An Invasive Grass Species Spreads Wildfires Quicker
New research indicates that an invasive species of grass is making wildfires in the western USA larger, hotter, and more frequent. A variety of grasses…
New research indicates that an invasive species of grass is making wildfires in the western USA larger, hotter, and more frequent. A variety of grasses…
The drug bumetanide, which has been used for decades to treat high blood pressure and other conditions, has now shown some promise in a small…
New research showing that black holes have properties that resemble the dynamics of both solids and liquids may help scientists better understand black holes and…
The US Department of Defense has been developing pills that will protect humans from radiation. The pills are named Ex-Rad and were developed by Onconova…
Scientists at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are using X-ray lasers to determine the structures of biological molecules that are important for human health, solving…
Long periods in space can be detrimental to human biology, but it wasn’t exactly known how the lack of gravity affected plants. A new study…
A newly published study details the mass extinction of lizards and snakes that occurred after an asteroid struck the Earth 65.5 million years ago, finding…
The precise conditions that cause rivers to form branches have long been a mystery, until now. A new study pinpoints two opposing physical forces that…
Researchers have figured out how fly larvae works as a healing balm that’s been used by battlefield surgeons for centuries to close wounds. The scientists…
Urine could be used as a powerful source of brain cells to study some diseases, and could even be used one day in therapies to…
When people feel lonely, or when someone is being excluded by others, the person’s skin becomes colder. This is how people respond to exclusion and…
A composite image shows two “tails” that were created when cool gas from ESO 137-001 was stripped by hot gas as it travels toward the…
In the Arctic Circle, on the continental slope off Canada in the Beaufort Sea, the shallowest known deposit of methane hydrate has been discovered. The…
In November, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine implanted a pacemaker-like device into the brain of a patient in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. This…
Using the Submillimeter Array and another radio telescope to study the disk around protostar L1527 IRS, astronomers were able to measure properties of the circumstellar…
At more than 11,000 feet above sea level, very important ecosystems known as páramos exist. These kinds of ecosystems are only found in Central and…
This new Hubble image shows spiral galaxy NGC 922, which is located about 157 million light years from Earth and was formed by the collision…
Fresh concerns are being expressed about the carbon locked in the Arctic’s permafrost. New studies presented at the American Geophysical Union quantify the amount of…