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Mapping the Human Immune System
UA researcher Adam Buntzman has led an effort to harness supercomputers to create the first map of the human immune system.
University of Arizona research...
Amazon seeking 120,000 seasonal workers
Amazon said its seasonal worker recruitment goal for 2016 represents a 20 percent jump from 2015. Image Credit: Flickr/simone_brunozzi
US online giant Amazon on Thursday...
Common prostate cancer treatment linked to later dementia, researcher says
A new retrospective study of patient medical records suggests that men with prostate cancer who are treated with testosterone-lowering drugs are twice as likely...
Jumping spiders can hear at a distance, new study proves
Jumping spider.Credit: Hoy Lab, Cornell University
While jumping spiders are known to have great vision, a new Cornell University study proves for the first time...
Tai chi can help relieve chronic neck pain, study shows
Image Credit: Flickr/doughay
Tai Chi, a low-impact mind-body exercise, can be as effective as neck exercises in relieving persistent neck pain, according to results of...
In a first, brain computer interface helps paralyzed man feel again
Researcher Rob Gaunt prepares Nathan Copeland for brain computer interface sensory test. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 12 October...
Unique skin impressions of the last dinosaurs from what is now Europe
Dinosaur skin impression on rock.Credit: Víctor Fondevilla/UAB
Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) in collaboration with the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont...
Dense molecular gas disks drive the growth of supermassive black holes: Are supernova explosions...
A conceptual rendition of gas being driven into a supermassive black hole following a supernova explosion Strong turbulence caused by supernova explosions inside a...
Observable Universe contains ten times more galaxies than previously thought
Among other data, scientists used the galaxies visible in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) to recalculate the total number of galaxies in...
Earth’s Moon Hit by Surprising Number of Meteoroids
Temporal ratio image formed from two LROC Narrow Angle Camera images (after image divided by the before image) revealing a new 12 meter (~40...
Satellite sees rebirth of Aere the zombie storm
On Oct. 13 the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured an infrared image of redeveloped Tropical Depression Aere off the central Vietnam...
