Earth’s oceans, forests and other ecosystems continue to soak up about half the carbon dioxide…
Month: August 2012
HIV-infected T cells help transport the virus throughout the body
A new study has discovered one more way the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) exploits the…
Promising step forward toward muscular dystrophy treatment: Symptoms reversed in mice
Scientists have reversed symptoms of myotonic muscular dystrophy in mice by eliminating a buildup of…
Electromagnetic ‘swamps’ don’t always bog electrons down
Scientists have designed a simple system to study how electrons travel through energy barriers instead…
Roots and microbes: Bringing a complex underground ecology into the lab
Beneath the surface of the earth, an influential community of microbes mingles with plant roots….
Tropical climate in the Antarctic: Palm trees once thrived on today’s icy coasts 52 million years ago
Given the predicted rise in global temperatures in the coming decades, climate scientists are particularly…
Dramatic miniaturization of metamaterials? Reluctant electrons enable ‘extraordinarily strong’ negative refraction
A new technique using kinetic inductance shows promise for dramatic miniaturization of metamaterials.
Lower hybrid drift waves in Earth’s magnetosphere investigated
Scientists have detected and characterized lower hybrid drift waves, a special kind of plasma waves…
Theoretical physicists probe the Majorana mystery
Physicists close in on a subatomic particle that could enable the next generation of supercomputers…
Americans gaining more weight than they say
Despite the increasing awareness of the problem of obesity in the United States, most Americans…