Wandering albatrosses have altered their foraging due to changes in wind fields in the southern…
Month: January 2012
Deaf sign language users pick up faster on body language
Deaf people who use sign language are quicker at recognizing and interpreting body language than…
How the brain routes traffic for maximum alertness
A new study shows how the brain reconfigures its connections to minimize distractions and take…
New insights into an ancient mechanism of mammalian evolution
A team of geneticists and computational biologists have reveal how an ancient mechanism is involved…
Magnetic actuation enables nanoscale thermal analysis
In recent years an atomic force microscope-based technique called nanoscale thermal analysis has been employed…
New ‘smart’ nanotherapeutics can deliver drugs directly to the pancreas
Scientists have developed “smart” nanotherapeutics that can be programmed to selectively deliver drugs to the…
Optical nanoantennas enable efficient multipurpose particle manipulation
Researchers have shown that by tuning the properties of laser light illuminating arrays of metal…
Discrimination may harm your health
Racial discrimination may be harmful to your health, according to new research. In the study,…
Scarcity of women leads men to spend more, save less
The perception that women are scarce leads men to become impulsive, save less, and increase…
Blame your taste buds for liking fat: Receptor for tasting fat identified in humans
Why do we like fatty foods so much? We can blame our taste buds. In…