Parents have been told to pick up their children from school as ambulances and fire crews rush to the Young Women’s Preparatory Academy. Houston Fire Department declared a “mass casualty incident” as pupils are treated for headaches and nausea. At least 20 students have been struck down by the symptoms with […]
Daily Archives: March 1, 2018
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A new study explains how a lemon-shaped virus assembles itself and how the virus ejects the DNA it carries into host cells.
States along the Atlantic Coast and beyond are bracing for a major Nor’easter expected to pound the region in the coming days with damaging winds, heavy rain and snow and severe flooding. Meteorologists warn that the storm — the result of a system moving eastward across the Midwest Thursday that […]
Get the Mach newsletter. SUBSCRIBE Developing new medicines isn’t for the faint of heart. On average, it takes about a decade of research — and an expenditure of $2.6 billion — to shepherd an experimental drug from lab to market. And because of concerns over safety and effectiveness, only about […]
WASHINGTON — Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is selling off one of its business units to focus on the high-growth areas of satellite communications and drones. Kratos President and CEO Eric DeMarco said Feb. 28 that the company’s satellite communications division, which provides software for flying satellites and identifying and […]
Striking just the right balance between softness and sturdiness, balsa wood is a choice material for crafting anything from model airplanes to full-size wind turbine blades. Scientists have opened up a new realm of possibilities for balsa by hijacking its natural structure with chemical and physical treatments to transform it […]
Psychologists have recreated déjà vu in human subjects in order to examine the feeling of premonition during the déjà vu state.
Facial recognition-based features are nothing new to Facebook. The company has used facial recognition for some time now to suggest friends to tag in photos. In December, however, the company announced it’s expanding its facial recognition features to help combat fake accounts using another person’s photos, and to alert users […]