A study in the journal Nature Climate Change by researchers from the University of Reading's Department of Meteorology has said the world's present design of aircraft may lower the formation of their distinctive condensation trails (contrails) if they choose their flight paths.
In a development in the research of AIDS came a breakthrough when Paul Bieniasz's Laboratory of Retrovilogy at Rockfeller University and Theodora Hatziioannou's laboratory at Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center came up with a new animal model by modifying how HIV-1 virus interacts with the immune system of pigtail macaque monkey.
A study conducted by the Stanford University's School of Medicine suggested beta-amyloid may lead to the beneficial action of endocannabinoids (brain's internal version of marijuana and hashish) being blocked in the brain.
After Space Exploration Technologies Corp's (Space X) Falcon 9 rocket has conducted a "soft landing" on Earth, a private company hopes to do it on Mars someday.
In a recent press release, Cellmid Ltd. has announced Rodon Biologics will be Cellmid's manufacturing partner for its latest "antibody" project.
With the chance of the 2014 El Niño weather phenomenon still going, dairy and beef farmers in Australia have been advised to brace for potential impacts on the industry.
New trial is set to be launched soon to treat more than 400 AIDS-infected babies to determine if infants are easily cured from HIV compared to adults. According to NIAID, the lack of memory T-cells in babies can make the virus vulnerable against drugs due to lack of reservoirs.
From an initial July impact forecast, the Australia's Bureau of Meteorology announced the El Niño weather phenomenon seemed to lag behind and might probably develop by September, even as it saw a deceleration in Pacific Ocean warming associated with the weather pattern.
A tornado has ripped through the central Ontario community of Angus on Tuesday after even as the area was in the midst of a severe thunderstorm alert.
Alcohol dependence impairs memories and motor skills, but why and how? A recent study revealed for the first time the molecular level brain damage caused by long-term abuse of alcohol.
What happens when flies eat Truvia? Apparently, they die, according to a study conducted by sixth graders.
Oklahoma meteorologist Danielle Dozier of local KOCO-TV just got on air and was about to deliver her live morning weather report when the walls of the studio around her rattled from an earthquake.
Mercury retrograde 2014 means chaos, or at least that is what many superstitious people believe. It happens a couple of times a year, and this time it lasts from June 7 to July 1. This astrological event, often perceived as a special cosmic affair, is "an optical illusion."
Europe's most active volcano once more showed her might on Sunday by spewing ash and lava, causing the closure of an airport in Sicily, Italy, 3 News reports.
The NASA Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer discovered Asteroid HQ124 moving at 31,000 miles per hour or 50,400 kilometers per hour in space. Researchers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) did not waste any time in learning more about the potentially hazardous asteroid given the nickname “The Beast.”
The Australian Nuclear Science and technology Organisation uses Apple iPhone 4S and Samsung Galaxy S2 to test the credibility of a radiation detector app
Residents in Canada's southern Alberta have been warned to brace for massive rainfall and subsequent floods between Monday and Wednesday.
While headache remains one of the most common disorders of the nervous system, there is no surefire way to permanently rid of it, with people resorting to medication or expensive treatments.
Natal, the Brazilian host city of this year's 2014 World Cup, has issued a flood alert after it received a whopping amount of water from two days of non-stop rains.
Twin quakes of almost 6-magnitude struck Japan's eastern coast near Fukushima early Monday.
Residents in Perth and the South West are being advised to take necessary precautions as the area could receive as much as 15-25mm of rain by midday today. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a Severe Weather warning following a cold front that could bring in strong winds and high tides.
Many people who harbor fear of the dentist carry their phobia into their adult years because of the extreme pain caused by the dentist's drill, which they experienced during childhood visits to the tooth doctor.
New Zealand scientists will be deploying deep-sea monitors to the ocean floor to find out more about global climate change.
Ice-penetrating radar technology inserted aboard Nasa survey flights has discovered frozen forms of ice blocks at the very bottom of the Greenland ice sheet which are as tall as city skyscrapers and as wide as the island of Manhattan.
Big Head, the Loggerhead Turtle, proved over the weekend that it is a likely good replacement for Paul, the Octopus, as the oracle of the World Cup.
A U.S. teenager caught a giant fish in Canada while he was fishing with his father.
As the world awaits for the potential impacts of a looming El Niño in the Pacific Ocean, countries around the Indonesian archipelago have been advised to brace for more devastating Indian Ocean weather events that could bring more and severe drought, bushfires and floods to affected countries, Australia included.
While most of the dangerous gases that had built up in the atmosphere over the years may have come from countries in the Earth's northern hemisphere, it is the countries however in the south that will bear the impact of the planet's global warming and climate change, a report released by ratings agency Standard & Poor's said.
It is Friday, the 13th, today and along with the creepy combination of that day and date mix long associated with horror and macabre events is the threat of a solar flare that could affect GPS and communication signals.
A second baby has died from the contaminated hospital drip scandal that has ripped the United Kingdom. A total of 22 babies are believed to have developed blood poisoning various at neonatal intensive care units across England.
