- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Phys.org: Other Sciences NewsGenetic testing of Iñupiat people currently living in Alaska's North Slope is helping Northwestern University scientists fill in the blanks on questions about the migration patterns and ancestral pool of the people who populated the Nort...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from LiveScience.comBatteries power everything from your smartphone to your car, but do you know how they work?
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsThe brain function of people addicted to cocaine is different from that of people who are not addicted and often linked to highly impulsive behavior, according to a new scientific study.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsAfter an update search, IQWiG was able to include further studies in the assessment. The evidence base remained insufficient, however. Results of large studies remain unpublished.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsLogic would dictate that consumers receiving new market information would jump at the chance to adjust their investments accordingly. In practice, however, many people associate change with loss of control. They crave the idea of permane...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsArthritis Research UK-funded scientists at The University of Manchester have identified a new way in which genotyping can be used to predict disease outcomes among sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from LiveScience.comGuinea pigs are a domesticated species of rodent that are popular as pets — and food. These animals no longer exist in the wild.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from SPACE.comThe U.S. Air Force has spotted 44 pieces of space debris near an ailing Russian Progress 59 cargo ship that malfunctioned after launching into space on Tuesday (April 28). See what the space junk sighting may mean for space station astro...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsMesenchymal stem cells have been transplanted to successfully treat several diseases and conditions. MSCs, which have the ability to self-renew and differentiate into specialized cell types, can be isolated from a variety of sources and ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsWhen trying to identify 'good' customers, managers often ignore those who return products, or might even consider those customers non-ideal, decreasing the resources devoted to them. In the long term, however, satisfactory product return...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Psych Central News
New psychological research suggests that when people starting to plan for retirement or other big goals, they should pull out a calculator and multiply the years ahead by 365. Researchers […] - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsThe adage 'out of sight, out of mind' applies to utility consumption, according to new research from Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy. A study of 16 years of billing records from one South Carolina electric utility found...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsDanish researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Herlev Hospital have made a discovery that may change the principles for treating certain types of cancer.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsAsian carp. Burmese python. Hemlock woolly adelgid. These are just some of the most destructive pests and the world's worst invasive species that raise the hackles of fisherman, farmers, and wildlife managers everywhere they invade. But ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsGroundbreaking images of the Sun captured by scientists at NJIT's Big Bear Solar Observatory give a first-ever detailed view of the interior structure of umbrae -- the dark patches in the center of sunspots -- revealing dynamic magnetic ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsMarketers often use positive emotions such as hope, pride, love, and compassion interchangeably to encourage people to donate to charitable causes. But these distinct emotions can lead to different results, and love alone has the power t...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from LiveScience.comThe city's grid system has never been seen in the Maya world before and was likely designed by a very powerful ruler thousands of years ago, the researchers said.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsAs businesses move into international markets, they often do so with a 'one size fits all' customer satisfaction strategy. But factors as basic as how consumers prioritize pricing and quality can differ sharply across cultures and econom...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsResearchers at the University of Louisville have detailed a critical connection associated with a major environmental cause of silicosis and a form of lung cancer. Their study is reported in today's Nature Communications.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsGeoscientists of Jena University analyze soil contamination through melt waters at airports: In the science magazine 'Environmental Science and Pollution Research' the scientists wrote that de-icing agents like propylene glycol and potas...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from SPACE.comThe1.6m New Solar Telescope at the ground-based Big Bear Solar Observatory has captured unprecedented images of a twisting solar magnetic structure as it touches off ribbons of flares.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Phys.org: Feature story(Phys.org)—Science is a discipline that often seeks order and patterns in the world around us, but randomness also has its uses. Random numbers are a vital tool for areas such as cryptography, computer simulations, and statistical analys...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsThe global industrial sector accounts for more than half of the total energy used every year. Now scientists are inventing a new artificial photosynthetic system that could one day reduce industry's dependence on fossil fuel-derived ener...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsThe Special Issue, 'Prevention of gynaecological cancers: in memory of Mario Sideri,' consists of nine articles centered around Dr Sideri's favored research topic. Dr Sideri was one of the first doctors in the world to identify the conne...