Science and engineering

The project aims to improve the geothermal development technology of the Djiboutian Geothermal Energy Development Office (ODDEG) by providing cooperation pertaining to the acquisition of the data needed to formulate geothermal development policies in Djibouti.

New research examines how smoke from wildfires affects the atmosphere—and the findings could change climate change predications.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has participated in the Series B round of funding for FogHorn Systems Inc., a Silicon Valley startup that is a leading developer of fog computing technology.

Roche to present new OCREVUS (ocrelizumab) efficacy and safety data in relapsing and primary progressive forms of multiple sclerosis at ECTRIMS

TRACON Pharmaceuticals today presented two TRC105-focused posters at the 18^th World Conference on Lung Cancer hosted by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) in Yokohama, Japan

Global research on the effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) on the ocean will get a boost as the US Government announced a further $433,000 to support the IAEA Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (OA-ICC).

The grant will enable scholars to pursue new research, develop state-of-the-art digital resources and forge international collaborations.

Microglia, immune cells that act as the central nervous system’s damage sensors, have recently been implicated in Alzheimer’s disease.

Stressing the damaging impact on poor rural communities in Africa and South-East Asia of animal tuberculosis’ (bovine TB) transmission to humans, United Nations health experts launched the first-ever roadmap to combat the so-called zoonotic TB.

The grant “will allow UCLA to continue our decade-long preeminence in groundbreaking autism research,” said Dr. Daniel Geschwind, director of the UCLA Center for Autism Research and Treatment.

"It's the complete opposite of what we've been saying about pumas and solitary species for over 60 years..."

Since the early 1900s, veterinarians have observed intervertebral disc disease — a common cause of back pain, rear limb paralysis and inability to walk — more frequently in dogs with short legs.

Using a modified version of the CRISPR genome-editing system, MIT researchers have developed a new way to screen for genes that protect against specific diseases.