A fried breakfast food popular in Spain provided the inspiration for the development of doughnut-shaped…
Month: May 2013
How to best manage workaholics: New study offers insight
Workaholics tend to live in extremes, with great job satisfaction and creativity on the one…
How gold nanoparticles can help fight ovarian cancer
Positively charged gold nanoparticles are usually toxic to cells, but cancer cells somehow manage to…
Geochemist aids development of geologic time scale for study of Earth’s history
The Geologic Time Scale 2012, or GTS2012, is the latest understanding of Earth’s history, and…
Do We Need HTML5 Audio Recording?
HTML5 audio recording has been just around the corner for some time now. But do…
Resistance to last-line antibiotic makes bacteria resistant to immune system
Bacteria resistant to the antibiotic colistin are also commonly resistant to antimicrobial substances made by…
‘Whodunnit’ of Irish potato famine solved
An international team of scientists reveals that a unique strain of potato blight they call…
Early-life traffic-related air pollution exposure linked to hyperactivity
Early-life exposure to traffic-related air pollution was significantly associated with higher hyperactivity scores at age…
New NOAA report examines national oil pollution threat from shipwrecks
NOAA presented to the U.S. Coast Guard a new report that finds that 36 sunken…
The mammoth’s lament: How cosmic impact sparked devastating climate change
Researchers have found evidence of a major cosmic event near the end of the Ice…