Flexible, lightweight and inexpensive dyes could be used to harvest the power of the sun…
Month: May 2012
Maternal antibodies to gluten linked to schizophrenia risk in children
Babies born to women with sensitivity to gluten appear to be at increased risk for…
More than one in five pregnant white women smoke cigarettes
A new report shows that 21.8 percent of pregnant white women aged 15 to 44…
Reducing brain activity improves memory after cognitive decline
Research suggests a new approach to improving memory and interrupting disease progression in patients with…
Five-limbed brittle stars move bilaterally, like people
Brittle stars and people have something in common: They move in fundamentally similar ways. Though…
Free-floating planets in the milky way outnumber stars by factors of thousands: Life-bearing planets may exist in vast numbers
Researchers say life-bearing planets may exist in vast numbers in the space between stars in…
New molecules and star formation in the Milky Way
New research shows the first detections of new interstellar molecules and important spectral lines in…
Chimpanzee uses innovative foresighted methods to fool humans
Chimpanzee Santino achieved international fame in 2009 for his habit of gathering stones and manufacturing…
What do marine snails and insulin have in common? New approach to treat diabetes?
The cone snails are predators of the sea. They capture fish by injecting a venom…
Dwarf galaxy with a bright nebula
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made detailed observations of the dwarf galaxy NGC 2366….