Where a child lives can greatly affect his or her risk for asthma. Neighborhood differences…
Month: March 2012
Ion Beam Laboratory looks at advanced materials for reactors
Scientists are studying how to rapidly evaluate the tougher advanced materials needed to build the…
Living human gut-on-a-chip: Tiny device simulates structure, microenvironment, and mechanical behavior of human intestine
Researchers have created a gut-on-a-chip microdevice lined by living human cells that mimics the structure,…
Microfluidic chip developed to stem flu outbreaks
Researchers have developed a rapid, low-cost, accurate, point-of-care device that matches the accuracy of expensive…
New catalyst promises cheaper, greener drugs
A chemistry team has discovered environmentally-friendly iron-based nanoparticle catalysts that work as well as the…
New way to abate heart attacks before patients get to the hospital
Paramedics can reduce someone’s chances of having a cardiac arrest or dying by 50 percent…
Engineers set their sights on asteroid deflection
Engineers are developing an innovative technique based on lasers that could radically change asteroid deflection…
Chemical microgradients accelerate coral death at the Great Barrier Reef
Researchers have examined corals from the Great Barrier Reef affected by the Black Band Disease…
A planetary system from the early Universe
Astronomers have discovered an ancient planetary system that is likely to be a survivor from…
Follow the Money Trail [INFOGRAPHIC]
Last month, we published an infographic Know Your Enemies, which illustrated the different cybercrooks users…