Giant volcanic eruptions in Nicaragua over the past 70,000 years could have injected enough gases…
Month: June 2012
Powerful new method to analyze genetic data
Researchers have developed a powerful visual analytical approach to explore genetic data, enabling scientists to…
Voicemail discovered in nature: Insects receive soil messages from the past
Insects can use plants as “green phones” for communication with other bugs. A new study…
Mosquitoes bred to be incapable of transmitting malaria
Mosquitoes bred to be unable to infect people with the malaria parasite are an attractive…
Main causes of unprofessional behavior among hospitalists identified
Unprofessional behavior among hospitalists is rare, but those who do behave poorly share common features,…
Early gut bacteria regulate happiness
Scientists have shown that brain levels of serotonin — the ‘happy hormone’ — are regulated…
A century of learning about the physiological demands of Antarctica
A century after British Naval Captain Robert F. Scott led a team of explorers on…
Research supports key element of football concussion lawsuit
Ongoing research into football players’ brains bolsters one element of a lawsuit by former NFL…
A ‘dirt cheap’ magnetic field sensor from ‘plastic paint’
Physicists have developed an inexpensive, highly accurate magnetic field sensor for scientific and possibly consumer…
Making music with real stars: Kepler Telescope star data creates musical melody
Using star data from the Kepler Space Telescope, researchers have developed sounds that will be…