Wet adhesion is a true engineering challenge. Marine animals such as mussels, oysters and barnacles…
Month: August 2015
High blood sugar of diabetes can cause immune system malfunction, triggering infection
Scientists may have uncovered a molecular mechanism that sets into motion dangerous infection in the…
Abusive men put female partners at greater sexual risk, study finds
Men who were physically and sexually abusive to women were more likely than non-abusive men…
Galaxy star birth regulated by black-hole fountain
Astronomers have uncovered a unique process for how the universe’s largest elliptical galaxies continue making…
Tweeting responses to complaints on social media triggers new complaints
Companies engaging with customers on Twitter beware: responding to complaints on social media has the…
Gravitational constant appears universally constant, pulsar study suggests
Astronomers have produced the best constraint ever of the gravitational constant measured outside of our…
April 2015 earthquake in Nepal reviewed in detail
An international team of scientists has pieced together the first complete account of what physically…
Artificially evolved robots that efficiently self-organize tasks
Darwinian selection can be used to evolve robot controllers able to efficiently self-organize their tasks….
Why it’s hard to make a bunny mad
Rabbits have long been considered immune to prion disease, but recently scientists have shown that…
Punishing a child is effective if done correctly
While recently published parenting books have preached the effectiveness of positive parenting and ‘no drama’…