Fish are not as dumb as people sometimes think. Marine scientists have found that fish…
Month: March 2011
Fault-finding coral reefs can predict the site of coming earthquakes
Scientists are surveying “mass wasting,” a unique geological phenomenon of the Red Sea, to identify…
Native Americans modified American landscape years prior to arrival of Europeans
A new study shows that Native Americans’ land use nearly a century ago produced a…
Channeling powerful Kansas wind to keep electricity running
Engineers are researching ways to use Kansas wind and other distributed energy sources to avoid…
Engineers make breakthrough in ultra-sensitive sensor technology
Researchers have invented an extremely sensitive sensor that opens up new ways to detect a…
Seeing in stereo: Engineers invent lens for 3-D microscope
Engineers have invented a lens that enables microscopic objects to be seen from nine different…
Ancient human trash heaps gave rise to Everglades tree islands, research suggests
Garbage mounds left by prehistoric humans might have driven the formation of many of the…
A dose of safflower oil each day might help keep heart disease at bay
A daily dose of safflower oil, a common cooking oil, for 16 weeks can improve…
Vaccine to cure asthma brought on by house dust mite allergies?
Researchers are working on a vaccine that could completely cure asthma brought on by house…
Combination ACE inhibitor therapy increases risk of kidney failure and death, study finds
Elderly patients prescribed combination angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers had a higher…