Coronal Mass Ejections Warn Of Radiation Storms

Coronal Mass Ejections Warn Of Radiation Storms

A CME (Coronal Mass Ejection) is a solar body slam to our high-tech civilization. CMEs begin when the sun launches a billion tons of electrically conducting gas (plasma) into space at millions of…
Can You Get Science On Demand?

Can You Get Science On Demand?

It's no secret that science is popular these days.  I can't pick up a magazine or a newspaper without  seeing an article dealing with science and how it impacts society.   Global…
Mouse model closely mimics human cancers

Mouse model closely mimics human cancers

A team led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists has developed a more human-like mouse model of cancer they say will aid the search for cancer-causing genes and improve the predictive value of…
Coffee prevents gout?

Coffee prevents gout?

Coffee is a habit for more than 50 percent of Americans, who drink, on average, 2 cups per day. This widely consumed beverage is regularly investigated and debated for its impact on health conditions…
Possible new breast cancer gene

Possible new breast cancer gene

Researchers at the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute of the University of Pennsylvania and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute describe in this week’s issue of Science a new candidate breast-…
Analysis reveals extent of DNA repair army

Analysis reveals extent of DNA repair army

Cells have the remarkable ability to keep track of their genetic contents and -- when things go wrong – to step in and repair the damage before cancer or another life-threatening condition develops…