More logging, deforestation may better serve climate in some areas For first time, Dartmouth study puts a dollar value on snow's reflection of solar energy Replacing forests with snow-covered meadows may provide greater climatic and economic benefits than if trees ...

NASA watching a post-Atlantic hurricane season low System 90L has developed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean today and NASA's Aqua satellite took an infrared look at the low pressure area to see if it had development potential. System 90L was located near 31.8 north ...

CARING Criteria shows 1 year death risk at time of hospital admission Tool allows doctors to match treatments to values and health goals A University of Colorado Cancer Center study recently published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine validates a prognostic tool ...

NASA eyes another developing depression in northern Indian Ocean The Northern Indian Ocean typhoon season usually lasts until the end of December, but it's not going out without a fight this year. Infrared satellite data from NASA's Aqua satellite showed bands ...

Hummingbird metabolism unique in burning glucose and fructose equally Hummingbird metabolism is a marvel of evolutionary engineering. These tiny birds can power all of their energetic hovering flight by burning the sugar contained in the floral nectar of their ...

Berkeley Lab researchers create a nonlinear light-generating zero-index metamaterial Holds promise for future quantum networks and light sources The Information Age will get a major upgrade with the arrival of quantum processors many times faster and ...

Quadriplegics at risk for serious sleep breathing disorder Article is published in the Journal of Applied Physiology Bethesda, Md. (Dec. 5, 2013)—There are over a million people with spinal cord injuries (SCI) in the United States alone with an estimated 11,000 new cases ...

Love connection University of Iowa researchers develop algorithm for recommending online dating prospects University of Iowa researchers may have come up with the right matchmaking formula for online dating sites: Pair people according to their past interests and online ...

New genetic research finds shark, human proteins stunningly similar ITHACA, N.Y. — Despite widespread fascination with sharks, the world's oldest ocean predators have long been a genetic mystery. The first deep dive into a great white shark's genetic code has fished ...

Welcome guests: Added molecules allow metal-organic frameworks to conduct electricity Scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Sandia National Laboratories have added something new to a family of ...

Prostate cancer biomarker may predict patient outcomes Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of Alberta in Canada have identified a biomarker for a cellular switch that accurately predicts which prostate cancer ...

Vaginally administered ED medication may alleviate menstrual cramping Women with moderate to severe menstrual cramps may find relief in a class of erectile dysfunction drugs, according to a team of researchers led by Penn State College of Medicines Richard Legro. Primary ...

RI researchers validate tool for pain assessment in patients following cardiac surgery Study is first conducted as part of hospital's Clinical Nurse Scholar program PROVIDENCE, R.I. – How do you measure the pain of a patient who can't communicate? A Rhode Island Hospital ...

Group of anti-diabetic drugs can significantly lower cancer risk in women with type 2 diabetes Study results show insulin sensitizers reduce risk of cancer Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, Cleveland: A Cleveland Clinic-led study shows that a specific type of diabetes drug can decrease ...

Discovery of partial skeleton suggests ruggedly built, tree-climbing human ancestor Massive arm bones provide insight into how 'robust' P. boisei species, found by Leakey, adapted in Africa DENVER – A human ancestor characterized by "robust" jaw ...

Mayo Clinic: Drug induces morphologic, molecular and clinical remissions in myelofibrosis ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Imetelstat, a novel telomerase inhibiting drug, has been found to induce morphologic, molecular and clinical remissions in some patients with myelofibrosis a Mayo ...

NASA Goddard planetary instruments score a hat trick Planetary instruments from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., hit the trifecta on Dec. 4, running three experiments of the same kind at different places in space. The ...

Study shows how water dissolves stone, molecule by molecule International team uses computers, experiments to better predict chemical dissolution HOUSTON -- (Dec. 5, 2013) -- Scientists from Rice University and the University of Bremen's Center for Marine Environmental Sciences ...

The gene sequencing that everyone can afford in future DNA sequencing seems to be an eternal theme for human due to the desire of ascertaining the nature of life. Professor QIAN Linmao and his group from Tribology Research Institute, Southwest Jiaotong University were ...

Cigarette smoking after cancer diagnosis increases risk of death Study shows it is not too late to stop smoking after cancer diagnosis PHILADELPHIA — Men who continued to smoke after a cancer diagnosis had an increased risk of death compared with ...

Stomach 'clock' tells us how much to eat University of Adelaide researchers have discovered the first evidence that the nerves in the stomach act as a circadian clock, limiting food intake to specific times of the day. The discovery, published ...

CERN, eat your heart out? U of A research team helps identify an interstellar particle accelerator Newly released research in Nature Communications from the University of Alberta has identified the existence of a giant cosmic accelerator above the Earth. By ...

Heads or tails? Random fluctuations in brain cell activity may determine toss-up decisions Life presents us with choices all the time: salad or pizza for lunch? Tea or coffee afterward? How we make these everyday decisions has been a topic of great ...

An ecosystem-based approach to protect the deep sea from mining Five hundred miles southeast of Hawai'i, in international waters far out of sight of any land, there are vast mineral resources 5,000 meters below the sea. Manganese nodules, rich in commercially ...

New insights into how human skin attracts mosquitoes could lead to better repellants and traps Every time a mosquito is lured to the scent of your skin, you're at risk of contracting malaria, dengue fever, West Nile virus, or another deadly disease. A study published by ...