ESA's Planetary Defence team The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved the naming of ten asteroids – and one comet – after people and places linked to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) efforts to protect…
Saint Petersburg
The snow-covered Russian city of Saint Petersburg on the Neva Bay is pictured in this image from the Sentinel-2A satellite. Click on the box in the lower-right corner to view this image at its full…
Taking graphics cards beyond gaming
A highly efficient mathematical solver designed to run on graphics processors gives scientists and engineers a powerful new tool for a common computational problem. [caption id="attachment_11197" align="alignnone" width="634"] FEFR9M Closeup of a Video card in…
Scientists Uncover New Way to Defeat Therapy-Resistant Prostate…
A new study led by scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) sheds light on a signaling circuit in cells that drives therapy resistance in prostate cancer. The researchers found that…
Researchers Uncover Mechanism for Cancer-Killing Properties of Pepper…
[caption id="attachment_11176" align="alignnone" width="617"] Dr. Westover's lab used X-ray crystallography to create this molecular model of piperlongumine. Source: UT Southwestern[/caption] UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have uncovered the chemical process behind anti-cancer properties of a…