Striking olive-green eye colour allows scientists to distinguish a new butterfly species, which was confirmed…
Month: May 2013
Fast-sinking jellyfish could boost the oceans’ uptake of carbon dioxide
Increasing numbers of gelatinous plankton might help in mitigating the carbon dioxide problem. In field…
Novel class of drugs for prostate cancers
A new study on prostate cancer describes a novel class of drugs that interrupts critical…
Findings may help overcome hurdle to successful bone marrow transplantation
Blood diseases such as leukemia, multiple myeloma, and myelodysplasia can develop from abnormal bone marrow…
Einstein’s ‘spooky action’ common in large quantum systems
Mathematician have shown that entanglement — what Einstein termed “spooky action at a distance” —…
Just how secure is quantum cryptography?
Unlike classical encryption, quantum communication systems are known to offer the promise of virtually unbreakable…
Men, women lie about sex to match gender expectations
People will lie about their sexual behavior to match cultural expectations about how men or…
Have health effects from the Chernobyl accident been overestimated?
The impact of the Chernobyl nuclear accident has been seriously overestimated, while unfounded statements presented…
‘Ultraselective’ process to make valuable chemical from biomass
Chemical engineers have discovered a new chemical process to make p-xylene, an important ingredient of…
Ugly plants worse for allergy patients
As allergy season continues for Middle Tennessee and much of the U.S., a largely unknown…