We use language every day to express our emotions, but can this language actually affect…
Month: August 2012
Nanoparticles reboot blood flow in brain
Nanoparticles show promise in restoring blood flow to the brain when administered soon after a…
Antarctic ice sheet quakes shed light on ice movement and earthquakes
Analysis of small, repeating earthquakes in an Antarctic ice sheet may not only lead to…
New survey of ocean floor finds juvenile scallops are abundant in Mid-Atlantic
Researchers are getting a comprehensive view of the ocean floor using a new instrument, and…
Research on wood formation sheds light on plant biology
Scientists have discovered a phenomenon never seen before in plants while studying molecular changes inside…
Collective motion in schools of fish can evolve as finely tuned defense against attack from predators: Virtual fish simulation
Researchers have designed a video game for predatory fish that has unraveled some lingering evolutionary…
Human melanoma stem cells identified
Cancer stem cells are defined by three abilities: differentiation, self-renewal and their ability to seed…
Webb Telescope’s ‘golden spider’
What looks like a giant golden spider weaving a web of cables and cords, is…
Smooth sailing: Space launch system giving Marshall, Langley wind tunnels a workout
Since well before the inception of NASA, engineers used wind tunnels and scale models to…
More exoplanets discovered: 41 new transiting planets in Kepler field of view
Two newly submitted studies verify 41 new transiting planets in 20 star systems. These results…