Sleeping 7 to 8 hours per night is associated with the lowest risk of absence…
Month: September 2014
How much gravity is enough?
Keeping upright in a low-gravity environment is not easy, and NASA documents abound with examples…
Bariatric surgical center accreditation improves patient survival, postop complications
Patients who underwent weight loss operations in recent years, when most bariatric surgical centers were…
New deep sea mushroom-shaped organisms discovered
Scientists have discovered two new species of sea-dwelling, mushroom-shaped organisms. The new organisms are multicellular…
Peptoid nanosheets at the oil-water interface
Researchers have developed peptoid nanosheets that form at the interface between oil and water, opening…
Newly identified galactic supercluster is home to the Milky Way
Astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope — among other telescopes — have determined that our…
Carbon stored in world’s soils more vulnerable to climate change than expected
The response of soil microbial communities to changes in temperature increases the potential for more…
Tree frogs speed up their life cycle when becoming lunch
Think again if you’ve always believed that events in the life cycle of animals happen…
Insights into severe form of dwarfism
A better understanding of the pathology of a severe form of dwarfism as well as…
Number of Texans without health insurance drops under Affordable Care Act, survey shows
The percentage of Texans without health insurance dropped after the first enrollment period of the…