Day March 11, 2019

IMAGE: On March 11, 2019, the MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite captured a visible light image of Tropical Cyclone Idai in the Mozambique Channel, Southern Indian Ocean. Mozambique is located… view more  Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and…

IMAGE: Narasimhan Rajaram, University of Arkansas view more  Credit: University of Arkansas Researchers have started pilot clinical studies in head and neck cancer patients to determine if Raman spectroscopy, a noninvasive imaging technique, can effectively spare some patients of the toxic…

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Christians’ attitudes toward the environment and climate change are shaped by whether they hold a view of humans as having stewardship of the Earth or dominion over the planet, and reading material from religious sources advocating a…

AUSTIN, Texas — Choosing to forget something might take more mental effort than trying to remember it, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin discovered through neuroimaging. These findings, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, suggest that in order…

T cells are like the special ops forces of the immune system, detecting and killing infected cells. When a new threat is detected, the cells ramp up from just a few sentry cells to a full platoon. But how does…

When a big technology company moves to town, it often promises eco-friendly infrastructure and encourages a sustainability ethos to go along with it. That was the idea when Amazon announced plans to bring its headquarters to Seattle’s South Lake Union…

We all make poor decisions from time to time. Researchers at the University of Arizona are working to better understand why, and they’re looking to the eyes for answers. To study mistake making in humans, researchers performed an auditory test…

A college campus may not seem like a place that requires extensive lactation support. But while most undergraduates don’t have children, several populations within these higher-education environments—graduate students, faculty, staff, visitors—may need access to breastfeeding and pumping spaces. Diane Spatz…

IMAGE: For hyenas, there’s no ‘I’ in clan. view more  Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. – When it comes to advancing social status, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know – for humans and spotted hyenas alike.…

IMAGE: University of Wyoming undergraduate students work with Bryan Shuman (in small boat), a UW professor of geology and geophysics, to collect sediment core samples from the bottom of small lakes… view more  Credit: Marc Serravezza In a time of drastic…