Materials scientists have demonstrated a solid-oxide fuel cell that converts hydrogen into electricity but can…
Month: June 2012
Easter Island drug raises cognition throughout life span in mice
Rapamycin, a compound first isolated from soil on Easter Island, enhanced learning and memory in…
Curvy mountain belts
Mountain belts on Earth are most commonly formed by collision of one or more tectonic…
Bees shed light on human sweet perception and metabolic disorders
Scientists have discovered that honey bees may teach us about basic connections between taste perception…
Scientists urge new approaches to plant research
If humans are to survive as a species, we must turn more to plants for…
Making the shortest light bursts leads to better understanding of nature
An attosecond is a ridiculously brief sliver of time – a scant billionth of a…
Clothing the body electric: Cotton T-shirt fabric can store electricity, maybe keep your cell phone charged
The fabric in a cotton T-shirt was converted into a material that can store electricity….
New properties of stem cells via simulated microgravity
A recent study set out to illustrate novel mechanical transduction properties of hematopoietic stem cells…
Scientists help create an extra second of summer: Leap second to be added on July 1, 2012
Scientists will be adding a leap second at 00:59 BST on July 1 to its…
Stealthy microscopy method visualizes E. coli sub-cellular structure in 3-D
A sub-cellular world has been opened up for scientists to study E. coli and other…