It turns out your skin is crawling with single-celled microorganisms — and they’re not just…
Month: June 2017
Super-strong metal made for next tech frontier
Engineers have developed a strong, durable new material to help shape advanced MEMS sensors needed…
How family and friends influence breast cancer treatment decisions
When a woman walks into the oncologist’s office, she’s usually not alone. In fact, a…
Biofuel from waste: Zeolite catalysts pave the road to decentralized chemical processes
Fuel from waste? It is possible. But hitherto, converting organic waste to fuel has not…
Mildly obese fare better after major heart attack
People who survive a major heart attack often do better in the years afterward if…
Concurrent hot and dry summers more common in future
In the past, climate scientists have tended to underestimate the risk of a co-occurrence of…
‘Bulges’ in volcanoes could be used to predict eruptions
Researchers have developed a new way of measuring the pressure inside volcanoes, and found that…
More summer sunshine leading to increased Greenland ice melt
A marked decrease in summer cloud cover during the last 20 years has significantly accelerated…
In Turkey, carved skulls provide the first evidence of a neolithic ‘skull cult’
Three carved skull fragments uncovered at a Neolithic dig site in Turkey feature modifications not…
Engineers design a robotic gripper for cleaning up space debris
Researchers combined gecko-inspired adhesives and a custom robotic gripper to create a device for grabbing…