I attended the RSA 2014 Conference in San Francisco, which has held about two weeks…
Month: March 2014
Intelligent people are more likely to trust others
Intelligent people are more likely to trust others, while those who score lower on measures…
Do elephants call ‘human!’? Low rumble alarm call in response to the sound of human voices
African elephants make a specific alarm call in response to the danger of humans, according…
A battery that ‘breathes’ could power next-gen electric vehicles
Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) nearly doubled in 2013, but most won’t take you farther…
Harnessing everyday motion to power mobile devices
Imagine powering your cell phone by simply walking around your office or rubbing it with…
Big data tackles tiny molecular machines
Open, feed, cut. Such is the humdrum life of a motor molecule that eats and…
Blood poisoning increases the risk of blood clots, new research shows
The world’s largest study of the correlation between blood poisoning and the risk of blood…
Little Foot is oldest complete Australopithecus, new stratigraphic research shows
After 13 years of meticulous excavation of the nearly complete skeleton of the Australopithecus fossil…
Link between diabetes, pancreatic cancer found
There is an association between pancreatic cancer and diabetes, new research indicates. While the numbers…
Atomically thick metal membranes
For the first time researchers have shown that freestanding metal membranes consisting of a single…