Researchers with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are using NASA Earth observations of smoke and other air pollution to study the health impacts on veterans who were deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq, and other areas of Southwest Asia in the years after September 11, 2001.
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A weird asteroid has just gotten a little weirder.
Two-Component System Could Offer a New Way to Halt Internal Bleeding
MIT engineers have designed a two-component system that can be injected into the body and help form blood clots at the sites of internal injury.
NASA, Rocket Lab Set Coverage for Tropical Cyclones Mission
NASA and Rocket Lab are targeting 9 p.m. EDT, Sunday, April 30 (1 p.m. New Zealand Standard Time, Monday, May 1), to launch two storm tracking CubeSats into orbit.
Early-Nesting Ducks At Increased Risk Due to Changes in Climate, Land Use
Each year approximately 10 million waterfowl fly north to their breeding grounds in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America, but the landscape that greets them has changed.
Research Reveals Countries Where Record-Breaking Heatwaves Are Likely to Cause Most Harm
A new study has highlighted under-prepared regions across the world most at risk of the devastating effects of scorching temperatures.