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Physics & Astronomy

SMART-1's bridge to the future exploration of the Moon

“SMART-1 data are helping to choose future landing sites for robotic and possible manned missions, and its instruments are upgraded and being flown again on…

Life & Chemistry

Cocoa “vitamin” health benefits could outshine penicillin

Hollenberg has spent years studying the benefits of cocoa drinking on the Kuna people in Panama. He found that the risk of 4 of the 5 most common killer…

Studies and Analyses

To buy or not to buy: What you decide affects how you'll feel next time

But how do consumers feel after they've been confronted with temptation? A new article from the Journal of Consumer Research investigates the mixed emotions…

Environmental Conservation

Salmon Industry Transformed: Insights from TRAFFIC Report

The Great Salmon Run: Competition Between Wild and Farmed Salmon, released by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network of World Wildlife Fund and…

Studies and Analyses

Queen's studies find new links between wine, fermented foods and cancer

New findings by a Queen's University research team dispel the popular notion that eating so-called “natural” foods will protect against cancer. In fact,…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Wet distiller's grains could play a role in cattle diets

The two four-month cattle finishing experiments with yearling heifers were conducted by Dr. Mike Brown, a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station ruminant…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Researchers 'sniff out' emissions from feedyards

Dr. Ken Casey, Experiment Station air quality engineer in Amarillo, wants to measure ammonia and hydrogen sulfide emissions from feedyards. His research team…

Physics & Astronomy

Asteroids Spin Cycle: Sunlight’s Impact Revealed by Radar

Using the highly sensitive radar telescope at the Cornell University-managed Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico and Goldstone antenna in California, Cornell…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Tweak Plant’s Outer Layer to Alter Size Dramatically

For more than a century, scientists have tried to find out which part of the plant both drives and curbs growth: is it a shoot's outer waxy layer? Its inner…

Physics & Astronomy

SMART-1's bridge to the future exploration of the Moon

“SMART-1 data are helping to choose future landing sites for robotic and possible manned missions, and its instruments are upgraded and being flown again on…

Life & Chemistry

Clock Gene Research: Impact on Workforce Sleep Patterns

In findings published in this week's issue of Current Biology, researchers at the University of Surrey's Sleep Research Centre report their discovery that a…

Health & Medicine

New Food Supplement May Prevent Diabetes and Atherosclerosis

Nutritional research is focusing on the effects of incorporating these healthier fatty acids, such as conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), into animal and human…

Earth Sciences

Delft research increases understanding of Earth's magnetic field

Science attributes the creation of the Earth's magnetic field to the movement of electricity conducting liquids in the molten core of the Earth. Researchers…

Physics & Astronomy

Finnish RF Suitcase Enhances Satellite Testing for ESA

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has designed and constructed a satellite testing system called > '> RF Suitcase> '> for the Herschel / Planck mission…

Life & Chemistry

European Patent on Stem Cells: New Insights and Implications

This conclusion, which runs counter to the views of the European Group on Ethics under the European Commission, was reached by an interdisciplinary group at…

Environmental Conservation

Links between species' ecological traits and environmental requirements guide conservation planners

Such modelling exploits relationships between species' occurrences and characteristic environmental conditions. The accuracy of resulting models is crucial if…

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