NASA is giving everyone the opportunity to use the world's most celebrated telescope to explore the heavens and boldly look where the Hubble Space Telescope has never looked before.
Kissing is something humans have done for centuries as a way to show affection. But in 1896 - when Thomas Edison decided to record a kiss on his new device - a kinetoscope - and invite a reporter to see it all happen - the result was nothing less than a sensation. University of Maryland Jonathan Auerbach offers a fascinating look at the "May Irwin Kiss" and its aftermath.
Most students like to play video games, but Georgia Tech students Holden Link, Cory Johnson and Ian Guthridge have built and are selling their own. Their game, Audiball, was launched during the first week of Xbox Community Games in November.
This year marks the 200th birthday of pioneering naturalist Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his book "The Origin of Species," truly a landmark work that changed the world. Celebrations and tributes, both large and small, are scheduled around the globe this year, and many are already under way.
Primary care physicians can perform life-saving colonoscopies safely and effectively, according to an analysis published in the journal of the Annals of Family Medicine.
After being sworn in as the 44th president, Barack Obama will head inside to the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall to join family members, guests and Congressional leaders for the inauguration luncheon, in keeping with a tradition introduced by Harry S. Truman and embraced by every subsequent president except Jimmy Carter.
A unique discovery in a Florida State University College of Medicine laboratory is the basis for research with the potential to one day help scientists learn how to stop cancer and other diseases in the tissue where they are forming.
Women choosing repeat cesarean deliveries and having them at term but before completing 39 weeks gestation are up to two times more likely to have a baby with serious complications including respiratory distress resulting in mechanical ventilation and NICU admission.
A new study conducted in part at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that babies delivered by elective Caesarean section before 39 weeks of pregnancy, to mothers who previously had an elective C-section, are much more likely to have serious health problems than newborns delivered under the same circumstances at 39 weeks.
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center shares important information about the cervical cancer screening exam, the Pap test.
This composite color infrared image of the center of our Milky Way galaxy reveals a new population of massive stars and new details in complex structures in the hot ionized gas swirling around the central 300 light-years. This sweeping Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescope panorama is the sharpest infrared picture ever made of the Galactic core.
Current research shows the worsening economy is causing many people to cut down on their prescription medications, postpone visits with their health-care providers and put off important routine health screenings and vaccinations. These actions may save money in the short run, but is it the best thing to do?
With a suicide rate that is three times higher than that of the overall VA patient population, depression is a "very potent" risk factor for suicide among people receiving treatment for depression at the VA.
It's cold and flu season again, causing misery for the little people in your household. New guidelines warn parents that over-the-counter cold medications should not be used in children under 6 years of age. But what should parents do to help their children through the runny nose, cough and aches?
Some patients with severe asthma who also have allergic sensitivity to certain fungi enjoy great improvements in their quality of life and on other measures after taking an antifungal drug, according to new research from The University of Manchester in England.
University of Kentucky FUSION (For Unity and Service in Our Neighborhoods) has been awarded the regional NACA (National Association for Campus Activities) Outstanding Service Award for the 2007 FUSION event. FUSION is one of the largest single-day community service events in Kentucky, and one of the greatest traditions at UK.
Want to be easier on the earth this season? SUNY-ESF scientists advise you to put up a natural tree, make some gifts and then turn your tree into bird feeder.
The University of Maryland's newest holiday card is a smash hit around the world - 78 nations and counting! Produced entirely in-house, the video includes faculty, staff, students and alumni contributions.
Although irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is the most common disease diagnosed by gastroenterologists, it's also one of the most misunderstood. That's why updated guidelines addressing the management of the condition are being released by the American College of Gastroenterology.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has caught Jupiter's moon Ganymede playing a game of "peek-a-boo." In this crisp Hubble image, Ganymede is shown just before it ducks behind the giant planet. This color photo was made from three images taken on April 9, 2007, with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2.
For the first time, astronomers have clearly seen the effects of "dark energy" on the most massive collapsed objects in the Universe using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. By tracking how dark energy has stifled the growth of galaxy clusters and combining this with previous studies, scientists have obtained the best clues ever about what dark energy is and what the destiny of the Universe could be.
C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health finds 56% of primary care physicians never ask parents about mental health concerns for their kids; 25% of kids with diagnoses have difficulty finding services they need.
After a diagnosis of tongue cancer Lisa, a new mother, was faced with the loss of part of her tongue to save her life. She knew that she could lose her ability to talk and that her young son might never hear her voice again. But surgeons at the University of Michigan built her a new tongue.
Music is known to "soothe the savage beast" but can it soothe those mired in the grief, confusion and pain of cancer diagnosis and treatment? The University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center is utilizing music therapy to help heal patients' spirits as well as their bodies.
As a result of the current economic slow down, many people have lost their jobs -- and their health insurance. Dr. Adam Goldstein of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill explains how people in this situation can continue getting the health care they need.
Early-stage breast cancer patients with HER2 positive tumors one centimeter or smaller are at significant risk of recurrence of their disease, compared to those with early-stage disease who do not express the aggressive protein, according to a study led by researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Five unusual practices that organizations can employ to maximize employee effectiveness.
