The billion dollar game of strategy: The effect of farmers’ decisions on pest control
(PLOS) Researchers say that the actions of individual farmers should be considered when studying and modeling strategies of pest control.
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Monthly Archives
December 2015
New method for better treatment of breast cancer
(Uppsala University) A new study shows that a novel imaging-based method for defining appropriateness of breast cancer treatment is as accurate as the current standard-of-care and could reduce the need for invasive tissue sampling. The…
Sylvester researchers describe role of STING protein in development of colorectal cancer
(University of Miami Miller School of Medicine) A new study published today by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (Sylvester) reports on a key finding about the immune…
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Ula’s eye and rainfall
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Tropical Cyclone Ula formed on Dec. 30 and continued tracking south of Pago Pago as NASA observed rainfall rates and saw an eye form the next day. Warnings were in effect in Fiji as Ula approaches.
Late-season Central Pacific tropical depression forms
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Tropical Depression 9C formed in the Central Pacific, 30 days after the official end to the Central Pacific Hurricane Season. An image from NOAA's GOES-West satellite revealed the late-season tropical…
Mysterious radio signals from space are much better test of Einstein’s General Relativity
(Penn State) A new way to test one of the basic principles underlying Einstein's theory of General Relativity using brief blasts of rare radio signals from space called Fast Radio Bursts is 10 to 100 times better than previous testing…
Satellite captures birth of South Pacific Tropical Cyclone Ula
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) As Tropical Cyclone Ula was coming together, NOAA's GOES-West satellite captured an image of the consolidating storm in the Southern Pacific Ocean.
NASA analyzes Paraguay’s heavy rainfall
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Widespread flooding has recently affected South America and Paraguay has been especially hard hit. A NASA analysis showed locations in central and southern Paraguay that received the largest rainfall…
Virtual colonoscopy an alternative to FOB test & colonoscopy for colorectal cancer?
(Oxford University Press USA) Colorectal cancer is the third most diagnosed cancer in the world, with population screening being recommended for early disease detection, however, the most optimal method to screen for the disease remains…
T cells that recognize HER2 teceptor may prevent HER2+ breast cancer recurrence
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Recurrence of HER2-positive breast cancer after treatment may be due to a specific and possibly cancer-induced weakness in the patient's immune system -- a weakness that in principle…