A new study shows that arthropods living in coastal salt marshes affected by BP oil…
Month: March 2012
Scientists detect seismic signals from tornado
A geophysical experiment detected unusual seismic signals associated with tornadoes that recently struck regions across…
Proposed nuclear clock may keep time with the universe
A proposed new time-keeping system tied to the orbiting of a neutron around an atomic…
Large solar flares generate geomagnetic storm
A pair of unusually large solar flares early March 7, 2012 generated a Coronal Mass…
Aging, overweight people stay happy says new study
Growing older and being overweight are not necessarily associated with a decrease in mental well-being,…
Wallflower or daredevil: Personality of male primates changes throughout life
One individual is wild and audacious, the other one shy and cautious. It is widely…
Missing: Electron antineutrinos; Reward: Understanding of matter-antimatter imbalance
The first results toward answering a longstanding question — how the elusive particles called neutrinos…
Daya Bay: Discovery of new kind of neutrino transformation
The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment collaboration has announced a precise measurement of the last…
Men respond more aggressively than women to stress and it’s all down to a single gene
The pulse quickens, the heart pounds and adrenalin courses through the veins, but in stressful…
Happiness: it’s not in the jeans
You may throw on an outfit without much thought in the morning, but your choice…