New findings demonstrate a link between the birth defect gastroschisis and the agricultural chemical atrazine….
Month: February 2010
NASA, GM take giant leap in robotic technology
Engineers and scientists from NASA and GM are working together to build a new humanoid…
Facebook’s Virtual World War II Memorials
Henio Zytomirski’s Facebook profile picture stands out from most. The grinning 6-year-old is captured in…
Early abuse tied to more depression in children
A study of 500 low-income children ages 7 to 13, about half of whom had…
Sunny Record: Breakthrough for Hybrid Solar Cells
Scientists in Germany have succeeded in developing a method for treating the surface of nanoparticles…
Biologists determine microRNA activity is suppressed in mouse ovum
Scientists studying RNA activity, the so-called dark matter of the biological world, may have found…
First discovery of the female sex hormone progesterone in a plant
In a finding that overturns conventional wisdom, scientists are reporting the first discovery of the…
New compound could become important new antidepressant
Chemists have discovered and synthesized a new compound that in laboratory and animal tests appears…
Scientists demonstrate world’s fastest graphene transistor; holds promise for improving performance of transistors
IBM researchers have demonstrated a radio-frequency graphene transistor with the highest cut-off frequency achieved so…
Shuttle to deliver giant window
The shuttle Endeavour is set to lift off from Florida on a mission to carry…