Research shows that small forage fish like anchovies can transport carbon into the deep sea…
Month: October 2012
Applying information theory to linguistics
Researchers believe that information theory — the discipline that gave us digital communication — can…
More about spatial memory problems associated with Alzheimer’s revealed
Researchers have created a mouse model that reproduces some of the chemical changes in the…
Photonic gels are colorful sensors: Thin-film polymer metamaterial with potential for many uses created
Tunable photonic gels show promise for sensors, security devices, computer components and display systems.
Criteria used to diagnose sports head injuries found to be inconsistent
A study of sports programs at three major universities finds that the way the injury…
RNA-based therapy brings new hope for an incurable blood cancer
A new class of drugs that interfere with the aggressive over-production of a protein related…
Squeezing ovarian cancer cells to predict metastatic potential: Cell stiffness as possible biomarker
New research shows that cell stiffness could be a valuable clue for doctors as they…
Best of both catalytic worlds: New technique for heterogenizing homogenous nano catalysts
Researchers have combined the best properties of heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysts by encapsulating metallic nanoclusters…
Surprising spiral structure spotted by astronomers
Astronomers have discovered a surprising spiral structure in the gas around the red giant star…
Cambrian fossil pushes back evolution of complex brains
Complex brains evolved much earlier than previously thought, as evidenced by a 520-million-year-old fossilized arthropod…