Experts in anthropology and cybersecurity are examining the unspoken knowledge shared by cybersecurity analysts as…
Month: November 2013
Popular ‘door-in-the-face’ persuasion strategy can sometimes backfire
Personality research shows outright requests, rather than the door-in-the-face strategy may be more effective for…
Ants, like humans, can change their priorities
For the first time, researchers have discovered that at least in ants, animals can change…
BPA in dialysis machine components may be toxic to patients’ cells
Research has found that viability, necrosis, and death of immune cells are influenced by BPA…
Saddling up against the threat to our National Parks
An Australian research team has investigated the threat horse riding poses to the ecology of…
New light on dark energy, cosmic speed-up: Big Bang afterglow shows Earth has no special place in expanding universe
Astronomers have ruled out a controversial theory that the accelerating expansion of the universe is…
Natural products discovery group asks for public’s help with citizen science program
A research group has taken an unconventional approach to finding new compounds with therapeutic relevance…
More secure app-store for Android
Apps often read the data from mobile user devices unnoticed by users. This represents a…
Earliest record of copulating insects discovered
Scientists have found the oldest fossil depicting copulating insects in northeastern China.
Breastfeeding possible deterrent to autism
The emergence of autism in young children appears to result from dysmyelination of brain neurons,…