Soundwave Fusion Rocks On
Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University, and the Russian Academy of Sciences have answered their critics by using sound…
H5N1 Vaccine Proves 100 Percent Successful In Animal Tests
Using a common cold virus – adenovirus – as a foundation, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh say they have…
To Boldly Go Where No Rock Lobster Has Gone Before
Australian scientists claim they have found another use for crayfish (rock lobster) besides a seafood salad. Rather than a tasty…
More Evidence Of Our Close Relationship With Chimps
The theory that humans and chimpanzees may be more closely related to each other than chimps are to the other…
Houston, We Don’t Have A Problem
While scientists are yet to produce the likes of a Borg bio-ship, a new self-healing spacecraft being developed by the…
Researchers Slam Media Over Wrong-Headed Plant-Methane Hype
The researchers who found that plants emit significant quantities of the greenhouse gas methane have come out swinging at what…
Watch Comedies, Avoid Heart Attack
It looks like that old column in Readers Digest was right. According to a study published in the journalHeart, laughter…
Darwin’s Dilemma Solved?
The New York Academy of Sciences Readers & Writers lecture series will play host to biologists Marc Kirschner and John…
Astronomers Discover Gigantic X-Ray Tunnel
A team of astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory say they have discovered a giant Milky Way-sized tunnel filled with…
Direct Observations Of Circadian Processes Reveal New Layers Of Complexity
Our biological timekeeper – known as the circadian clock – runs to a 24-hour rhythm that regulates metabolism, cell division,…
Amazon A Desert For Soil Bacteria
The diversity of soil bacteria in the otherwise species-rich Amazon is more like a desert, while paradoxically, the arid desert…
Treated Wood A Long Term Environmental Threat
The arsenic used to treat wooden decks, utility poles and fences will leach into the environment for decades, posing a…
Dogs Sniff Out Cancer
Cancer detection in the kennel? It just might be the best way to identify cancer if results from a recent…
Carbon Isotopes Reveal Ancient, Abrupt Climate Change
A new study from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography illustrates how global warming caused by greenhouse gases can quickly disrupt…
Adolescent Mental Health Studies Cause Alarm
A study from Brandeis University, reported in the journal Psychiatric Services, has found that psychotropic drug prescriptions for adolescents leapt…
Girth And Length Muddle Bartenders’ Brains
If you’re looking to maximize your alcohol consumption this silly season then you should consider taking advantage of what would…
Telescope Cleans Up Its Image
A new adaptive optics system has allowed University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) astronomers to capture the first clear…
Gamblers’ Brains Wired For Failure
The current issue of the Journal of Gambling Studiescarries a study by psychologists from Drake University that identifies the two…
Arctic Permafrost Not So Permanent
Earth’s warming climate looks like it could thaw 90 percent of the perennially frozen soil across the Arctic by 2100,…
25% Of Prescribed Antibiotics Ineffective
If you’re concerned by your child’s nagging sore throat this winter, it may come as some consolation that doctors are…
Smash-Up Derby A Universal Pastime
Galactic collisions are common phenomena, according to Yale astronomer, Pieter van Dokkum, who used hundreds of images from two of…
Stem Cells May Prove Hard To Tame
Researchers have discovered a regulatory mechanism that enables frog embryos to develop normally even after being split in half (as…
GM Tomatoes May Pave Way For Other Drought Resistant Crops
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciencescarries news of a new genetically modified (GM) tomato plant that can thrive…
New Plasma Thruster Promises Faster Spacecraft
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced the successful testing of a prototype spacecraft engine – called the helicon double…
Probe Set To Dial 1-800-ENTANGLEMENT
Physicists from Rice University are building a unique nano-probe that will hopefully enable them to “dial in” elusive quantum states…
Dark Matter Takes Shape With New Map
The latest issue of Astrophysical Journal carries news of new “dark matter maps” of two young galaxies created by astrophysicists…
Balls vs Brains In Batty Battle For Evolutionary Success
Without doubt, the most intriguing evolutionary pressure of all is sexual selection. The how and why behind our choice of…
“Trust” Hormone Negates Fear
A brain imaging study at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has discovered that the fear-processing circuitry in the…
Arctic Soil Carbon Vastly Underestimated
It seems that current efforts to understand the effects of carbon on climate warming could be a waste of time…