Bacteria May Protect Against HIV
Bacteria that appear to target and trap HIV may protect humans against infection, say researchers studying lactobacillus. Their findings were…
California Mulls Estrogen-Plastic Ban
Baby feeding bottles and other everday plastic items could be causing serious harm, says researcher Frederick vom Saal. He believes…
More Dirt On Antimicrobial Soaps
Virginia Tech researchers have found that the use of antimicrobial soaps and other cleaning products may be directly exposing consumers…
New Asteroid Threat Scale Launched
An MIT professor has worked with astronomers to revise the scale used to assess the threat of asteroids and comets…
Alpha Constant May Not Be Constant
Dr Michael Murphy of Cambridge University, speaking at the Physics 2005 conference, has suggested that the fine structure constant, one…
Airborne Nanobacteria Spread Disease, Create Rain
Nanobacteria in clouds could play a crucial role in the spread of disease and in the formation of rain drops,…
Light Therapy As Effective As Drugs
A study, appearing in the American Journal of Psychiatry, has found that light therapy effectively treats mood disorders, including seasonal…
First Synthesis of Ultracold Molecules Achieved
Research appearing in the journal Physical Review Lettersshows for the first time how ultra-cold matter can be arranged into complex…
New Type Of Superconductor Emerges
University of California scientists and researchers from Chonnam National University in South Korea have found that magnetic fluctuations appear to…
New Theory On Origin Of Light
Physics professor Alan Kostelecky of Indiana University describes light as “a shimmering of ever-present vectors in empty space” and compares…
Cornucopia Machine Not Far Off Say Brits
Engineers at the University of Bath believe that almost all everyday household objects could be manufactured cheaply and quickly by…
Warming And Sea Level Rise Inevitable
Climate modelers from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) have quantified the rates of sea level rise and global…
Complex Behaviors Hard-Wired Into Primate Brains
Up until now, neuroscientists had assumed that the innate actions (hard-wiring) in primate brains were limited to simple movements. They…
Pointing The Finger At Aggressive Men
Finger length continues to be an area of fascination for researchers around the world. Hot on the heels of research…
Black Holes May Be “Hiding” The Ancient Universe
Researchers believe that black holes and their associated large gravity wells may be hindering our ability to ever locate the…
Curiosity Cured The Rat
A study presented at the American Psychosomatic Society meeting suggests that female rats who are curious and more willing to…
Bacteria To Clean Up Chemical Weapons
To comply with the Chemical Weapons Convention, Russia faces a race against time to dispose of around 40,000 tonnes of…
Hobbit’s Small Brain May Have Had Advanced Cognitive Abilities
The tiny human discovered in Indonesia and nicknamed “the Hobbit” represents a previously unrecognized species of early humans, say the…
Cod Numbers Decline 96 Percent
The volume of cod on the Scotian Shelf has plunged 96 percent since the 1850s, say Census of Marine Life…
Nanobacteria A Problem For Space Travellers, Says NASA
While scientists debate whether nanobacteria are acutally biological in nature, researchers at NASA are calling for a major initiative to…
Invisible Galaxy May Be Composed Of Dark Matter
An object that seems to be an invisible galaxy made almost entirely of dark matter – the first ever detected…
Parasites A Ticking Bomb For Humans
Habitat destruction by human activity and the consequent extinction of species around the world could turn parasites into “evolutionary land…
Universe’s Expansion May Be Due To Gravity “Leakage”
Dark energy may not be responsible for the cosmic acceleration of the universe after all, says New York University physicist…
Researchers Chase Earthbound Gamma Ray Bursts
An article in the journal Science suggests that a natural particle accelerator operates in the Earth’s upper atmosphere at energies…
Into Orbit Via A Slingshot
The public’s imagination may have been fired up in the past by proposals for “space elevators” – where satellites or…
3 Seconds To Choose A Mate
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania studying dating data from more than 10,000 members of a speed dating agency have…
Real-World Quantum Effects Demonstrated
The realm of quantum mechanics met the world of classical physics when an antenna-like sliver of silicon one-tenth the width…
Brush Your Teeth And Prevent Heart Attack
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center say that people with gum disease are more likely to suffer from atherosclerosis –…
Virus Wranglers Tame Measles
A team of researchers has devised a system that consistently converts the measles virus into a therapeutic killer that hunts…
Super Greenhouse Gases Could Help Terraform Mars
A team of researchers believe that introducing global warming on Mars may be the best approach for warming the planet’s…