In the quantum world, making the simple atom behave is one thing, but making the…
Month: September 2014
Asian camel crickets now common in U.S. homes
With their long, spiky legs and their propensity for eating anything, including each other, camel…
Migrating birds sprint in spring, but take things easy in autumn
Passerine birds, also known as perching birds, that migrate by night tend to fly faster…
From silk tunics to relics: Development of early relic worship
Archaeologists working with restorers are preserving and studying 4th-century tunics ascribed to St. Ambrose. In…
Risk of diabetes in children, adolescents exposed to antipsychotics: Danish 12-year case-control study
Children and adolescents pegged with a psychiatric diagnosis had an increased risk of developing diabetes…
Rainfall monitoring: Mobile phones are taking over
Agriculture, water resource management, drought and flood warnings, etc.: rainfall monitoring is vital in many…
Seismic hazards reassessed in the Andes
Although being able to predict the date on which the next big earthquake will occur…
Cultivating biodiversity: Sorghum example
It is difficult to distinguish the human impact on the effects of natural factors on…
Scientists obtain new data on the weather 10,000 years ago from sediments at the bottom of a lake in Sierra Nevada
During the early phase of the Holocene (10.000 – 6.000 years ago) the climate in…
Mechanical ventilation a key indicator for pre-term children’s maths problems
Both the length of time spent in hospital after birth and the use of mechanical…