The effectiveness of permethrin, an important mosquito-fighting insecticide, may be impaired by global warming, according…
Month: November 2015
Robot adds new twist to antenna measurements and calibrations
Researchers have been pioneering antenna measurement methods for decades, but a new robot may be…
Super-absorbent material soaks up oil spills
In hopes of limiting the disastrous environmental effects of massive oil spills, materials scientists have…
Income-based school assignment policy influences diversity, achievement
When public schools in Wake County, North Carolina switched from a school assignment policy based…
What’s behind a tarantula’s blue hue?
Researchers have found that many species of tarantulas have independently evolved the ability to grow…
Climate change likely to increase black carbon input to the Arctic Ocean
The levels of black carbon in Arctic rivers has been determined by researchers who found…
Unassuming ‘Swiss Army knife’-like protein key to new cancer drug’s therapeutic action
When preliminary tests show that a new drug has remarkable effectiveness against a lethal illness,…
Retinal nerve cells grown in the lab
A method to efficiently turn human stem cells into retinal ganglion cells, the type of…
Tracing a path toward neuronal cell death
A new genetic model has been developed that is yielding new insights into what happens…
Climate can grind mountains faster than they can be rebuilt
For the first time, researchers have attempted to measure all the material leaving and entering…