Even as the rate of diagnosis has reached 11 percent among American children aged 4…
Month: November 2013
Sobriety, spirituality linked for teens in treatment
Increased spirituality in teens undergoing substance abuse treatment is associated with greater likelihood of abstinence…
Nature’s glowing slime: Scientists peek into hidden sea worm’s light
Scientists are unraveling the mechanisms behind a little-known marine worm that produces a dazzling bioluminescent…
Stingray movement could inspire the next generation of submarines
Stingrays swim through water with such ease that researchers are studying how their movements could…
Study uses neutron scattering, supercomputing to demystify forces at play in biofuel production
Researchers studying more effective ways to convert woody plant matter into biofuels have identified fundamental…
Warming since 1950s partly caused by El Niño
A natural shift to stronger warm El Niño events in the Pacific Ocean might be…
New treatment discovered to cure MRSA infection
Recent work promises to overcome one of the leading public health threats of our time….
Feral cats avoid urban coyotes, are surprisingly healthy
Cats that live outdoors in the city do their darnedest to steer clear of urban…
Lignin-feasting microbe holds promise for biofuels
Researchers have identified a rain forest microbe that feasts on the lignin in plant leaf…
Lifting fusion power onto an (optimized) pedestal
New technique that will help optimize the transport barrier, or pedestal, in fusion plasmas, which…