The 2013 reforms aimed at relaxing China’s ‘one-child policy’ are likely to have little effect…
Month: January 2015
New information on environmental impacts of stump wood energy through 3D modelling
Tree stumps and root systems are a significant but controversial source of bioenergy in Finland…
HIV vaccines should avoid viral target cells, primate model study suggests
Vaccines designed to protect against HIV have backfired in clinical trials. Non-human primate model studies…
Predicting superbugs’ countermoves to new drugs
With drug-resistant bacteria on the rise, even common infections that were easily controlled for decades…
More efficient, sensitive estrogen detection developed
A new method for detecting trace amounts of estrogen has been developed by scientists, an…
NASA finds good news on forests and carbon dioxide
A new NASA-led study shows that tropical forests may be absorbing far more carbon dioxide…
Technology innovations spin NASA’s SMAP into space
Scheduled for launch on Jan. 29, 2015, NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) instrument will…
Innate behaviour determines how we steer our car
A 70 year old mystery in traffic research has been solved: an until now inexplicable…
Findings point to potential approach to treat virus causing illness, possible paralysis
New research findings point toward a class of compounds that could be effective in combating…
Killing for DNA: A predatory device in the cholera bacterium
Scientists have uncovered the unconventional way that the cholera bacterium stabs and kills other bacteria…