NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has been traveling the Saturnian system in a set of inclined, or…
Month: December 2012
Increases in personal income important for happiness worldwide, new study says
For people living in both rich and poor countries, the average person’s happiness is based…
Privacy Worries Hound Facebook Yet Again
Last week, many people made posts like this on Facebook: While this was quickly debunked…
Privacy Worries Hound Facebook Yet Again
Last week, many people made posts like this on Facebook: While this was quickly debunked…
A better way to make chemicals? Technique for observing ‘mechanochemical’ synthesis could boost green chemistry
For the first time, scientists have studied a mechanochemical milling reaction in real time, using…
Master regulator of skin development discovered
The surface of your skin, called the epidermis, is a complex mixture of many different…
Inflammation may be a cause of plaque buildup in heart vessels
Fifteen new genetic regions associated with coronary artery disease have been identified by a large,…
Mechanism for the transformation of colon polyps
The causes underlying the development of certain types of common cancers have not yet been…
Bismuth provides perfect dance partners for quantum computing qubits
New research has demonstrated a way to make bismuth electrons and nuclei work together as…
Role of cellular entry point of anthrax identified
Anthrax uses a receptor on the surface of cells to inject its lethal toxins. However,…