Researchers are developing a single injection that could help the heart heal after a heart attack, offering weeks of protection with one dose. The experimental therapy, led by scientists from Texas A&M University, Columbia University…
First driverless vehicles for public launched in Singapore
For the first time, two SMART-NUS enhanced driverless buggies to ferry passengers, free-of-charge, around Chinese and Japanese Gardens, as part of the Smart and Connected Jurong Lake District (JLD) Pilots and Trials initiative. [caption id="attachment_780"…
Why sign rights treaties?
Study: Autocratic leaders who sign human-rights treaties seek political gain, not material benefits. [caption id="attachment_776" align="alignright" width="300"] photo: iStock[/caption] CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- Since World War II, more than 45 international human-rights treaties have been signed by many…
Multiverse: Shocking name but beautiful theory
By Kiran Adhikari, Contributor The universe we live in may not be the only one out there. In fact, our universe could be just one of an infinite number of universes making up a "multiverse."…
NASA Begins Sixth Year of Airborne Antarctic Ice…
[caption id="attachment_765" align="aligncenter" width="673"] NASA’s DC-8 research aircraft will be flying scientists and instruments over Antarctica to study changes in the continent’s ice sheet, glaciers and sea ice. Image Credit: NASA[/caption] NASA News-- NASA is carrying…