Eating meat contributes to climate change, due to greenhouse gasses emitted by livestock. New research…
Month: July 2014
Mental health issues in children with relatives who participated in manhunt after Boston Marathon
Children with relatives who were called upon to participate in the interagency manhunt following the…
More than glitter: How gold nanoparticles easily penetrate cells, making them useful for delivering drugs
A special class of tiny gold particles can easily slip through cell membranes, making them…
Mammals metabolize some pesticides to limit their biomagnification
The concentrations of many historically used, and now widely banned, pesticides and other toxic chemicals…
Insights into birds’ migration routes
By tracking hybrids between songbird species, investigators have found that migration routes are under genetic…
New research links bad diet to loss of smell
Could stuffing yourself full of high-fat foods cause you to lose your sense of smell?…
Storm-triggered landslides: Examining causes of devastating debris flow
Storm-triggered landslides cause loss of life, property damage, and landscape alterations. For instance, the remnants…
Replacing coal, oil with natural gas will not help fight global warming, expert argues
Both shale gas and conventional natural gas have a larger greenhouse gas footprint than do…
Process to purify water using seed extracts now simplified
Researchers have streamlined and simplified a process that uses extracts from seeds of Moringa oleifa…
New meteorological insight into mid-level clouds
At medium altitudes ranging from 6,000 feet to 20,000 feet above mean sea level, water…