Previously unknown archeological sites in forest islands reveal human presence in the western Amazon as…
Month: August 2013
Targeting mosquito breeding sites could boost malaria control efforts in Africa and Asia
A malaria control method that targets mosquito larvae and pupae as they mature in standing…
Wake up and smell the reef: Fish larvae sniff their way back home
A new study conducted at One Tree Island in the Great Barrier Reef has established…
Space laser to prove increased broadband possible
Scientists are attemping to show two-way laser communication beyond Earth is possible, expanding the possibility…
NASA’s SDO mission untangles motion inside the sun
Using an instrument on NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, called the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager, or…
Fifteen new species of Amazonian birds
Biologists have recently discovered 15 species of birds previously unknown to science. Not since 1871…
Milky Way gas cloud causes multiple images of distant quasar
For the first time, astronomers have seen the image of a distant quasar split into…
Wildfires projected to worsen with climate change
Environmental scientists brings bad news to the western United States, where firefighters are currently battling…
Promising chronic pain drug developed
A recent report indicates that 116-million Americans live with some form of chronic pain. Historically,…
Oxygen ‘sponge’ presents path to better catalysts, energy materials
Scientists have developed a new oxygen “sponge” that can easily absorb or shed oxygen atoms…