Launching a Social Networking War Against Cancer
Like bacteria, cancer cells rely on communication and cooperation, says TAU research
Ceci N’est Pas Une Pipe ( This is not a pipe)
Just as René Magritte wrote “This is not a pipe†on his famous painting, this is also not a pipe. It is however a picture of part of a vast dark cloud of interstellar dust called the Pipe Nebula. This new and very detailed image of what is also known as Barnard 59 was captured […]
New System Could Predict Solar Flares, Give Advance Warning
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Researchers may have discovered a new method to predict solar flares more than a day before they occur, providing advance warning to help protect satellites, power grids and astronauts from potentially dangerous radiation.
Supercomputers Solve Riddle of Congenital Heart Defects
With the aid of pioneering technology, Danish scientists have charted several of the complex biological processes behind congenital heart defects. In time the research will provide better ways to prevent, diagnose and cure heart disease. The new results have just been published in the well reputed journal PNAS.