A few weeks ago, we received a rather unusual malicious attachment, which we detect as…
Month: February 2014
Reproductive coercion, intimate partner violence prevalent
Enough women experience reproductive coercion — male behavior to control contraception and pregnancy outcomes —…
Gamma Knife helps patients with painful facial nerve disorder
Symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia (TN) were reduced in those treated with Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery,…
Decline of bronze age ‘megacities’ linked to climate change
Scientists have demonstrated that an abrupt weakening of the summer monsoon affected northwest India 4,100…
Thirty-nine new species of endemic cockroach discovered in the southwestern US and Mexico
An American systematist has described 39 new species of endemic desert cockroaches from the southwestern…
Replicating motions of the heart: Artificial muscles that do the twist set the stage for soft robotics
Researchers have developed a low-cost, programmable soft actuated material that they used to replicate the…
Superabsorbing design may lower manufacturing cost of thin film solar cells
Researchers have developed a ‘superabsorbing’ design that may significantly improve the light absorption efficiency of…
Causal link found between vitamin D, serotonin synthesis and autism in new study
Serotonin and vitamin D have been proposed to play a role in autism, however, no…
Language of love: Matching conjunctions, pronouns could spell a match better than good looks and fast cars
People who use the same kinds of function words are more likely to find a…
Obesity rates in 2- to 5-year-olds improve, although overall obesity rates remain unchanged, U.S. study shows
The latest U.S. obesity data show a significant decline in obesity among children aged 2…