias linked in healthy adults
Healthy college students who have a relatively small inferior frontal cortex – a brain region…
Visualizing future doesn’t increase delayed gratification
Scientists found that visualizing the future doesn’t cause people to delay gratification but rather increases…
Policymakers ‘flying blind’ into the future of work
Will a robot take away my job? Many people ask that question, yet policymakers don’t…
Master switch turns on silent biosynthetic gene clusters
Scientists have discovered a global regulator in the model bacterium Burkholderia thailandensis that ‘switches on’…
Forecasting large earthquakes along the Wasatch Front, Utah
There is a 43 percent probability that the Wasatch Front region in Utah will experience…
High-flying experiments demonstrate potential of balloon-borne infrasound detection
Experiments conducted high in the skies over New Mexico suggest that balloon-borne sensors could be…
Genetic link to susceptibility and resistance to inflammatory bowel disease
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), characterized by chronic relapsing inflammation of the gut, is a common…