Mobile Homes In The U.S. Are More Vulnerable To The Unstable Weather Events Like Tornadoes

Medicine & Technology May 05, 2017

A new research study reveals that the increasing use of the mobile homes in the U.S. is not good as these homes are more vulnerable to the bad weather events like tornadoes.

Celestial Sleuths Reconsidered Charles Messier As The First Person To Discover Ring Nebula

Apr 25, 2017

Celestial Sleuth or cosmic detectives are using forensic Astronomy to better understand about the skies from historical letters, records. Basically, forensic astronomy uses different astronomical techniques to determine the positions and identifying celestial objects.

Zika Outbreak Feared To Have Reached The Texas Border

Apr 24, 2017

The Texas Border, which houses 1.3 million people, are vulnerable to Zika virus because most of their houses don't have sufficient air-conditioning and window screens to protect them from mosquitoes. Mosquitoes are known to carry the virus.

Texas Shacking With Many Eartquakes: Government To Use TexNet Seismic Monitoring Network

Apr 02, 2017

TexNet Seismic Monitoring Network is the new technology used by the governing body in helping for locating and determining the origins of the earthquakes that are happening in Texas.

Bats In Texas Are In Danger Of Getting White-Nose Disease

Mar 26, 2017

Lethal fungus named Pseudogymnoascus Destructans is causing mass deaths in the bats of Texas. Scientists found this fungus can cause white nose disease which leads the bats to death. this disease was first found in 2006, since then it's been spreading at the speed of 100 miles per year.

Used SpaceX Booster Had A Succesful Reflight During Fire Test

Feb 09, 2017

SpaceX just had another out of this world record! Its engineers were able to successfully test-fire a used SpaceX booster, an orbit class rocket, last week in McGregor, Texas.

Texas Reports First Case of West Nile Virus

May 21, 2015

The Texas Department of State Health Services has reported the state's first case of West Nile virus and is now reminding people how to protect themselves from the virus caused by mosquitoes.

Chlamydia Outbreak Reported in Texas High Schools

May 04, 2015

A high school in West Texas is facing an alarming outbreak of chlamydia after several students tested positive for the disease.

With a Bit of Luck and Inspiration, One 4-Year-Old Boy Found a Dinosaur in Texas

Apr 11, 2015

Think that you don’t have what it takes to start a career in paleontology, even though your fascination with dinosaurs never ends? Well never fear, news this week reveals that you’re never too old, or too young, to start on the hunt for dinosaurs. And 4-year-old Wylie Brys, of Mansfield, Texas, is proving this sentiment true.

Ebola Virus Shuts Down Ohio Bridal Shop in Wake of US Deaths

Jan 09, 2015

Ebola isn’t just having a devastating effect on the human population, as the death tolls continue to rise. It appears with a recent closure that the viral infection is exhibiting ramifications in the economy, as well.

Latinas May Have Genes That Help Make them "Breast Cancer-Free"

Oct 21, 2014

Genetic variant may protect some Latinas from having breast cancer.

In United States 21 Days Signals Waning Ebola Infection

Oct 20, 2014

Today marks 21 days of quarantine since the Ebola infection spread into the US by an infected Dallas patient, who recently fled Liberia. And as none of the individuals quarantined for their close contact with the infected have developed the often fatal hemorrhagic fever, health officials are hopeful that their clean bill of health is a sign that the Ebola virus will not find a foothold here in the United States.

Video: Texas Kindergartner Receives 3D Printed Hand

Oct 18, 2014

A young boy in Texas recently received a prosthetic hand made by a 3D printer. Keith Harris is five years old and from League City, Texas and was recently the beneficiary of work done by a volunteer group specializing in prosthetics for children with special medical needs.