In mid-January, NASA will take the next step in advancing robotic satellite-servicing technologies as it…
Month: January 2013
Study finds poorer outcomes for obese patients treated for lumbar disc herniation
While obese patients are more likely to have surgical treatment for lumbar disc herniation —…
Molecular machine could hold key to more efficient manufacturing
An industrial revolution on a minute scale is taking place in the laboratory with the…
New nanotech fiber: Robust handling, shocking performance
Scientists have created the first pure carbon nanotube fibers that combine many of the best…
Accepted model for brain signaling flawed
A new study turns two decades of understanding about how brain cells communicate on its…
New material harvests energy from water vapor
Engineers have created a new polymer film that can generate electricity by drawing on a…
A rock is a clock: Physicist uses matter to tell time
What is the simplest, most fundamental clock? Physicists have shown that a single atom is…
Effects of China’s One Child Policy on its children
New research shows China’s controversial One Child Policy has not only dramatically re-shaped the population,…
Careful immunotherapy reduces allergic patients’ sensitivity to peanuts, study suggests
New research provides additional support for a strategy to reduce the severity of reactions to…
Cloudy mystery solved: A puzzling cloud near the galaxy’s center may hold clues to how stars are born
It’s the mystery of the curiously dense cloud. And astronomers are on the case. Despite…