The first-ever clinical practice guideline for the drug treatment of obesity offers a new tool…
Month: January 2015
Picture this: Biosecurity seen from the inside
Scientists get an insider’s view of plants under attack. They’ve developed a new biosensor that…
New device for measuring how birds take flight
A new device promises to answer long-held questions about the forces birds generate while flying,…
Solving an organic semiconductor mystery
The mysterious source of performance issues in organic semiconductors have been uncovered by scientists —…
HiRISE camera spots long-lost space probe on Mars
The Beagle 2 Mars Lander, thought lost on Mars since 2003, has been found partially…
Software that knows the risks
New planning algorithms developed by researchers can evaluate a probability of success, and suggest low-risk…
Antiquity of dairying on Emerald Isle revealed
The antiquity of dairy farming in Ireland has been outlined by researchers in a new…
Breakthrough lights up metamaterials
Researchers have successfully demonstrated how to both enhance light emission and capture light from metamaterials…
Satellite telemetry tracks bearded vultures
The Pyrenees are home to continental Europe’s only wild population of bearded vultures, a species…
Three nearly Earth-size planets found orbiting nearby star: One in ‘Goldilocks’ zone
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has discovered a star with three planets only slightly larger than…