Researchers have shown that a micromotor fueled by stomach acid can take a bubble-powered ride…
Month: January 2015
Early Mesoamericans affected by climate change
Scientists have reconstructed the past climate for the region around Cantona, a large fortified city…
Dog disease in lions spread by multiple species
Canine distemper, a viral disease that’s been infecting the famed lions of Tanzania’s Serengeti National…
New mechanism unlocked for evolution of green fluorescent protein
A primary challenge in the biosciences is to understand the way major evolutionary changes in…
Asteroid that flew past Earth has moon
Scientists working with NASA’s 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, California, have released…
Easter Island mystery: Why did the native culture die out?
Long before the Europeans arrived on Easter Island in 1722, the native Polynesian culture known…
‘Yellowballs’ are part of the development of massive star
Citizen scientists wanted to know: What are the yellow objects on these infrared images from…
How creative are you? Depends where you’re from
With the ‘creative class’ on the rise, many businesses are trying to capitalize on imagination…
That’s using your head: Brain regulates fat metabolism, potentially stopping disease
Atherosclerosis — hardening and narrowing of the arteries — can be caused by fat build…
New pathway to valleytronics: Femtosecond laser used to manipulate valley excitons
Researchers have uncovered a promising new pathway to valleytronics, a potential quantum computing technology in…