NASA data link pollution to rainy summer days in the southeast

Space & Earth science / Earth Sciences

created Feb 02, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 after 3 votes | comments no comments yet

Rainfall data from a NASA satellite show that summertime storms in the southeastern United States shed more rainfall midweek than on weekends. Scientists say air pollution from humans is likely driving that trend.


International team establishes unique observatory in Antarctica

Space & Earth science / Space Exploration

created Feb 02, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 after 4 votes | comments no comments yet

A team of scientists representing six international institutions, including Texas A&M University, has succeeded in reaching the summit of Antarctica – also a monumental achievement for ground-based astronomy -- to establish ...


T cell immunity enhanced by timing of interleukin-7 therapy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 02, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 after 1 vote | comments no comments yet

That the cell nurturing growth factor interleukin-7 can help ramp up the ability of the immune system to remember the pathogenic villains it encounters is well known.


Noninvasive ways to assess liver disease

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 02, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 after 1 vote | comments no comments yet

Two new studies examine non-invasive ways to determine liver fibrosis and cirrhosis. An enhanced version of the Original European Liver Fibrosis panel was found to have good diagnostic accuracy for fibrosis in patients with ...



  • Pages: 1

    Sorry no news are found ... Your search criteria may have been too narrow. You can quickly re-sort the news in different ways by clicking on the tabs at the top of this page.


more news »