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from SPACE.comThe 'Space Spider' handheld 3D scanner can work in microgravity and features an advanced cooling system that prevents overheating — a common issue for electronics in space, said representatives of the company that developed the machine.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsA new study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has identified demographic, socioeconomic and cultural factors that contribute to a major gender disparity among US men and women undergoing weight ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from ScienceChuck Bednar for redOrbit.com - @BednarChuck Therapods, a group of dinosaurs that include the likes of Tyrannosaurs and Velociraptors, are typically viewed as ferocious predators, but a team of researchers has reportedly discovered the v...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsComputer science researchers have turned to unlikely sources -- including Enron -- for assembling huge collections of spreadsheets that can be used to study how people use this software. The goal is for the data to facilitate research to...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from LiveScience.comA British warplane that was shot down in 1940 during World War II and was later meticulously restored to flying condition is slated to hit the auction block this summer.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from RedOrbit News - SpaceChuck Bednar for redOrbit.com - @BednarChuck Hot on the heels of last week’s peak viewing conditions for the Lyrid meteor shower comes the Eta Aquarids, which will become visible this week before peaking on Tuesday, May 6. The Eta Aquari...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsResearchers discover the role of a major cytokine in multiple sclerosis that could be a target for new therapy against the disease.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsIn the advent of big data, the requirement for bioinformatics training as an integral part in life science research is becoming increasingly apparent. For the first time, an international consortium of bioinformatics educators and traine...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsTorrential rains and blazing heat have been mentioned even in the oldest manuscripts and have always been part of the climate. A substantial proportion of extreme high-temperature and heavy rainfall events, however, can be attributed to ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsResearchers from Japan have developed a new high-speed camera that can record events at a rate of more than 1-trillion-frames-per-second. That speed is more than one thousand times faster than conventional high-speed cameras.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsNearly half of foodborne illnesses in the US have been attributed to contaminated fresh produce. Prevention and control of bacterial contamination on fresh produce is critical to ensure food safety. The current strategy remains industria...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsIn 2003, the results of the National Emphysema Treatment Trial demonstrated that lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) could improve lung function in patients with emphysema, and that the procedure led to improved survival. Yet, adoption ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Psych Central News
New research suggests a child has more long-term mental health issues after being bullied by a peer than if they were maltreated by an adult. While there is already an […] - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsBeing bigger and bolder holds various benefits for male soldier beetles. They enjoy higher rates of successful courtship and more often land a larger, more fertile mate. These are some of the findings of a study led by Denson McLain of t...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsScientists from Nepal, Switzerland and Germany were able to show how erosion processes caused by the monsoon are mirrored in the sediment load of a river crossing the Himalayas.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsRice University biophysicists are working toward an energy-landscape theory for chromosomes. The theory could help scientists understand the genomic roots of gene regulation, DNA replication and cell differentiation.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsA high-dose treatment of sodium nitrite, 6 percent, with citric acid, 9 percent, creams applied twice daily was more effective than placebo for treating the common sexually transmitted disease of anogenital warts, according to an article...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsToday the national science academies of the G7 countries handed three statements to their respective heads of government for discussion during the G7 summit at Schloss Elmau in early June 2015. The papers on antibiotic resistance, neglec...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsDB Krupp and Peter Taylor offer twist on evolutionary theory which could help explain racism and other forms of prejudice.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsEpilepsy, a disorder characterized by abnormal neuronal activity in certain regions of the brain, leads to organizational changes that can alter brain efficiency at the level of the whole brain. This occurs across functional networks tha...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from SPACE.comTwo amateur astronomers launched a model "Star Wars" X-wing vehicle into near space — over 20 miles above the Earths' surface — and captured the flight on video.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsWhen consumers taste cheap wine and rate it highly because they believe it is expensive, is it because prejudice has blinded them to the actual taste, or has prejudice actually changed their brain function, causing them to experience the...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from RedOrbit News - SpaceChuck Bednar for redOrbit.com - @BednarChuck Non-stick wing coatings designed by NASA to minimize the residue left behind from bugs and to reduce an aircraft’s fuel consumption were put to the test on Monday, as a Boeing jet outfitted wi...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsResearchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that blocking or removing immune-suppressing cells allows a special type of chemotherapy -- and the immune cells it activates -- to destroy prostate tumors....
