Scientists are reporting an advance toward treating disease with minute capsules containing not drugs —…
Month: June 2012
Kids who cook are hungrier for healthy food choices
Children who help cook at home are more likely to enjoy fruits and veggies than…
First 3-D nanoscale optical cavities from metamaterials: Hold promise for nanolasers, LEDs, optical sensors
Researchers have created the world’s smallest three-dimensional optical cavities with the potential to generate the…
Role of urban greenery in CO2 exchange demonstrated
In what might be the first study to report continuous measurements of net CO2 exchange…
Evidence of oceanic ‘green rust’ offers hope for the future
“Green rust” played a key role in making the Earth habitable and may now have…
Women with a fear of childbirth endure a longer labor, finds new research
Women who have a fear of childbirth spend longer in labor than women who have…
Significant cardiovascular risk with low carbohydrate-high protein diets, experts warn
Women who regularly eat a low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet are at greater risk of cardiovascular disease…
Self-healing dynamic membrane
The market for membranes, porous materials used mainly to filter liquids, is booming. However, their…
Positive at last: A pure phosphorus cation
Ever since Hennig Brand’s discovery in 1669, elementary phosphorus has fascinated chemists around the world….
Plasma fingers point to the taming of the edge localized modes
New images from the MAST device at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy could find a…