Researchers have developed a solution-based technique for fabricating core/shell nanowire solar cells using the semiconductors…
Month: August 2011
A ‘nano,’ environmentally friendly, and low toxicity flame retardant protects fabric
The technology in “fire paint” used to protect steel beams in buildings and other structures…
Not tonight deer: A new birth control vaccine helps reduce urban deer damage
A new birth control vaccine for white-tailed deer — a growing nuisance in urban areas…
A step toward a saliva test for cancer
A new saliva test can measure the amount of potential carcinogens stuck to a person’s…
Resistance to antibiotics is ancient
New research findings show antibiotic resistance is a natural phenomenon that predates the modern clinical…
Study of metabolites reveals health implications from small molecules
Researchers have discovered 37 new genetic variants associated with concentrations of metabolites in the blood:…
The star that should not exist
A team of European astronomers has used the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT)…
Dangerous arrhythmia analyzed in a heartbeat
One second, one heartbeat. That’s what is needed for a new, noninvasive functional imaging technology,…
Bedrock nitrogen may help forests buffer climate change, study finds
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that forest trees have the ability to tap…
Scientists discover blood factors that appear to cause aging in brains of mice
In a study to be published Sept. 1 in Nature, Stanford University School of Medicine…