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news storiesClimate change may be responsible for the abrupt collapse of civilization on the fringes of the Tibetan Plateau around 2000 B.C.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Phys.org: Other Sciences NewsTime for another history lesson. Only about a quarter of eighth graders showed solid performance or better in U.S. history, civics and geography on tests known as the Nation's Report Card.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from U.S. News - ScienceMOSCOW (AP) — Russia's space agency has postponed the docking of a cargo ship with the International Space Station because of problems with the unmanned spacecraft.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from NSF NewsUsing a novel, helicopter-borne sensor to penetrate the surface of large swathes of terrain, a team of researchers supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) has gathered compelling evidence that beneath Antarctica's ice-free McM...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Physics NewsTo directly observe chemical processes in unusual, new materials is a scientific dream, made possible by modern microscopy methods: researchers at Kiel University have, for the first time, captured ...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceDallas Mildenhall is one of the world's few forensic pollen experts. He recently identified a rare, mutated pollen grain that helped police crack a murder case in his native New Zealand.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Reuters: Science NewsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed fossils of a strange dinosaur in southern Chile that boasts such an unusual combination of traits that they are comparing it to a platypus, that oddball egg-laying, duckbilled mammal from ...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from NYT > ScienceAn effort by the pope to further the issue of climate change and environmental stewardship is already angering some thinkers on the American right.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Evolution News & ViewsHere's an update on science news about the workings of living cells.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Reuters: Science NewsMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia was forced to postpone the docking of an unmanned cargo ship with the International Space Station on Tuesday because of a problem receiving data from the supply craft.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Physics News
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from NSF NewsThe following is part 16 in a series on the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Environmental Research and Education (ERE) programs. Parts one , two , three , four , ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=134889...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Reuters: Science NewsPITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES - Hanbyul Joo is working on his swing. But he's not at a baseball park, instead he's in a massive geodesic dome in the basement of a building at Carnegie Mellon University. As Joo swings, more than...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Physics NewsUnlike scaffold-based methods to engineer human tissues for regenerative medicine applications, an innovative synthetic material with the ability to self-assemble into nanostructures to support ...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from NYT > ScienceThe death toll from Nepal’s major earthquake will keep rising, but in Katmandu losses are clearly lower than some predictions.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NYT > ScienceStarting Monday, nothing prepared by Chipotle, which has more than 1,800 restaurants, will contain any genetically modified ingredients.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentArtificial lighting in harbours is luring in sea creatures that cause damage to ships, a study suggests.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceThe earthquake that struck Nepal over the weekend was hardly a surprise. Geologists have known for decades that tectonic plates underneath Nepal were capable of creating a devastating earthquake.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Reuters: Science NewsMOSCOW (Reuters) - An unmanned cargo ship will not be able to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) because of problems after it launched, the head of the Russian space agency said on Wednesday.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from NYT > ScienceHenry Rayhons last week was acquitted of charges that he sexually abused his wife, who has Alzheimer’s, prompting a national discussion about consent between partners.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Physics NewsTransportation accidents, such as trucks crashing on a highway or rockets failing on a launch pad, can create catastrophic fires. It's important to understand how burning droplets of fuel are ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Evolution News & Views
Without this "homochirality," proteins would never fold properly into functional structures, thus posing another chicken-and-egg problem for origin-of-life research. - Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentThe state of New York is to turn off non-essential lights in state-run buildings to help migrating birds navigate routes in spring and autumn.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Inside ScienceResearch decodes genetics behind flower's wide-ranging beauty.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from NYT > ScienceThe Messenger spacecraft, in orbit around the planet the past four years, is expected to smash into its surface on Thursday, according to plan.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from NYT > ScienceA United States Geological Survey report identifies 17 regions with significant levels of “induced seismicity,” mostly from oil and gas drilling. The two worst hit areas are centered in Oklahoma.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from NYT > ScienceReaders react to Science articles in The New York Times..
