It is clear that climate change and poverty are two separate problems that affect all…
Month: March 2014
Smokers’ brains biased against negative images of smoking
What if the use of a product influenced your perception of it, making you even…
Microwave radar monitors sliding slopes: Geodesists research in the Alps
The “Steinlehnen” slope in Northern Tyrol (Austria) started to move in 2003. Rockfalls threatened people,…
Dropped your toast? Five-second food rule exists, new research suggests
Food picked up just a few seconds after being dropped is less likely to contain…
Lower IQ and poorer cardiovascular fitness in teen years increase risk of early-onset dementia
Men who at the age of 18 years have poorer cardiovascular fitness and/or a lower…
Aerosols from human activities tend to weaken hurricanes and cyclones
Aerosols in the atmosphere produced from human activities do indeed directly affect a hurricane or…
Biomolecular tweezers facilitate study of mechanical force effects on cells and proteins
A new type of biomolecular tweezers could help researchers study how mechanical forces affect the…
‘Death stars’ in Orion blast planets before they even form
Astronomers have studied the often deadly relationship between highly luminous O-type stars and nearby protostars…
Mapping behavior of charges in correlated spin-orbit coupled materials: Electronic disruption prods Mott insulator’s conversion to metallic state
Physicists have mapped the inner atomic workings of a compound within the mysterious class of…
Salmon louse delay salmon returning to spawn
Outbreaks of salmon louse during smolt migration reduce the survival rate of the smolt and…