Doctors Not So Keen When Treating Bioterror Agents
Eighty percent of U.S. doctors say they’re willing to care for patients during a bioterror outbreak of an unknown but…
Sense Of Fairness Documented In Monkeys
In the first experimental demonstration of its kind, researchers led by Sarah Brosnan and Frans de Waal, of the Yerkes…
Organic Materials Could Mean Cheaper Solar Power
Princeton electrical engineers have invented a technique for making solar cells that, when combined with other recent advances, could yield…
Different Dinosaur Death Theory Erupts
The extinction of the dinosaurs – thought to be caused by an asteroid impact some 65 million years ago –…
Mosquito Coils May Cause Cancer
The mosquito coil made in some Asian countries that people often use to ward off mosquitoes may be releasing cancer-causing…
Mysterious Ice Domes Hint At Life On Europa
A new University of Colorado at Boulder study of Jupiter’s moon Europa may help explain the origin of the giant…
Left Side Of Brain Influences Immune Function
Staying healthy may involve more than washing hands or keeping a positive attitude. According to a study from the University…
Is Social Behavior Genetic?
A rare genetic disorder may lead scientists to genes for social behavior, a Salk Institute study has found. The study…
Childhood ADHD May Predict Substance Abuse
Scientists tracking the progress of children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as they became teenagers have shed new light on…
Cosmic Rays The Biggest Culprit In Global Warming
Global warming will not be reduced much by efforts to limit carbon dioxide emission into the atmosphere, say two scientists.…
New Tool For Predicting Mega Earthquakes
Researchers have found an important new application for seismic reflection data, commonly used to image geological structures and explore for…
Catchy Tunes Have a Common Denominator
For over two millennia, musicians and scientists have puzzled over why some combinations of musical tones played together sound more…
Ray Guns Getting Serious
Laser weapons? Ray guns? Not as fanciful as you might think thanks to recent advcances in the development of powerful…
New Species Of Organism Excites Astrobiologists
They thrive without oxygen, growing in salty, alkaline conditions, and may offer insights into what kinds of life might survive…
Physicists Build Nano Motor
Only 15 years after University of California, Berkeley, engineers built the first micro-scale motor, a UC Berkeley physicist has created…
Nanoscale Self-Assembly Demonstrated
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin’s Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) on Nanostructures, Materials, and Interfaces have demonstrated…
Obesity Increases Alzheimer’s Risk
There was a striking association in women between being overweight at 70 and developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) ten to 18…
Temperature, Not Light, Drives Biological Clock
Getting over jet lag may be as simple as changing the temperature – your brain temperature, that is. That’s a…
Asteroid Threat Overstated
Researchers from Imperial College London and the Russian Academy of Sciences have built a computer simulation that predicts whether asteroids…
Move Your Head To Change Your Mind
When you nod your head to show approval or shake your head to show disapproval, it’s not just sending a…
Understanding More About “Nothing”
Measurements taken using Jefferson Lab’s CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) are telling us more about how matter is produced from…
Cheap Hydrogen Thanks To New Catalyst
Scientists have developed a hydrogen-making catalyst that uses cheaper materials and yields fewer contaminants than do current processes, while extracting…
First 3D Nano-Structure Announced
Scientists from Columbia University, IBM and the University of New Orleans today announced a new, three-dimensional designer material assembled from…
Adolescents Wired For Addiction
Adolescents are more vulnerable than any other age group to developing nicotine, alcohol and other drug addictions because the regions…
Computer Games Zap Melatonin
Recent research claims that playing video games improves some types of visual functioning. But before rushing to your computer or…
Changing Nitrogen Cycle Bad For Health
Despite greatly increasing food production for humans, the growing use of nitrogen as a nutrient is affecting people’s health far…
Behavior Of Ultra-Cold Substance Explained
Physicists at Ohio State University may have explained some strange behavior of the ultra-cold material known as Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC).…
Thermal Imaging Reveals A Changing Mars
The first overview analysis of a year’s worth of high-resolution infrared data gathered by the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS)…
Tiny Trampoline For Bouncing Electrons Developed
Laptop computers can generate enough heat that, in rare cases, they actually catch fire. While engineers have a great grasp…
Solar System In A Hole
The first detailed map of space within about 1,000 light years of Earth places the solar system in the middle…