Month: April 2012

Scientists have overcome a major hurdle facing quantum computing: How to protect quantum information from…

Major life decisions such as marriage, divorce, abortion, having a child and attending university may…

A survey done on the loss in the Northern Hemisphere of large predators, particularly wolves,…

The importation of plants from around the world has become a major industry in the…

One day in the fall of 2011, a solar scientist did what he always does…

Plants can use the sense of touch to fight off fungal infections and insects, new…

Black flies drink blood and spread disease such as river blindness — creating misery with…

In the ecosystems of islands with high mountains, endemic animal and vegetation species are twice…

Scientists have developed a technology that enables engineers to observe processes occurring in liquid media…

Using light-harvesting nanoparticles to convert laser energy into “plasmonic nanobubbles,” researchers have developed methods for…