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Month: March 2012
Shedding Light on Social Engineering Schemes
Whenever something big happens – a celebrity death, a holiday, or even a highly anticipated…
What makes a robot fish attractive? Robot fish moves to the head of the school
Probing the largely unexplored question of what characteristics make a leader among schooling fish, researchers…
How anesthetic isoflurane induces Alzheimer’s-like changes in mammalian brains
The association of the inhaled anesthetic isoflurane with Alzheimer’s-disease-like changes in mammalian brains may by…
Nutrient found in dark meat of poultry, some seafood, may have cardiovascular benefits
A nutrient found in the dark meat of poultry may provide protection against coronary heart…
In space and on Earth, why build it, when a robot can build it for you?
Like something straight out of “Star Wars,” armies of robots could nimbly be crawling up…
How does nearsightedness develop in children?
Myopia (nearsightedness) develops in children when the lens stops compensating for continued growth of the…
Carbon dioxide catchers: New tools for identifying effective carbon capture technologies
Using techniques from drug discovery, and state-of-the-art advances in mathematics, computational algorithms and supercomputing, researchers…
Study of wildfire trends in Northwestern California shows no increase in severity over time
Even though wildfires have increased in size over time, they haven’t necessarily grown in severity…
Groundbreaking discovery on stem cell regulation
Scientists have for the first time, identified that precise regulation of polyamine levels is critical…