New experiments provide insight into how Earth-type planets form when giant asteroids or planetesimals collide…
Month: August 2016
Pregnancy procedure may be associated with increased risk of premature birth and neonatal loss
Researchers are urging surgeons to reconsider using a particular type of thread for a procedure…
The keys to a major process in DNA repair
For the first time, researchers describe in its totality the mechanisms by which DNA damaged…
Next generation anode to improve lithium-ion batteries
Researchers have created a new silicon-tin nanocomposite anode that could lead to lithium-ion batteries that…
Deadly bat fungus in Washington state likely originated in Eastern US
The White-nose Syndrome fungus recently detected for the first time in western North America is…
Trading farmland for nitrogen protection
Excess nitrogen from agricultural runoff can enter surface waters with devastating effects. Algal blooms and…
Recycling carbon dioxide
Turning carbon dioxide into stored energy sounds like science fiction: researchers have long tried to…
‘Sandman’s’ role in sleep control discovered
Researchers have discovered what causes the sleep homeostat — a switch in our brains —…
Programmable ions set the stage for general-purpose quantum computers
Scientists have introduced the first fully programmable and reconfigurable quantum computer module.
The force is strong with embryo cells
For a cell in an embryo, the secret to becoming part of the baby’s body…