Biologists have provided a first-time glimpse into the natural history of the enigmatic spider species…
Month: September 2013
Turning plastic bags into high-tech materials
Researchers have developed a process for turning waste plastic bags into a high-tech nanomaterial. The…
Tweets reveal news readership patterns around the world
In a new article, researchers used data collected from Twitter to study readers’ news preferences…
China’s synthetic gas plants would be greenhouse giants
Coal-powered synthetic natural gas plants being planned in China would produce seven times more greenhouse…
Unstable chromosomes linked to less favorable response to RT and surgery in prostate cancer patients
Detailed evaluation of a prostate cancer tumor biopsy may predict treatment outcomes for image-guided radiation…
Recent highlights in molecular biology and evolution
Research has found a greater number of “escaping genes” on the X chromosome than have…
Tiny camera records details of scene without losing sight of the big picture
To capture all the details of a scene, you might take many photos at close…
New genus of electric fish discovered in ‘lost world’ of South America
A previously unknown genus of electric fish has been identified in a remote region of…
Epigenetic changes observed in blood may point to early stages in Parkinson disease
Researchers have now shown that a distinctive pattern of epigenetic modifications is observed in specific…
Deep sea ecosystem may take decades to recover from Deepwater Horizon spill
The deep-sea soft-sediment ecosystem in the immediate area of the 2010’s Deepwater Horizon well head…