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Drones Survey African Wildlife

In collaboration with a nature reserve in Namibia, researchers funded by the SNSF are developing a new approach to counting animals: combining drone flights and automated image analysis.

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Hurricane Chris’s Eye Stares at NASA’s Aqua Satellite

When NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the U.S. Eastern seaboard, it captured an infrared image of Hurricane Chris that showed an eye staring back at the satellite. Chris is expected to continue generating heavy ocean swells along the U.S. East Coast and bring heavy rainfall to Newfoundland, Canada.

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Researchers Discover Llama-Derived Nanobody Can Be Used as Potential Therapy

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found a nanobody that holds promise to advance targeted therapies for a number of neurological diseases and cancer.

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Researchers Find Plant Hormones in Mammals

Researchers at Trent University recently discovered that mammals produce several types of hormones that are usually found in plants, and will now go on to study these Cytokinins (CKs) as potential treatments for viral infections, neurodegenerative diseases and cancer.

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June 2018 ranks third warmest on record for U.S.

Hot temperatures continued to bake the U.S. last month, making it the third warmest June on record.

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Fishy Chemicals in Farmed Salmon

Persistent organic pollutants—or POPs—skulk around the environment threatening human health through direct contact, inhalation, and most commonly, eating contaminated food. As people are becoming more aware of their food’s origin, new research at the University of Pittsburgh suggests it might be just as important to pay attention to the origin of your food’s food.

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Extreme heat linked with reduced cognitive performance among young adults in non-air-conditioned buildings

Students who lived in dormitories without air conditioning (AC) during a heat wave performed worse on a series of cognitive tests compared with students who lived in air-conditioned dorms, according to new research led by Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health. The field study, the first to demonstrate the detrimental cognitive effects of indoor temperatures during a heat wave in a group of young healthy individuals, highlights the need for sustainable design solutions in mitigating the health impacts of extreme heat.

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Stanford Study Reveals the Pulse of the Polar Vortex – and a Key to Mapping Future Storms

If you can predict the path of the jet stream, the upper atmosphere’s undulating river of wind, then you can predict weather – not just for a week or two, but for an entire season. A new Stanford study moves toward that level of foresight by revealing a physical link between the speed and location of the jet stream and the strength of the polar vortex, a swirl of air that usually hovers over the Arctic.

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NASA's GPM Satellite Obtains Excellent Views of Beryl's Remnants

As the remnants of former tropical cyclone Beryl moved through the northern Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico, the Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite gathered important rainfall data on the storm.

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Tropical Storm Chris Gives NASA Satellite a Signature "C"

When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, an instrument aboard looked at Tropical Storm Chris' water vapor and cloud temperatures. Appropriately, the image showed a backwards "C" or comma shaped storm. The water vapor imagery indicated Tropical Storm Chris has the potential to generate heavy rainfall.  

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