Sons of fathers with high incomes tend to end up with higher than average incomes…
Month: June 2012
Preventing or better managing diabetes may prevent cognitive decline
Preventing diabetes or delaying its onset has been thought to stave off cognitive decline —…
Proximity of new planets stuns even astronomers
One is a rocky planet 1.5 times the size of Earth. The other is a…
Arctic climate more vulnerable than thought, maybe linked to Antarctic ice-sheet behavior
First analyses of the longest sediment core ever collected on land in the Arctic provide…
Immune system molecule weaves cobweb-like nanonets to snag Salmonella, other intestinal microbes
Scientists have found that human alpha-defensin 6 (HD6) — a key component of the body’s…
Researchers tune the strain in graphene drumheads to create quantum dots
Researchers have shown that they can tune the strain in graphene suspended like drumheads over…
Study of phase change materials could lead to better computer memory
Memory devices for computers require a large collection of components that can switch between two…
Top predators key to extinctions as planet warms
Global warming may cause more extinctions than predicted if scientists fail to account for interactions…
Avian flu viruses which are transmissible between humans could evolve in nature
It might be possible for human-to-human airborne transmissible avian H5N1 influenza viruses to evolve in…
New cause of spinal muscular atrophy described
Scientists have discovered that a commonly held assumption is wrong and that a separate role…