Chemists have developed a method to design and test new catalysts, which are substances that…
Month: September 2011
Epic volcanic activity flooded Mercury’s north polar region
Planetary scientists have discovered vast, smooth plains around Mercury’s north pole that were created by…
If you’re happy and you know it: Researchers trail Twitter to track world’s mood swings
Using Twitter to monitor the attitudes of 2.4 million people in 84 countries, researchers found…
Updated guideline to promote better management of peripheral artery disease
Peripheral artery disease, or “PAD,” is a common and dangerous condition that affects tens of…
Scientists and engineers create the ‘perfect plastic’
Researchers have solved a long-standing problem that could revolutionize the way new plastics are developed.
Oral steroids linked to severe vitamin D deficiency in nationwide US study
People taking oral steroids are twice as likely as the general population to have severe…
When chefs move the fruit
Schools can increase fruit sales by as much as 104 percent by just putting it…
Roads pave the way for the spread of superbugs
Antibiotic resistant E. coli was much more prevalent in villages situated along roads than in…
Scientists release most accurate simulation of the universe to date
The Bolshoi supercomputer simulation, the most accurate and detailed large cosmological simulation run to date,…
NASA space telescope finds fewer asteroids near Earth
New observations by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, show there are significantly fewer…