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NASA finds fragmented remnants of Beryl, located west of Bermuda
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) The remnants of former Tropical Storm Beryl are being battered by upper level winds, and that's fragmenting them even more. NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the northwestern Atlantic Ocean and found some...
Could Brain Stimulation Slow Cancer?
Activating the reward system boosts anti-tumor immunity in mice-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
L.A.'s Not Just Sizzling, It's Sultry: Why California's July Heat Wave Is So Weird
An unusually early—and humid—heat wave has set all-time records-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A Trump Oil Boom Could Transform This Rocky Mountain Landscape
Emails reveal administration officials want to shelve environmental policies to speed oil and gas development-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Smart Mouth Guard Senses Muscle Fatigue
A prototype flexible electronic mouth guard can measure lactate levels in an athlete’s saliva, tracking muscle fatigue during training and performance. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Keeping kidney stones at bay during space flights
(University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine) Ultrasonic repositioning of kidney stones will be tested in emergency department patients at UW Medicine as part of the development of a new medical technology for NASA. Astronauts are prone to k...
Barium ruthenate: A high-yield, easy-to-handle perovskite catalyst for the oxidation of sulfides
(Tokyo Institute of Technology) Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a ruthenium-based perovskite catalyst that shows strong activity even at low temperatures (down to 313 K). The reusable catalyst does not require additives, m...
Deforestation Ticks Up in Brazil's Savannah
The Cerrado is the most threatened biome in Brazil, environmentalists proclaim-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Trump's EPA Puts Our Health at Risk
The agency’s proposed new rule would allow it to ignore the best available science-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
New research calculates capacity of North American forests to sequester carbon
(University of California - Santa Cruz) Researchers have calculated the capacity of North American forests to sequester carbon in a detailed analysis that for the first time integrates natural processes and climate changes that are likely to alter gr...