IMAGE: On Dec. 19 at 4:35 a.m. EDT (0935 UTC) the AIRS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite analyzed cloud top temperatures
Month: December 2018
Health Tip: Prevent Injuries at Work
Staying safe on the job means lowering your risks of injury and illness, the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Whale research helps answer long-sought scientific question
The humpback whale and a handful of similar whale species have a feeding mechanism utterly unique in the animal kingdom.
Study offers new view of how cartels work
Suppose you were building a cartel — a group of business interests who coordinate to fix high prices that consumers
Migraine’s ‘Silver Lining’: Lowered Risk for Diabetes?
A study of more than 74,000 French women has turned up an unexpected finding: Those who suffer from migraines have
Hardware-software co-design approach could make neural networks less power hungry
IMAGE: A UC San Diego-led team has developed hardware and algorithms that could cut energy use and time when training a
New memory study first to use intracranial recordings
IMAGE: A research team led by Noa Ofen, Ph.D. at Wayne State University is working to address a critical gap in
Health Tip: Recognizing a Panic Attack
A panic attack is the sudden onset of intense fear or discomfort that reaches a peak within minutes, the Anxiety
Brain confetti: Why our sense of smell declines in old age
In mammals, generation of new neurons (neurogenesis) is mainly limited to early childhood and occurs in adulthood only in a
Study finds dinosaurs battled overheating with nasal air-conditioning
IMAGE: In Panoplosaurus (left), the nasal passages were longer than the skull itself, and in Euoplocephalus (right) they were almost twice