The consequences of climate change are an increasing concern for humans around the world. How…
Month: August 2016
‘Cultural learners’ in the cradle
Well before starting to speak, children from a very young age pay higher attention to…
Crude oil causes heart and skull deformities in haddock
Even brief exposures of the eggs of Atlantic haddock to low concentrations of dispersed crude…
Frankfurter fraud: Finding out what’s in your hot dog
Hot dogs are a common summer fare. But knowing for sure what you’re getting inside…
Improved knowledge of shelf life of food
We should avoid food waste but, on the other hand, not risk food poisoning from…
New algorithm for optimized stability of planar-rod objects
A new algorithm corrects connection points of objects fabricated by wire bending machine to optimize…
Toward clothes that fix their own rips
Ripped pants or a torn shirt usually means a trip to the tailor or a…
US maternal mortality rates higher than reported, study finds
Despite the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of a 75 percent reduction in maternal deaths…
Diagnoses: When are several opinions better than one?
Researchers have investigated the effects of collective intelligence and the conditions for its emergence. A…
Specialized life forms abound at Arctic methane seeps
Methane seeps have strong effects on the community structure at the bottom of the Arctic…