Sulfur, sulfur dioxide and graphitized carbon observed on asteroid for first time
Images of Ceres made using combined Dawn and 2005 HST ultraviolet-visible wavelength images. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/Philip Stooke/Ian Regan
Hubble Space Telescope observations of the dwarf planet...
Engineers develop a plastic clothing material that cools the skin
Stanford researchers began with a sheet of polyethylene and modified it with a series of chemical treatments, resulting in a cooling fabric.Credit: L.A. Cicero
Stanford...
Autism severity linked to genetics, ultrasound, data analysis finds
For children with autism and a class of genetic disorders, exposure to diagnostic ultrasound in the first trimester of pregnancy is linked to increased...
First DNA Sequencing in Space a Game Changer
NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins sequenced DNA in space for the first time ever for the Biomolecule Sequencer investigation, using the MinION sequencing device.Credits: NASA
For...
Images from Sun’s edge reveal origins of solar wind
Conceptual animation (not to scale) showing the Sun's corona and solar wind. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Lisa Poje
Ever since the 1950s discovery of...
The Black Sea has lost more than a third of its habitable volume
The Black Sea.Credit: NASA
With rivers providing an abundant supply of fresh water, the upper layers of the Black Sea are less dense than its...
Lung disease costs set to rise to £2.5bn per year, experts project
The cost of treating a smoking-related chronic lung disease will exceed more than £2.3 billion per year in England -- and £200 million in...
Wounds from childhood bullying may persist into college years, study finds
Childhood bullying inflicts the same long-term psychological trauma on girls as severe physical or sexual abuse, suggests a new survey of college students.
The study,...
Nondrug approaches effective for treatment of common pain conditions, review suggests
Data from a review of U.S.-based clinical trials published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggest that some of the most popular complementary health approaches -- such...
Endangered right whale population threatened by entanglements and dramatically declining birth rate
A knot of marine rope and buoys entangled a young, endangered right whale on Saturday near the Canada/U.S. border off of Campobello Island. Named...
Massive loss of African savannah elephants
This image shows elephants from the air.Credit: Kelly Landen
Researchers have announced the results of the $7 million, three-year Great Elephant Census, the first-ever pan-African...
