Robo-cat offers speed and agility for search and rescue
Swiss robotics researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne say the design of their cat-like robot is based on meticulous…
Menopause – it’s a guy thing
After decades of trying to shoehorn menopause into a variety of evolutionary contexts that never seemed to add up, a…
Novel epigenetic messaging system found in sperm
A dad’s exposure to stress leaves a lasting impression on his sperm, say researchers who have been investigating a never-before-seenepigenetic…
Plastic could work as shield against space radiation hazards
xperiments carried out aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) indicate that light plastic materials may provide sufficient radiation shielding for…
Dark matter observations: missed it by that much
A theory which endows dark matter particles with a rare type of electromagnetism has been strengthened by a detailed analysis…
Neanderthal bone reveals modern day affliction
The first-known case of a bone tumor has been discovered in a fragment of the rib of a young Neanderthal…
Kinect-like gesture recognition leveraged from standard WiFi signals
In a clever use of Doppler frequency shifts, computer scientists have shown it’s possible to use the existing WiFi signals…
Comet smash simulations hint at life’s cosmic origins
Life on Earth could have its origins in space, say Lawrence Livermore scientist Nir Goldman and University of Ontario Institute…
Thought-controlled drone demonstrated
In what they say is the first step toward restoring the autonomy of paralysis sufferers, University of Minnesota researchers have…
Earth’s Milky Way neighborhood gets upsized
Earth resides between two major spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy in what was thought to be a smaller…
Txting tested for battlefield comms
Radios, gunfire, explosions, and live voices all combine during combat to create extreme auditory overload for military personnel, but defense…
CO2 not to blame for global warming, claims new study that argues global cooling has already begun
Conventional thinking on climate change holds that human emissions of carbon dioxide have been the major contributor to global warming,…
Mysterious “anti-glitch” observed in neutron star’s rotation
Astronomers using NASA’s Swift X-ray Telescope have observed a spinning neutron star suddenly slowing down, a never before seen event…
Evidence that probiotics alter brain function
In a discovery that carries significant implications for changing brain function through dietary interventions, UCLA researchers say they now have…
Honey, I baked the kids
The relaxation of marijuana laws in Colorado has caused a surge in the number of young children treated for accidentally…
Torturous terrain behind human bipedal evolution?
Archaeologists at the University of York say challenging terrain could have been the driving force behind our earliest ancestors leaving…
Baits failing as cockroaches adapt to dislike sugar
Sugar is losing its attraction for roaches and making baits less effective, say scientists who have been investigating the genetic…
Physics-defying magnetic field behavior in solar flares explained
When a solar flare filled with charged particles erupts from the Sun, the flux-freezing theorem dictates that the magnetic lines…
The pirate ant: scientists mull bizarre pigmentation of new species
Scientists working in the Philippines have discovered a new enigmatic species of ant with a bizarre pigmentation pattern that has…
Humans, as well as bats, have echolocation skills
Researchers from the University of Southampton (UK) have been investigating how blind and visually impaired people can use echolocation, the…
Medicinal clays may be new weapon against antibiotic-resistant infections
Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute is trying a new approach to developing effective, topical antibacterial agents – one that draws…
Marijuana users have smaller waists, better blood sugar control
A new study in The American Journal of Medicine has found that regular marijuana use is associated with beneficial effects…
“Flowers” self-assemble from basic chemistry
By simply manipulating chemical gradients in a beaker of fluid, researchers at Harvard have found they can control the growth…
Stunning new species of palm-pitviper discovered
Herpetologists have identified a striking new species (Bothriechis guifarroi) of highly dangerous green palm-pitviper that lives within a cloud forest…
New technique for finding distant planets makes its first discovery
For the first time, astrophysicists from Tel Aviv University and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have discovered an exoplanet using…
Liquid hydrogen fueled drone shatters endurance record
Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have set a new continuous flight record with an electric drone powered…
Pear-shaped atoms may hold clues to unsolved physics
Physicists have found the first direct evidence of exotic pear shaped nuclei in atoms, a discovery that could advance the…
Hubble identifies Earth-like debris in white dwarfs’ atmospheres
The Hubble Space Telescope has found the building blocks of Earth-like planets in an unlikely place: the atmospheres of a…
Climate change, not humans, wiped out megafauna, say Aussie scientists
Most species of gigantic animals that once roamed Australia had disappeared by the time people arrived, a major review of…
Nocebo effect behind electrosmog illnesses, say European researchers
An investigation into the purported health risks associated with electromagnetic fields has shown that media reports alone may cause suggestible…