As gardeners get busy filling tubs and borders with colorful bedding plants, scientists have discovered…
Month: May 2012
New effective treatment for tinnitus?
Scientists have demonstrated the effectiveness of a new tinnitus treatment. Tinnitus is the perception of…
Edible stop signs? A few red chips in the stack cut snacking in half
Once you pop the top of a tube of potato chips, it can be hard…
New stem cell technique promises abundance of key heart cells
Cardiomyocytes, the workhorse cells that make up the beating heart, can now be made cheaply…
Engineered microvessels provide a 3-D test bed for human diseases
Bioengineers have developed the first structure to grow small human blood vessels, creating a 3-D…
Groundwater depletion in semiarid regions of Texas and California threatens US food security
The US’s food supply may be vulnerable to rapid groundwater depletion from irrigated agriculture, according…
Method for building artificial tissue devised
Physicists have developed a method that models biological cell-to-cell adhesion that could also have industrial…
People smile when they are frustrated, and the computer knows the difference
Do you smile when you’re frustrated? Most people think they don’t — but they actually…
The Transit of Venus: June 5-6, 2012
Many astronomers and members of the public in Britain will be getting up early on…
Orion clean room subs filters, fans for ceiling
Turns out a clean room doesn’t necessarily need a roof, NASA is finding out as…