As growing numbers of America’s baby boomers reach retirement, neuroscientists are expanding their efforts to understand and treat one of the leading health…
That includes people living in Arizona, who may be in for a dustier future.The findings are presented in a study published in Nature that details how soil…
Barrier films, used in everything from food and drug packaging to consumer electronics and solar cells, help prevent your food from spoiling, help to preserve…
Bacteria are unicellular organisms that may show surprising levels of sociality. They can coordinate their behavior and cooperatively build enzymes or defence…
Flexitallic, Cleckheaton/UK, with its Flange Rescue Gaskets (FRG), providing an unsurpassed maintenance solution for the chemical and oil & gas industries,…
Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) have discovered a…
They have set up the experiment to identify the nature of dark matter, an invisible substance that physicists believe is all around us, making up most of the…
Now, scientists have confirmed that humpback whales in the southern Gulf of Maine are spending more feeding time on the ocean floor than in any of these other…
Earthquake early warning systems may provide the public with crucial seconds to prepare for severe shaking. For California, a new study suggests upgrading…
When a Tropical Depression decouples, it means the layers of circulation in the atmosphere are no longer “stacked” on top of each other. NASA's Aqua satellite…
Rare earths are among the most precious raw materials of all. These metals are used in mobile telephones, display screens and computers. And they are…
Beavers reshape landscapes with their dams. Wolves control elk populations. Sea otters protect kelp forests by eating sea urchins. These are what ecologists…
Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a new and inexpensive system to test the structural condition of short- to medium-span…
Scientists say they’ve produced “the clearest evidence yet” the SARS virus originated in Chinese horseshoe bats and that direct bat-to-human transmission is…
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) Japan Science and Technology Agency A research group led by NIMS GREEN and JST, in collaboration with WPI-MANA…
Several warnings have been issued by PAGASA for areas of the Philippines. Signal No. 2 is in effect for area in Luzon. Signal 2 means winds of 37.2 to 62…