Mid-Life Weight Gain Linked to Decline in Lung Capacity
Weight loss associated with slowing of this decline in lung capacity. Mid-life weight gain is linked to an acceleration in the natural decline in lung…
Electrolyte Supplements Can’t Be Relied on by Endurance Athletes – “False Paradigm”
Electrolyte supplements popular with endurance runners can’t be relied on to keep essential sodium levels in balance, according to researchers at the Stanford University School…
People With Parkinson’s Experienced Significant Improvements From Playing Ping-Pong
Ping-pong may hold promise as a possible form of physical therapy for Parkinson’s disease. People with Parkinson’s who participated in a ping-pong exercise program once…
Next Era of Computing: What if We Could Teach Photons to Behave Like Electrons?
The next era of computing will depend on controlling light the way we now control electricity, and Stanford scientists have developed a trick that could…
Cosmic Bursts of Radio Static From Solar Storms Could Scramble Whales’ Navigational Sense
Gray whales 4.3 times more likely to strand during a cosmic burst of radio static. When our sun belches out a hot stream of charged…
How Old Is a Fingerprint Found at a Crime Scene? Chemists Developed a Way to Measure
Fingerprints are telling us more and more about the people that left them behind. Sure, we all know the unique whorls, loops, and arches in…
New Battery Can Self-Charge Without Losing Energy
Researchers use a ferroelectric glass electrolyte within an electrochemical cell to create simple self-charging batteries. A new type of battery combines negative capacitance and negative…
Evidence Indicates Mars Was Struck by Small Protoplanets Early in Its History
Simulations of early impacts produce a mixed Mars mantle and hint at longer timescale for the planet’s formation. The early solar system was a chaotic…
Microscopic Refinement Yields Ultra-Strong Metal
You can’t see them, but most of the metals around you—coins, silverware, even the steel beams holding up buildings and overpasses—are made up of tiny…
110-Million-Year-Old Treasure Found by Scientists – “Something That Was Thought to Be Impossible”
A remarkable new treasure has been found by scientists from the University of Portsmouth — the first fossil plant gum on record. The beautiful, amber-like…
Cutting-Edge W7-X Nuclear Fusion Device Overcomes Obstacles
A key hurdle facing fusion devices called stellarators — twisty facilities that seek to harness on Earth the fusion reactions that power the sun and…
Mars InSight Lander Yields a Year of Surprising Discoveries Above and Below the Surface of the Red Planet
A batch of new papers summarizes the lander’s findings. A new understanding of Mars is beginning to emerge, thanks to the first year of NASA’s…
Dead in Unmarked Graves Identified by Combining Genetics With Genealogy
In Quebec, gravestones did not come into common use until the second half of the 19th century, so historical cemeteries contain many unmarked graves. Inspired…
‘Eco’ Super-Glue Made From Plant-Based Particles and Water – Single Drop Can Hold 200 Pounds
In a study published in Advanced Materials, researchers at Aalto University, the University of Tokyo, Sichuan University, and the University of British Columbia have demonstrated…
3D Bioprinted Skeletal Muscles Integrated With Neural Cells to Accelerate Functional Regeneration
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists have improved upon the 3D bioprinting technique they developed to engineer skeletal muscle as a potential therapy…
Autonomous Vehicles Fooled by Phantom Images Projected From Drone [Video]
Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s (BGU) Cyber Security Research Center have found that they can cause the autopilot on an autonomous vehicle to…
Researchers Seed Clouds to Produce Snowfall – Radar Used to Accurately Measure Results
For the first time, researchers have used radar and other tools to accurately measure the volume of snow produced through cloud seeding. Led by University…
Short, Mysterious Magnetic Pulsations Detected at Martian Surface Around Midnight
InSight finds magnetic field at Martian surface ten times stronger than expected. Fluctuations in field provide clues about upper atmosphere. New data gleaned from the…