Researchers have determined that the majority of genetic changes associated with more than 400 common…
Month: September 2012
Decoding the Black Death: Anthropologist finds clues in medieval skeletons
Researchers have been studying medieval skeletons at the Museum of London since 2003, each year…
List of Asian species at conservation crossroads released by Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) today released a list of Asian species that are at…
Nanosystems engineering research center on self-powered health monitoring
Four universities will partner on a national nanotechnology research effort to create self-powered devices to…
First stars, galaxies formed more rapidly than expected
Analysis of data from the National Science Foundation’s South Pole Telescope, for the first time,…
Quantum teleportation goes the distance: Record-breaking distance of 143 kilometers through free space
An international research team has achieved quantum teleportation over a record-breaking distance of 143 kilometers…
When do we lie? When we’re short on time and long on reasons
Almost all of us have been tempted to lie at some point, whether about our…
‘Fitness and fatness’: Not all obese people have the same prognosis; second study sheds light on ‘obesity paradox’
People can be obese but metabolically healthy and fit, with no greater risk of developing…
Biofuel waste product recycled for electricity
A by-product of biofuel manufacture can power microbial fuel cells to generate electricity cheaply and…
NASA’s SDO sees massive filament erupt on sun
On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in…