The distribution of wolverines in the wild relates to the species’ ability to store and…
Month: July 2012
Nose landing gear tested for Dream Chaser spacecraft
NASA partner Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has completed a successful test of the nose landing…
Male sex ornaments are fishing lures, literally
Talk about a bait-and-switch. Male representatives of the tropical fish known as swordtail characins have…
Highly conductive and elastic conductors created using silver nanowires
Researchers have developed highly conductive and elastic conductors made from silver nanoscale wires. These elastic…
Stimulant marketed as ‘natural’ in sports supplement actually of synthetic origin, study suggests
A new study found that DMAA, a stimulant often found in many nutritional and sports…
Disentangling information from photons
Theoretical physicists have found a new method of reliably assessing the information contained in photon…
Does becoming a doctor pay off for women?
Women who go to medical school just for the financial rewards of being a doctor…
Tamarisk biocontrol efforts get evolutionary boost
Scientists trying to control the invasive tamarisk plant have been getting a boost from evolution,…
Plasmonic chains act like polymers
New research that seeks to establish points of reference between plasmonic particles and polymers might…
Finished heart switches stem cells off
Transcription factor Ajuba regulates stem cell activity in the heart during embryonic development. It is…