The Andromeda botnet – first spotted in late 2011 – has recently resurfaced. This threat…
Month: March 2013
Children who avoid scary situations likelier to have anxiety
Children who avoid situations they find scary are likely to have anxiety a study of…
Creating indestructible self-healing circuits
Engineers, for the first time ever, have developed self-healing integrated chips.
Study predicts lag in summer rains over parts of US and Mexico
A delay in the summer monsoon rains that fall over the southwestern United States and…
Strategies for possible survival on Mars: Scientists found differences in core proteins from a microorganism that lives in a salty lake in Antarctica
Research has revealed key features in proteins needed for life to function on Mars and…
Causes of 2011 Arctic ozone hole determined
A combination of extreme cold temperatures, human-made chemicals and a stagnant atmosphere were behind what…
Epigenetics mechanism may help explain effects of mom’s nutrition on her children’s health
Pioneering studies by a molecular geneticist are helping explain how the foods that soon-to-be-moms eat…
Astronomers conduct first remote reconnaissance of another planetary system
Researchers have conducted a remote reconnaissance of a distant planetary system with a new telescope…
How one insect got its wings
Scientists have delved deeper into the evolutionary history of the fruit fly than ever before…
Largely dismissed heart failure drug may help solve costly problem for medicare and hospitals
The heart failure drug digoxin, used less and less since it “failed” in its 1997…