To keep your new car looking sleek and shiny for years, factories need to make…
Month: May 2014
Water caged in buckyballs: Work on ‘spin isomer conversion’ may enhance magnetic resonance imaging
A research team describes how water molecules ‘caged’ in fullerene spheres (‘buckyballs’) are providing a…
Student discovers new praying mantis species in Rwanda: Female bush tiger mantis hunts prey on ground and underbrush
A student has discovered the bush tiger mantis, a new species, in Nyungwe Forest National…
Bacteria and fungi from 1,500-year-old feces support archeological theories of Caribbean cultures
By evaluating the bacteria and fungi found in fossilized feces, microbiologists are providing evidence to…
Better than polygraphs: Brain scanning for evidence
If conventional lie detector machines, polygraphs, have been endlessly debunked and shown not to provide…
More than two-thirds of healthy Americans are infected with human papilloma viruses
69 percent of healthy American adults are infected with one or more of 109 strains…
New lithium battery created
A team of researchers has created a new type of lithium ion conductor for future…
Mars mineral could be linked to microbes
Scientists have discovered that living organisms on Earth were capable of making a mineral that…
Power plant emissions verified remotely at Four Corners sites, largest point source pollution in U.S.
Air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from two coal-fired power plants in the Four Corners…
Environmental strategies on livestock farms: Results obtained after evaluation
The effectiveness of technologies and practices used on livestock farms in the European Atlantic region…