Phase 1 trial of first Ebola vaccine based on 2014 virus strain shows vaccine...
Hypodermic needle (stock image).
Credit: © Nicola De Mitri / Fotolia
Results from the first phase 1 trial of an Ebola vaccine based on the current...
Possible explanation for unparalleled spread of Ebola virus discovered
William Wimley is the George A. Adrouny Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Tulane University School of Medicine.
Credit: Guillermo Cabrera-Rojo
The world may be...
Nasal spray vaccine has potential for long-lasting protection from Ebola virus
Man uses a nasal spray (stock image). Results from a small pre-clinical study represent the only proof to date that a single dose of...
Seafloor valleys discovered below West Antarctic glaciers
West Antarctica glaciers observed during an October 2014 NASA Operation IceBridge mission. New research shows valleys in the ocean floor enable warm, salty water...
West Antarctic Ice Sheet loss over the last 11,000 years seen in new study
Sediment cores were collected from Pine Island Bay in West Antarctica using the German research vessel RV Polarstern.
Credit: James Smith @ British Antarctic Survey
Reporting...
How the brain recognizes what the eye sees
The illustration on the right shows how the brain's V1 and V2 areas might use information about edges and textures to represent objects like...
New computing system takes its cues from human brain
This is a graph with six nodes and three colors.
Credit: Georgia Tech
Some problems are so challenging to solve that even the most advanced computers...
Re-making planets after star-death
Sketch of the nebula formed by a wind of electrons and positrons coming from the pulsar, and the interaction with interstellar gas. Geminga crossed...
Figuring out how fast Greenland is melting
Taken from the International Space Station in 2016, this picture of the southern tip of Greenland shows the island's vast ice sheet fringed by...
Calm lakes on Titan could mean smooth landing for future space probes
Titan is Saturn's largest moon. Its cloudy appearance comes from an atmosphere mixed with gaseous nitrogen and hydrocarbons.
Credit: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/ Cassini Orbiter
The...
CT scan of Earth links deep mantle plumes with volcanic hotspots
Most of the known volcanic hotspots are linked to plumes of hot rock (red) rising from two spots on the boundary between the metal...
