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…
Imperfect Test Fuels Alternative Treatments for Lyme Disease
[caption id="attachment_5904" align="alignright" width="332"] (AP Photo/Victoria Arocho).[/caption] Lyme disease conjures memories of checking for ticks at camp and fretting over bug bites after hikes in the woods. But far from a summertime nuisance, Lyme is…
Surge in Flu This Winter
Australia is seeing unusually high levels of a different type of flu this winter (flu type B), with children and the elderly particularly at risk from the virus and outbreaks occurring in schools and nursing…
Sea Ice in the Greenland Sea
[caption id="attachment_5896" align="alignright" width="1041"] Image Credit: NASA/Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC[/caption] As the northern hemisphere experiences the heat of summer, ice moves and melts in the Arctic waters and the far…
Fossil Study: Dogs Evolved with Climate Change
[caption id="attachment_5893" align="alignright" width="940"] Two early dogs, Hesperocyon, left and the later Sunkahetanka, were both ambush-style predators. As climate changes transformed their habitat, dogs evolved pursuit hunting styles and forelimb anatomy to match. (Image: Mauricio…