A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
Alcoholism drug can expose the hiding HIV virus…
HIV can be beaten back by a growing wealth of effective drugs. But it has proven to be a tough survivor, finding a way to hide in patients’ tissue from the attempts to eradicate it.…
The 4th WHO Informal Consultation for Improving Influenza…
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the World Health Organization are co-organizing a meeting entitled “The 4th WHO Informal Consultation for Improving Influenza Vaccine Virus Selection” to be held in Hong Kong from 18th to…
Wisconsin scientists grow functional vocal cord in the…
MADISON, Wis. - University of Wisconsin scientists have succeeded in growing functional vocal-cord tissue in the laboratory, a major step towards restoring a voice to people who have lost their vocal cords to cancer surgery…
A Brighter Moon
[caption id="attachment_6728" align="alignnone" width="610"] Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute[/caption] Although Dione (near) and Enceladus (far) are composed of nearly the same materials, Enceladus has a considerably higher reflectivity than Dione. As a result, it appears brighter…