Estrogen-receptor positive metastatic breast cancer often develops resistance to conventional therapies designed to severely lower a woman's estrogen level. A group of researchers headed by a breast cancer specialist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that in one-third of these cases, such tumors will respond, paradoxically, to therapy that raises a woman's estrogen level.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This is an important step along the trail of finding the chemical biotracers of extraterrestrial life, as we know it. The Jupiter-sized planet, called HD 189733b, is too hot for life. But the Hubble observations are a proof-of-concept demonstration that the basic chemistry for life can be measured on planets orbiting other stars.
With help from newly developed equipment designed and built at Michigan State University, MSU researchers have been able to make first-of-its-kind measurements of several rare nuclei, one of which has been termed a "holy grail" of experimental nuclear physics.
Home foundations and frames built of a lightweight composite material that may bend - but won't break - in a hurricane and can simply float on the rising tide of a storm's coastal surge?
Pear-shaped people who carry weight in the thighs and backside have been told for years they are at lower risk for high blood pressure and heart disease than apple-shaped people who carry fat in the abdomen. But in two studies, School of Medicine researchers report that body shape isn't the only marker of risk. Excess liver fat appears to be the key to insulin resistance, cholesterol abnormalities and other problems that contribute to diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
As the nation enters a period of economic uncertainty, many of the 50 million Americans living near or below the poverty line are increasingly vulnerable. The help they need to get a job, locate housing, access health care, or provide for their children is less likely to be found in their neighborhoods as service agencies potential financial problems.
Spinal scoliosis is a fairly common condition among children and adults. For some, the condition can progress to create severe pain and balance issues which require surgery. Surgeons at the U-M are experimenting with a new minimal access spinal surgery that may revolutionize this surgical repair.
A bottle of cologne, a new pair of pajamas or a video game are all quick and easy gifts to buy and wrap for the upcoming holiday season. But this year, why not give something more healthy and beneficial to a loved one? Why not give the gift of health?
Jonathan Abramowitz, director of the UNC Anxiety and Stress Disorders Clinic, offers five tips for making it through the holidays with your sanity intact.
At the 61st Meeting of the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics this week, a team of researchers from Arizona State University and the University of Maryland is reporting research that may soon give avid golfers another way to improve their game.
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry researchers are studying a plan that would pump water from deep in Lake Ontario into buildings 30 miles away in Syracuse, providing environmentally friendly cooling for city buildings.
Long-term use of a macrolide antibiotic may reduce the frequency of exacerbations in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by as much as 35 percent, according to a London-based study.
The virtual Press Room for next week's 61st Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) Division of Fluid Dynamics in San Antonio is now open. See http://www.aps.org/units/dfd/pressroom/.
New data presented by Dr. Monica Mita at the Cancer Therapy and Research Center at the University of Texas Health Science Center, shows that some sarcoma patients are benefiting from treatment with REOLYSIN, developed from a harmless virus called the reovirus that most people are exposed to at some point in their lives.
University of Alabama professor Peter Clark offers opinions on whether gas prices will continue to fall this holiday season, whether more drilling will mean cheaper prices at the pump, how a new President will affect gas prices, and whether falling gas prices will fuel holiday spending.
University of Alabama professor Allen Parrish offers a peek at peak travel, advice on the best time to travel and how weather affects holiday travel, whether GPS systems improve driving safety, and more.
American consumers have a lot of challenges this holiday shopping season, the most important challenge being how to spread holiday cheer and give gifts without overspending on an already tight budget. University of Alabama professor Caroline Fulmer offers tips on gift giving that doesn't empty your wallet.
The University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health finds that nearly 1 in 10 parents of high school athletes is aware of the use of performance-enhancing drugs by an athlete in their community. The poll also finds that most parents feel that schools "“ with minimal penalties to individual students "“ should be responsible for handling the problem.
Young and healthy African-American men were found to silently develop hypertension earlier than their white counterparts, according to a new study. How blood pressure is measured may be the key to early detection. Central blood pressure, in the aorta near the heart, not brachial pressure, in the artery of the arm, may be the key to screening, the study found.
Americans love their turkey - and increasingly, they're eating it throughout the year. Prof. Nickolas Zimmermann - an associate professor of animal and avian sciences at the University of Maryland is a turkey expert. In this release, he talks about why turkey is so popular - and gives us an update on Avian Flu research.
A pair of Endeavour-carried cryogenic freezers will boost the biological research capacity of the shuttle and the International Space Station. Capable of minus 160 degrees Celsius, the small, portable GLACIER units from UAB can hold laboratory trays, test tubes and various research containers used in space-based experiments.
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet orbiting another star. The images show the planet, named Fomalhaut b, as a tiny point source of light orbiting the nearby, bright southern star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis Australis. An immense debris disk about 21.5 billion miles across surrounds the star. Fomalhaut b is orbiting 1.8 billion miles inside the disk's sharp inner edge.
University of Alabama retail expert Kristy Reynolds predicts the upcoming holiday season for retailers will be the worst since the recession in the early 1980s when the nation was hit by increased bankruptcies, agricultural exports plummeted, crop prices fell, interest rates increased, and the federal budget deficit jumped.
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