IMAGE: Pexels Increasing evidence suggests that the severe gum disease, periodontitis, may contribute to central nervous system disorders through chronic inflammation. However, its role in multiple sclerosis, a chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous…
NASA’s Newest Commercial Flight Provider Launches Balloon
[caption id="attachment_3396" align="alignnone" width="673"] NASA fund's flight on Arizona's World View Balloon carrying experiments to a near space environment. Image Credit: World View Photo[/caption] NASA's newest American commercial near-space services provider, World View of Tucson,…
Study: Prices of cancer drugs have soared since…
Researchers find a 10 percent annual increase, after inflation. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The prices of leading cancer drugs have risen at rates far outstripping inflation over the last two decades, according to a new study co-authored…
Mapping sea surface from the space station
A new concept that involves mounting an instrument on the International Space Station and taking advantage of signals from navigation satellites could provide measurements of sea-surface height and information about features related to ocean currents,…
Groovy Rings of Saturn
From afar, Saturn's rings look like a solid, homogenous disk of material. But upon closer examination from Cassini, we see that there are varied structures in the rings at almost every scale imaginable. Structures in…






