OpenSSL said last Tuesday, March 17, that they plan to release several code fixes address…
Month: March 2015
Prehistoric stone tools bear 500,000-year-old animal residue
Among 500,000-year-old elephant remains at a Lower Paleolithic site in Revadim, Israel, archaeologists recently analyzed…
Men’s preference for certain body types has evolutionary roots
Prehistoric and evolutionary influences appear to shape men’s expressed preference for women with a curvy…
Comet probe detects ‘most wanted molecule’: Nitrogen gas
ESA’s comet probe Rosetta has for the first time ever measured nitrogen gas at a…
Milky Way’s center unveils supernova ‘dust factory’
Sifting through the center of the Milky Way galaxy, astronomers have made the first direct…
Sharper nanoscopy: What happens when a quantum dot looks in a mirror?
The advent of super-resolved microscopy with visible light won this year’s chemistry Nobel. Scientists have…
Altering brain chemistry makes us more sensitive to inequality
What if there were a pill that made you more compassionate? A new study finds…
Geoengineering proposal may backfire: Ocean pipes ‘not cool,’ would end up warming climate
There are a variety of proposals that involve using vertical ocean pipes to move seawater…
Future robotics: Think self-fixing bridges; shoes that optimize for walking, running; camouflaging cars
Advances in materials science, distributed algorithms and manufacturing processes are revolutionizing robotic materials. Prosthetics with…
Microscope technique reveals for first time when and where proteins are made
Scientists have developed a fluorescence microscopy technique that for the first time shows where and…