Ebola Antibodies Could Lead to Effective Vaccines and Therapies According to the Centers for Disease Control, the 2014 West African Ebola Epidemic killed 11,316 people with about 28,638 suspected, probable, and confirmed cases of the deadly disease. The worst outbreak of Ebola in history prompted researchers from around the world to work on developing ways […]
New Ebola Drugs Possible; New Weather Satellite; Bacteria or Virus?
Posted January 22nd, 2016 at 12:44 pm (UTC-4)
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Study: Air Pollution Over Asia Found to Impact Global Weather
Posted April 16th, 2014 at 8:01 pm (UTC-4)
Researchers from Texas, California and Washington recently compared air pollution data provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the years 1850 through 2000 and found that human-made atmospheric particulates (aerosols) from Asia are having an impact on the Pacific storm track, which is a critical driver of global atmospheric circulation that influences weather […]
60 Billion Earth-like Planets Could Exist in Milky Way Galaxy
Posted July 2nd, 2013 at 7:21 pm (UTC-4)
A new study finds there could be about 60 billion Earth-sized habitable planets orbiting red dwarfs – the most common stars in our universe – in the Milky Way galaxy. That’s more than twice as many potentially habitable planets than was previously thought. The new report from two Chicago area universities finds that clouds surrounding […]
Living Microorganisms Found High Above Earth
Posted February 1st, 2013 at 8:08 pm (UTC-4)
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Scientists have discovered a considerable number of living microorganisms, including bacteria, in the middle to upper regions of the troposphere, the region of our atmosphere that’s about seven to 20 kilometers above the Earth’s surface. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology said their findings might help other scientists learn more about the role microorganisms […]