Bugs in your eyes may be a good thing. Resident microbes living on the eye…
Month: July 2017
Eye-dwelling bacteria help mice fight off invading pathogens
The surface of the eye is one of the most inhospitable environments for microbes in…
Academic motivation suffers when economic mobility seems out of reach
High school and college students from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds are much less motivated…
Most comprehensive database on past global changes is online
Climate scientists will now be able to more accurately study the pattern and causes of…
Erratic time perception in schizophrenia
A meta-analysis investigates time perception and temporal information processing in patients with schizophrenia on the…
Warm winter events in Arctic becoming more frequent, lasting longer
Arctic winter warming events — winter days where temperatures peak above 14 degrees Fahrenheit (minus…
Marine vessels are unsuspecting hosts of invasive species
Ships play an unknowing but dominant role in introducing and dispersing tough-shelled non-indigenous organisms into…
Better than Star Wars: Chemistry discovery yields 3-D table-top objects crafted from light
A scientist’s childhood dream of 3-D projections like those he saw in a Star Wars…
Spiky ferrofluid thrusters can move satellites
Once launched into low-Earth orbit, a small satellite needs propulsion. Electrospray uses spiky, needle-like jets…
Coffee bubble phobia may be deep-seated aversion to parasites
Some people experience intense aversion and anxiety when they see clusters of roughly circular shapes,…