Solar storms, powerful eruptions of solar material and magnetic fields into interplanetary space, can cause…
Month: September 2013
Water glides freely across ‘nanodrapes’ made from the world’s thinnest material
Engineering researchers have developed a new drape made from graphene — the thinnest material known…
Steroids may persist longer in the environment than expected
Certain anabolic steroids and pharmaceutical products last longer in the environment than previously known, according…
New energy storage capabilities between the layers of two-dimensional materials
Researchers are continuing to expand the capabilities and functionalities of a family of two-dimensional materials…
Scientists identify brain circuitry that triggers overeating
Researchers have pinpointed the precise cellular connections responsible for triggering binge eating. The finding lends…
Tick tock: Marine animals with at least two internal clocks
Animals living in marine environments keep to their schedules with the aid of multiple independent…
Warm summers coincide with less frequent flooding
Over the past 2,500 years, flooding in the Alps has been less frequent during warm…
Differences in post-operative complications across race, ethnicity, and sex
Older black and Hispanic patients have a greater risk than white patients of developing complications…
Bats and rabies virus: More data on colonies at high risk
A new approach to rabies virus epidemiology in bats shows that the risk of infection…
Growing use of clinical registry data for post-market device surveillance
Signifying an increasing confidence in clinical outcomes registries, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has…