For nearly 20 years, TRAX light rail trains have shuttled riders up and down the Salt Lake Valley, saving countless car trips and sparing Salt Lake’s air tons upon tons of petroleum-powered pollutants.
TRAX Tracks Salt Lake’s Air Quality
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Camouflaged Plants Use the Same Tricks as Animals
Plants use many of the same methods as animals to camouflage themselves, a new study shows.
Research on plant camouflage is limited compared to the wealth of knowledge about how animals conceal themselves.
NASA Observes the Formation of Tropical Storm Aletta
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite saw the Eastern Pacific Ocean’s first tropical storm coming together.
Killing Bacteria by Silencing Genes may be Alternative to Antibiotics
A new approach to killing C. difficile that silences key bacterial genes while sparing other bacteria may provide a new way to treat the most common hospital-acquired bacterial infection in the United States, according to researchers.
NASA Sees Strong Storms in Tropical Depression 05W as it Strengthened
Tropical Depression 05W briefly reached tropical storm status overnight on June 5 into June 6, and then weakened back to a depression at 5 a.m. EDT (0900 UTC). Once 05W reached tropical storm status it was named “Ewiniar.” NASA’s Aqua satellite captured infrared imagery that provided clues that the storm would strengthen.
What Doctors Wear Really Does Matter to Patients
Physicians may want to dig a little deeper into their closets, or grab their white coats on the way out of the operating room, if they want patients to view them favorably, according to the largest-ever study of patient preferences for doctors’ attire.
