A surgical approach in which a surgeon removes less than a lobe of the liver…
Month: March 2015
Government corruption in South Africa contributes to overfishing, study finds
Bribery among government officials who inspect fishing along the coast of South Africa contributes to…
In pursuit of the perfectly animated cloud of smoke: Simulations more realistic than ever
Simulations of impressive landscapes and alien creatures have become commonplace, especially in fantasy and science…
Secret of how plants regulate their vitamin C production revealed
In the regulation of vitamin C, it is the level of vitamin C itself in…
Engineers create chameleon-like artificial ‘skin’ that shifts color on demand
Borrowing a trick from nature, engineers have created an incredibly thin, chameleon-like material that can…
How does order emerge?
Scientists have analyzed how fast order can appear in a quantum-mechanical system. During the freezing…
Post-fire logging can reduce fuels for up to 40 years in regenerating forests, new study finds
Harvesting fire-killed trees is an effective way to reduce woody fuels for up to four…
Developers neglect privacy, security in health apps
Telemedicine researchers have proposed a series of recommendations to programmers to improve the security of…
Sweet nanoparticles target stroke
Materials resulting from chemical bonding of glucosamine, a type of sugar, with fullerenes, kind of…
Low breast density in mammography worsens breast cancer prognosis
Very low mammographic breast density worsens the prognosis of breast cancer, according to a recent…