Geophysicists point to a super-hot layer beneath the tectonic plates as the place of origin…
Month: December 2014
Greenhouse gases linked to African rainfall
Scientists may have solved a long-standing enigma known as the African Humid Period — an…
A new look at the finer details of rust show an assumed atomic structure has been wrong all along
Scientists have been studying the behavior of iron oxide surfaces. The atomic structure of iron…
New research paves the way for nano-movies of biomolecules
An international team has caught a light sensitive biomolecule at work with an X-ray laser….
Smoking and higher mortality in men
An association between smoking and loss of the Y chromosome in blood cells has been…
Antarctica: Heat comes from the deep
The water temperatures on the West Antarctic shelf are rising. The reason for this is…
Maintaining a reliable value of the cost of climate change
The Social Cost of Carbon puts a dollar value on the climate damages per ton…
The walls can talk: New optical technique extracts audio from video
A simple new optical technique to extract audio information from silent high-speed video has been…
Endocrine disruptors alter thyroid levels in pregnancy, may affect fetal brain development
A new study provides ‘the strongest evidence to date’ that endocrine disrupting chemicals such as…
More smartphone play equals less fun during leisure
Today’s smartphones are designed to entertain and are increasingly marketed to young adults as leisure…