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Life & Chemistry

Giant Panda’s Future: New Research Shows Viable Survival Path

The giant panda is not at an “evolutionary dead end” and could have a long term viable future, according to new research involving scientists from Cardiff…

Physics & Astronomy

Quantum Light Beams Enhance Speed in Technology Advancements

The researchers have successfully superposed light beams, which produces a state that appears to be both on and off at once. Light beams that are…

Life & Chemistry

Estrogen’s Role in Breast Cancer: New Insights Revealed

The cancer biology team from UQ's Diamantina Institute for Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine, believe their finding will help explain the link between…

Earth Sciences

Los Angeles Experiences Rare 1,000-Year Earthquake Lull

The Los Angeles basin appears to be in a seismic “lull” characterized by relatively smaller and infrequent earthquakes, according to a study in the September…

Information Technology

James Webb Space Telescope: New Software Focuses 19 Mirrors

NASA researchers will present findings on these algorithms and software programs, called the “Wavefront Sensing and Controls” at the Optics and Photonics…

Transportation and Logistics

Innovations Shaping Global Trade Beyond the Horizon

The world is a very different place out beyond the horizon. Even as you read this, there are some 40,000 large cargo ships plying the world’s waterways and…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers Discover Unprecedented Void in the Universe

“Not only has no one ever found a void this big, but we never even expected to find one this size,” said Lawrence Rudnick of the University of Minnesota…

Studies and Analyses

Viagra Boosts Reproductive Hormone Release, Study Finds

The finding is the first indication of a chemical mechanism through which erectile dysfunction drugs like Viagra may have physical effects besides increasing…

Life & Chemistry

Nuclear Nanocapsules: A New Approach to Cancer Treatment

Rice University chemists have found a way to package some of nature's most powerful radioactive particles inside DNA-sized tubes of pure carbon — a method…

Environmental Conservation

Conifer Forest Focus Puts 78 Species at Risk

At least 78 vertebrate species have been documented that require, in one way or another, the food or habitat provided by non-coniferous vegetation, and may be…

Environmental Conservation

Toxic Air Pollution in Urban Garages: SUVs as Major Polluters

But researchers say that this tiny difference becomes enormous when considering the number of light trucks moving along the nation's highways.“That small…

Physics & Astronomy

New Method to Probe Exotic Matter Using XMM-Newton & Suzaku

ESA’s XMM-Newton and the JAXA/NASA Suzaku X-ray observatories have been used to see the distortion of space-time around three neutron stars. These objects…

Earth Sciences

Spotting European Fires from Space: How ATSR Works

Working like thermometers in the sky, the Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) on ESA’s ERS-2 satellite and the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer…

Environmental Conservation

Norwegian Gas Measurement Technology Launches Into Space

The “Endeavour” space shuttle was recently launched carrying the apple of the eye of SINTEF scientist Atle Honne; gas measurement equipment and associated…

Life & Chemistry

Cells United Against Cancer: New Study Insights from Helsinki

The organized structure of normal breast epithelial cells may also serve as a barrier against cancer, according to a study by University of Helsinki…

Health & Medicine

New Alzheimer’s findings: High stress + genetic risk factor = increased memory decline

Similarly, high circulating levels of cortisol, associated with high stress levels, also impairs memory. However, the interactive effects of this risk genotype…

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