Researchers are looking to genomic technologies — not the isolation of bacteria or viruses —…
Month: January 2013
Baby sharks stay still to avoid being detected by predators
Baby sharks still developing in their egg cases can sense when predators are near, and…
Deal or no deal: Five year olds make smart decisions in games of risk
You may have to be over a certain age to be a contestant on “Deal…
Brown eyes appear more trustworthy than blue: People judge men’s trustworthiness based on face shape, eye color
People view brown-eyed faces as more trustworthy than those with blue eyes, except if the…
Sickle cells show potential to attack aggressive cancer tumors
By harnessing the very qualities that make sickle cell disease a lethal blood disorder, a…
Mapping the Milky Way: Radio telescopes give clues to structure, history
Surveys of the Milky Way are vastly increasing the number of known sites of massive…
Variation found in foot strike patterns in predominantly barefoot runners
A recently paper shows that the running foot strike patterns vary among habitually barefoot people…
Next-generation adaptive optics brings remarkable details to light in stellar nursery
A new image reveals how Gemini Observatory’s most advanced adaptive optics system will help astronomers…
Crowdsourcing biodiversity watch
Following the 2006 ban on sturgeon fishing, the Romanian town of Sfantu Gheorghe, located at…
Machine perception lab shows robotic one year old on video
The world is getting a long-awaited first glimpse at a new humanoid robot in action…