Research with baboons may help explain why some people who take bone-strengthening drugs like bisphosphonates…
Month: November 2013
No peak in sight for evolving bacteria
There’s no peak in sight — fitness peak, that is — for the bacteria being…
World’s most irreplaceable protected areas identified
A new scientific study has identified the protected areas most critical to preventing extinctions of…
First detailed map of global forest change
Scientist have created the first high-resolution global map of forest extent, loss and gain, a…
Hydrogen fuel from sunlight? Low-cost, long-lasting water splitter made of silicon and nickel
Scientists have created a silicon-based water splitter that is both low-cost and corrosion-free. The novel…
Quantum world record smashed: Quantum state survives at room temperature for 39 minutes
A normally fragile quantum state has been shown to survive at room temperature for a…
Distant artificial atoms cooperate by sharing light: Future applications in advanced quantum devices
Scientists have shown for the first time that atoms can work collectively rather than independently…
Dogs likely originated in Europe more than 18,000 years ago, biologists report
Wolves likely were domesticated by European hunter-gatherers more than 18,000 years ago, and gradually evolved…
Scientists nearing forecasts of long-lived wildfires
Scientists have developed a new computer modeling technique that offers the promise, for the first…
Protein interplay in muscle tied to life span
Biologists have uncovered a complicated chain of molecular events that leads from insulin to protein…