Two NASA California centers have been selected to develop new space-aged technologies that could be…
Month: November 2011
NASA orbiter catches Mars sand dunes in motion
Images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show sand dunes and ripples moving across the surface…
Key molecules for hearing and balance discovered: Can hearing be restored?
Researchers have identified two proteins that may be the key components of the long-sought after…
Financial incentives to reduce risky health behaviors?
Researchers looked at why financial incentives for patients could be a good thing to change…
Does hypertension affect brain capacity?
Can the course of dementias and mild cognitive impairment be influenced by diseases and risk…
Satellite data can help protect bluefin tuna
A new model allows the potential presence of bluefin tuna to be tracked through daily…
Public misperception about scientific agreement on global warming undermines climate policy support
People who believe there is a lot of disagreement among scientists about global warming tend…
Second-generation ethanol processing cost prohibitive
Costs for second-generation ethanol processing, which will ease the stress on corn and sugarcane, are…
Lightning sprites are out-of-this-world: ‘Sprites’ predicted in atmospheres of Jupiter, Saturn and Venus
Lightning storms on planets like Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars may also produce “sprites,” bursts of…
A new model for understanding biodiversity
Biology researchers have developed a unified, spatially based understanding of biodiversity that takes into account…