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Science can now link climate change with some extreme weather events
Extreme weather events like floods, heat waves and droughts can devastate communities and populations worldwide. Recent scientific advances have enabled…
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Many species now going extinct may vanish without a fossil trace
Scientists struggle to compare the magnitude of Earth’s ongoing sixth mass-extinction event with the five great die-offs of prehistory. A…
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The warmer the higher: sea-level rise from Filchner-Ronne ice in Antarctica
The more ice is melted of the Antarctic Filchner-Ronne shelf, the more ice flows into…
UI Health validates cure for sickle cell in adults
Ieshea Thomas was the first adult to be cured of sickle cell disease with the…
Rapid Testing for TB Aims to Reduce Drug Resistance, Lower Mortality Rate
Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have documented the accuracy of…
Targeting Newly Discovered Pathway Sensitizes Tumors to Radiation and Chemotherapy
In some patients, aggressive cancers can become resistant to chemotherapy and radiation treatments. In a…
Eastern U.S. forests more vulnerable to drought than before 1800s
Over thousands of years, most forests in the eastern United States evolved with frequent fire,…