Scientists have used gold spring-shaped coils 5,000 times thinner than human hairs with powerful lasers…
Month: April 2017
Robot epigenetics: Adding complexity to embodied robot evolution
For the first time, researchers in the field of evolutionary robotics have used physically embodied…
Early climate ‘payback’ with higher emission reductions
Climate scientists have shown the early mitigation needed to limit eventual warming below potentially dangerous…
Here’s one secret to successful schools that costs nothing
Most factors that help make schools successful cost lots of money — think teachers, technology…
Real-world massage is effective treatment for low back pain, study shows
Real-world massage therapy to be an effective treatment for chronic low back pain, researchers found…
How melanoma tumors form
Researchers have documented in continuous, real time how melanoma cells form tumors. The team report…
Rock exposed in World War I trenches offers new fossil find
An unusual fossil find is giving scientists new ideas about how some of the earliest…
Early life antibiotic use linked to inflammatory gut diseases in adulthood
A new research report involving mice shows that antibiotic use very early in life that…
Close connection between deep currents and climate
The Labrador Sea in the northwestern Atlantic is one of the key regions of the…
Microbial colonizers of Arctic soils are sensitive to future climate change
Ecosystems created by melting glaciers in the Arctic are sensitive to climate change and human…