Intercontinental Crop Losses Caused by Ozone
Researchers at the University of Leeds, in collaboration with the University of York, published a new study showing the extent of the Northern Hemisphere’s intercontinental…
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation: The Ethics of Brain Boosting
Prominent Oxford neuroscientists are teaming up with ethicists to consider the issues raised by brain-stimulating techniques. They recently spoke on BBC’s Radio 4 morning program…
NDM-1 Super Bacteria Scares Medical Community in India
In Indian hospitals, over 50% of bacterial infections are now resistant to commonly used antibiotics. Surveys have shown that many widespread pathogens in India are…
Self-Healing Polymer Mechanism Rediscovered After 60 Years
There’s been a lot more research into self-healing organic polymers, but it’s only recently that a self-healing mechanism from more than 60 years ago was…
Adanson’s Jumping Spiders Hunt Using Unusual Depth Perception
Thanks to their keen vision, jumping spiders have been able to get the advantage on their prey in the invertebrate world. However, scientists have been…
Lab Experiment to Determine if Antimatter Weighs More than Baryonic Matter
Physicists at the University of California, Riverside, have set forward lab experiments to determine if antimatter behaves differently in gravity than baryonic matter. This could…
Bus-Sized Asteroid Barely Misses Earth
An asteroid about the size of a bus shaved by Earth in what’s been described as a near miss. However, experts weren’t concerned that it…
NASA Reviews Ideas for Greener Aircraft
For the past year, leading aircraft manufacturers, Lockheed Martin, The Boeing Company, and Northrop Grumman, have been trying to meet NASA’s challenge and develop green…
Neuroscientists Discover that Drosophila Orb2 Plays Role in Long-Term Memory
While studying fruit flies, neuroscientists at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research discovered a major clue in how synapses stay strong and keep long-term memories…
Researchers Use IPET to Capture 3-D Image of an Individual Protein
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) produced the first ever 3-D images of an individual protein. Using…
MSU Researchers Show How New Viruses Evolve Through Mutations
Researchers at Michigan State University are studying how viruses evolve and potentially become deadly mutations. For the first time ever, scientists were able show how…
Researchers Study the Link Between Gas Hydrates and Climate Warming
Recent research indicates that gas hydrate deposits should remain stable for a few thousand years and of those that become unstable, very few are likely…
DARPA Seeks Researchers for PERFECT Program
DARPA is looking to further increase processing speed in their intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems and has set up a Proposers’ Day workshop to further…
MIT Researchers Examine New Lunar Dynamo Evidence
New research by MIT scientists on lunar rock suggests that the moon once had a molten, convecting core of liquid metal. They believe this dynamo…
Goddard’s Space Weather Laboratory to Use ‘Ensemble Forecasting’
Just in time for the peak in solar activity, Goddard’s Space Weather Laboratory will be fully functional in the next twenty months and will allow…
New Protein Discovery Could Lead to HIV Crippling Drugs
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are studying the complex interactions between HIV proteins and human proteins. By focusing on the interaction…
Researchers Use Grape Seed Extract to Kill Cancer Cells
Researchers at the University of Colorado Cancer Center are studying the effect of grape seed extract (GSE) on cancer cells found in the head and…
‘Blue Marble’ Image of the Earth Taken from NASA’s Suomi NPP Satellite
NASA’s Earth-observing satellite, Suomi NPP, captured this “Blue Marble” image of Earth on January 24, 2012 using the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite. As you…