Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have observed a unique and baffling object in…
Month: November 2013
Amazon deforestation could mean droughts for western U.S.
Total deforestation of the Amazon could mean 20 percent less rain for the coastal Northwest…
‘Freakish’ asteroid discovered, resembles rotating lawn sprinkler
Astronomers report the discovery of a never-before-seen “weird and freakish object” in the asteroid belt…
Fountain-of-youth gene repairs tissue damage in adults
Young animals recover from tissue damage better than adults, and from Charles Darwin’s time until…
Social symptoms in autistic children may be caused by hyper-connected neurons
The brains of children with autism show more connections than the brains of typically developing…
Did inefficient cellular machinery evolve to fight viruses and jumping genes?
It might seem obvious that humans are elegant and sophisticated beings in comparison to lowly…
DNA software identifies people by testing relatives’ DNA
New software is able to identify people from their relatives’ DNA. The software has already…
Graphene: Wonder material for electronics, computers and beyond…
You might think that such a new ‘wonder material’ would lie outside your everyday experience,…
Online course improves physicians skill level for detecting skin cancer
Primary care physicians who took an online training course about skin cancer detection significantly improved…
Scientists identify clue to regrowing nerve cells
Researchers have identified a chain reaction that triggers the regrowth of some damaged nerve cell…