Engineering scientists have reached above the clouds in a first-of-its-kind experiment to develop new technologies…
Month: March 2011
Educational development stunted by teenage fatherhood
Public interest in the issue of teenage childbearing has recently increased, largely due to increases…
Proboscis monkeys regurgitating their food, like cows
A previously unknown behavior pattern is only observed in a large animal very rarely –…
One in three women suffer post-sex blues
Post-sex blues is not a sexual behavior commonly discussed, but a new study of more…
Physicists rotate beams of light
Controlling the rotation of light – this amazing feat was accomplished by means of a…
Prevention is better than cure for zoonotic diseases
The risk of contracting zoonotic diseases that pass from animals to humans appears to be…
Battling butterflies: Motivation determines the winner
In many butterfly species the males can be seen fighting intensively for territory. What determines…
New method to localize the epileptic focus in severe epilepsy
Medical researchers have started to utilize stereo-EEG method for localizing the epileptic focus in severe…
Singing lowers patient’s blood pressure prior to surgery, case study reports
Doctors report that singing reduced the blood pressure of a 76-year-old woman who had experienced…
Mucus: Fighting the war against pollutants
Researchers have found that mucus, which was thought to protect our bodies against harmful pollutants,…