Do costly seawalls provide a false sense of security in efforts to control nature? Would…
Month: November 2012
Were dinosaurs destined to be big? Testing Cope’s rule
In the evolutionary long run, small critters tend to evolve into bigger beasts — at…
Alcohol, drug abuse counselors don’t always require total abstinence
Compared to a survey conducted nearly 20 years ago, about twice the proportion of addiction…
NASA rover finds clues to changes in Mars’ atmosphere
NASA’s car-sized rover, Curiosity, has taken significant steps toward understanding how Mars may have lost…
Transplantation issues: Kidney donors and children in need of transplants
Three studies provide new information related to kidney transplantation — specifically, the post-transplant health of…
Malware Steals Image Files from Systems
It appears that information theft has taken a new form: we’ve found a malware that…
Malware Steals Image Files from Systems
It appears that information theft has taken a new form: we’ve found a malware that…
Mars longevity champ switching computers
NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter, already the longest-working spacecraft ever sent to Mars, will switch to…
Cancer bound: How some carcinogens evade removal by stabilizing the very DNA they attack
PAHs are common environmental pollutants found in automobile exhaust, barbequed foods and tobacco smoke. These…
Navy researchers look to rotating detonation engines to power the future
At the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, scientists are studying the complex physics of rotating detonation…