In 2013, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences discovered 91 new plant and animal…
Month: December 2013
Early detection of blinding eye disease could be as easy as scanning barcode
A new optical device puts the power to detect eye disease in the palm of…
Increasing personal savings, ‘Groundhog Day’ way
Thinking about time as a cycle of recurring experiences — a reality Bill Murray’s character…
A gluttonous plant reveals how its cellular power plant devours foreign DNA
Researchers have determined an epic expansion of a plant’s mitochondrial genome via of horizontal gene…
Birth of black hole kills the radio star
Astronomers have discovered a new population of exploding stars that “switch off” their radio transmissions…
A micro-muscular breakthrough: Powerful new microscale torsional muscle/motor from vanadium dioxide
Researchers have demonstrated a micro-sized robotic torsional muscle/motor made from vanadium dioxide that for its…
Ancient cranial surgery: Practice of drilling holes in the cranium that dates back thousands of years
Some might consider drilling a hole in someone’s head a form of torture, but in…
Researchers generate kidney tubular cells from stem cells
Investigators have discovered a cocktail of chemicals which, when added to stem cells in a…
Driving force behind mitochondrial ‘sex’ in ancient flowering plant
A new study has uncovered an unprecedented example of horizontal gene transfer in a South…
Black-white infant mortality gap: Large, persistent, unpredictable
The unobservable factors that underpin the infant mortality gap between blacks and whites have persisted…