The El Niño–Southern Oscillation is known to influence global surface temperatures, with El Niño conditions…
Month: May 2014
Children who exercise have better body-fat distribution, regardless of their weight
Maybe the numbers on the scale aren’t alarming, but that doesn’t mean that healthy-weight children…
Improved supercapacitors for super batteries, electric vehicles
Researchers have developed a novel nanometer scale ruthenium oxide anchored nanocarbon graphene foam architecture that…
Liberating devices from their power cords
A new type of supercapacitor that can hold a charge when it takes a lickin’…
Neutron beams reveal how antibodies cluster in solution
Results from neutron spin-echo analysis are an important advance towards enabling subcutaneous injections of concentrated…
Can chemicals produced by gut microbiota affect children with autism?
Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have significantly different concentrations of certain bacterial-produced chemicals, called…
Having and raising offspring is costly phase of life for baboon moms
Observations made over the past 29 years in Kenya as part of one of the…
Earth organisms survive under Martian conditions: Methanogens stay alive in extreme heat and cold
New research suggests that methanogens — among the simplest and oldest organisms on Earth —…
The spot-tail golden bass: A new fish species from deep reefs of the southern Caribbean
Scientists have described a new species of small coral reef sea bass from underexplored deep-reef…
Engineers find way to lower risk of midair collisions for small aircraft
Researchers have developed new modifications for technology that helps pilots of small aircraft avoid midair…