Astronomers have found evidence that our Milky Way Galaxy is surrounded in an enormous halo of hot gas that extends for hundreds of thousands of light years. This observation was made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The approximate mass of the halo is similar to the mass of all the stars in the...
What you do not see can be destroyed by the eye. Such is the power of eye protein that it kills a host of pathogens. A team of vision scientists from the UC Berkeley have set a strong path for inexpensive antimicrobial drug. According to their finding proteins in the eye can help keep pathogens a...
A new study brings to light a new finding that states suicide has passed motor vehicle traffic crashes. This study was published by researchers from the West Virginia University School (WVU) of Public Health and Injury Control Research Center. They also stated that the disease rate has dropped while...
As the space shuttle Endeavour took final flight to its stationary spot, NASA signaled a significant departure in cargo delivery to the International Space Station by handing it over to a private contractor. The Endeavour played a major part in building the ISS. This also marks a new approach of doc...
A giant seven ft long endangered ocean going leatherback sea turtle was found on a mud flat in Pamet Harbor in Truro, MA, near the tip of Cape Cod. The 655 pound massive turtle is being kept at the New England Aquarium's Marine Animal Care Center in Quincy, MA.
The researchers at the Medical Oncology at Washington University reveal that the deadly subtypes of breast cancer are genetically more similar to ovarian tumors.
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death not only in the United States, but also in the world. According to the lung cancer statistics, more people in the United States die from lung cancer than any other type of cancer. A novel study highlights the key immune cell that plays a vital rol...
New technique to keep track of the movements of loggerhead sea turtles facing a major threat.
Soda and other sugar-sweetened drinks are more likely causing obesity epidemic in Americans, but healthy eating can reverse the ill-effects.
There were several studies conducted that linked the consumption of sugar- sweetened beverages (SSBs) to obesity and chronic diseases such as diabetes but none focused on the environmental factors.
A team of University Scientists have discovered that by adding a missing protein to infertile human sperm it can initiate its ability to fertilise an egg, thereby increasing chances of a successful pregnancy.
The far northern province of Canada known as Nunavut (pronounced none-of-it) is currently a largely barren land but the global warming may again bring greenery to the area.
