The extreme atmospheric conditions associated with California’s crippling drought are far more likely to occur…
Month: September 2014
In-flight sensor tests a step toward structural health monitoring for safer flights
A flight test program is underway on nine commercial aircraft flying regular routes that are…
Cassini watches mysterious feature evolve in hydrocarbon sea on Saturn’s moon Titan
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is monitoring the evolution of a mysterious feature in a large hydrocarbon…
From diamonds to super computers
By exchanging specific atoms inside the mineral structure, quantum bits, required to process complex operations…
DNA signature found in Ice Storm babies: Prenatal maternal stress exposure to natural disasters predicts epigenetic profile of offspring
The number of days an expectant mother was deprived of electricity during Quebec’s Ice Storm…
Ancient human genome from southern Africa throws light on our origins
The skeleton of a man who lived 2,330 years ago in the southernmost tip of…
Harvesting energy from walking around: Shoe insole charges AAA and watch batteries
A device that fits inside a pair of shoes harvests the energy left-over when someone…
Dolphins are attracted to magnets: Add dolphins to the list of magnetosensitive animals, French researchers say
Add dolphins to the list of magnetosensitive animals, French researchers say. Dolphins are indeed sensitive…
Trastuzumab should remain as standard of care for HER2-positive breast cancer, trial suggests
Analysis of more than 8,000 women who participated in the world’s largest study of two…
Protein that causes frontotemporal dementia also implicated in Alzheimer’s disease
Low levels of the naturally occurring protein progranulin exacerbate cellular and cognitive dysfunction, while raising…