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NYT > ScienceAnother insect that shows that the mechanics of its limbs is more important than messages from the brain when it comes to quick movement.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentThe permanent headquarters of the Square Kilometre Array - the world's biggest radio telescope - will be based in Britain.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentA Russian spacecraft delivering supplies to the International Space Station is out of control and will fall back to Earth, unnamed officials say.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from U.S. News - ScienceWASHINGTON (AP) — If you find yourself sweating out a day that is monstrously hot, chances are you can blame humanity. A new report links three out of four such days to man's effects on climate.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from NYT > ScienceIt’s estimated that about three million Americans have celiac disease. And even though a gluten-free diet can help alleviate symptoms, it’s not a cure-all.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Physics NewsIn 2013 James Hone, Wang Fong-Jen Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia Engineering, and colleagues at Columbia demonstrated that they could dramatically improve the performance of ...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from International Business TimesOrganizers of a rally against same-sex marriage held in Washington Saturday said they believe several thousand people attended their demonstration, but law enforcement officials would not confirm that number. The National Organization fo...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Reuters: Science NewsNEW YORK (Reuters) - Warning of an "innovation deficit," scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say declining government spending on basic research is holding back potentially life-saving advances in 15 fields, from robo...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from International Business TimesCHICAGO -- Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner Saturday accused lawmakers who accept campaign contributions from public employee unions of engaging in a “conflict of interest,” railing against the influence of organized labor in determining state...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Anthropology-News
During my fieldwork in Guatemala, I toured Tikal. Group tours of archaeological sites like this are famous for dwelling on the glories of past communities at the height of their greatness while glossing over present material and politica... - Monday, April 27, 2015 from Physics NewsDescribing the universe requires fewer dimensions than we might think. New calculations show that this may not just be a mathematical trick, but a fundamental feature of space itself.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentThe Nepal earthquake and its aftershocks have probably triggered many landslides, scientists warn.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentLand-speed record-holder Andy Green sees the installation of the seat he will use in the 1,000mph Bloodhound Super Sonic Car.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Evolution News & Views
We can't have expensive old people hanging around using up resources (that their enterprise and hard work helped generate!). - Monday, April 27, 2015 from NYT > ScienceThe find seemed to settle a debate over whether the tools and ornaments found at archaeological sites belonged to modern humans or Neanderthals.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Evolution News & Views
Conservation of information shows that either design or the original configuration of the universe must account for the complexity of life. - Saturday, April 25, 2015 from International Business TimesMajor League Baseball sent down swift punishment to the Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox after the two squads squared off in a seventh-inning brawl Thursday night in Chicago at U.S. Cellular Field. The league announced Saturday t...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Evolution News & Views
Casey Luskin discusses differences between vertebrate embryos and how they contradict the predictions of common ancestry. - Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from U.S. News - ScienceANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An ocean advocacy group and a university law clinic are petitioning the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an investigation of Royal Dutch Shell PLC and what the group call misstatements in regulatory fi...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Reuters: Science NewsLausanne, SWITZERLAND - Neuroscientists have succeeded in creating 'ghosts' in the laboratory by tricking the brains of test subjects into feeling an unexpected 'presence' in the room.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentFirefighters battle blaze in woods near Ukraine's disused Chernobyl nuclear plant, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in history.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentEurope's Sentinel-1a satellite gets its first good look at the aftermath of Saturday's big quake in Nepal.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Evolution News & Views
Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker recently told CNN, "We don't throw virgins into volcanoes any more." No? Why not? - Monday, April 27, 2015 from Physics NewsBuilding on their creation of the first-ever mechanical device that can measure the mass of individual molecules, one at a time, a team of Caltech scientists and their colleagues have created ...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentScientists' camera traps offer a snapshot into the secret lives of wildlife inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
