Environmental conditions have a stronger influence on the mix of microbes living in your body…
Month: July 2013
Multiple sclerosis drug shows promise for preventing heart failure
A drug already approved to treat multiple sclerosis may also hold promise for treating cardiac…
Levitation: Droplets surfing on sound waves
Researchers are able to make objects such as particles and liquid droplets fly in mid-air…
Tooth is ‘smoking gun’ evidence that Tyrannosaurus rex was hunter, killer
Tyrannosaurus rex has long been popular with kids and moviemakers as the most notorious, vicious…
Manure used by Europe’s first farmers 8,000 years ago
A new study says Europe’s first farmers used far more sophisticated practices than was previously…
Eye-tracking could outshine passwords if made user-friendly
Engineers found in a recent study that the user’s experience could be key to creating…
New nanoscale imaging method finds application in plasmonics
Researchers have shown how to make nanoscale measurements of critical properties of plasmonic nanomaterials, the…
Deepwater Horizon debris was likely source of Gulf of Mexico oil sheens
A chemical analysis of oil sheens found floating recently at the ocean’s surface near the…
Researchers shed new light on supraglacial lake drainage
Supraglacial lakes — bodies of water that collect on the surface of the Greenland ice…
Distinctive brain blood flow patterns associated with sexual dysfunction
Premenopausal women who aren’t interested in sex and are unhappy about this reality have distinctive…