IMAGE: deepai COLOGNE, Dec 31 – Scientists in Germany have identified a biological mechanism that helps explain why small cell lung cancer (SCLC), one of the most aggressive forms of lung cancer, relapses quickly despite…
First new cache-coherence mechanism in 30 years
More efficient memory-management scheme could help enable chips with thousands of cores. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- In a modern, multicore chip, every core — or processor — has its own small memory cache, where it stores frequently…
Holloway Named Inaugural Fellow of AAAS Leshner leadership…
[caption id="attachment_6156" align="alignright" width="183"] Tracey Holloway[/caption] MADISON - The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has named Tracey Holloway, a professor of environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an inaugural Public Engagement…
Study: 60 days and 60 nights in bed
On 9 September, the first of 12 men will go to bed for 60 days as part of important research into stopping the wasting effects that spaceflight has on the human body. Although they may…
Intensity of desert storms may affect ocean phytoplankton
MIT study finds phytoplankton are extremely sensitive to changing levels of desert dust. [caption id="attachment_5946" align="alignright" width="639"] A 2012 satellite image shows a dust storm blowing over the Sea of Japan out to the North…