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NEWS FROM THE FIELD FOR 2014

• December 31, 2014
  Unique Sulawesi frog gives birth to tadpoles
  
  
• December 31, 2014
  Penn scientists identify patterns of RNA regulation in the nuclei of plants
  
  
• December 29, 2014
  CCNY study unveils new half-light half-matter quantum particles
  
  
• December 24, 2014
  The ants that conquered the world
  
  
• December 24, 2014
  Study sheds light on what causes cells to divide
  
  
• December 22, 2014
  Tales from a Martian rock
  
  
• December 22, 2014
  Researchers discover new genetic anomalies in lung cancer
  
  
• December 22, 2014
  Penn researchers model the mechanics of cells' long-range communication
  
  
• December 22, 2014
  New technology makes tissues, someday maybe organs
  
  
• December 22, 2014
  Hands on: Crafting ultrathin color coatings
  
  
• December 22, 2014
  Fragile bones of modern humans result from reduced physical activity
  
  
• December 22, 2014
  Acoustic tweezers manipulate cell-to-cell contact
  
  
• December 19, 2014
  Coral reveals long-term link between Pacific winds, global climate
  
  
• December 18, 2014
  The Greenland Ice Sheet: Now in HD
  
  
• December 18, 2014
  Team develops 'cool' new method for probing how molecules fold
  
  
• December 18, 2014
  Sensing distant tornadoes, birds flew the coop
  
  
• December 18, 2014
  Research aims to improve rechargeable batteries by focusing on graphene oxide paper
  
  
• December 18, 2014
  Oregon researchers glimpse pathway of sunlight to electricity
  
  
• December 18, 2014
  Instant-start computers possible with new breakthrough
  
  
• December 18, 2014
  Compact Galaxy Groups Reveal Details of Their Close Encounters
  
  
• December 17, 2014
  Switching to spintronics
  
  
• December 17, 2014
  Study shows how breast cancer cells break free to spread in the body
  
  
• December 17, 2014
  Study Hints that Ancient Earth Made Its Own Water—Geologically
  
  
• December 17, 2014
  Of bugs and brains
  
  
• December 17, 2014
  New conversion process turns biomass 'waste' into lucrative chemical products
  
  
• December 17, 2014
  Ancient, hydrogen-rich waters discovered deep underground at locations around the world
  
  
• December 17, 2014
  550-million-year-old fossils provide new clues about fossil formation
  
  
• December 17, 2014
  'Perfect Storm' Quenching Star Formation around a Supermassive Black Hole
  
  
• December 16, 2014
  Study reveals that people may inherit 'gut' bacteria that cause Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
  
  
• December 16, 2014
  Stay complex, my friends
  
  
• December 16, 2014
  Scientists trace nanoparticles from plants to caterpillars
  
  
• December 16, 2014
  New tracers can identify coal ash contamination in water
  
  
• December 16, 2014
  Glacier beds can get slipperier at higher sliding speeds
  
  
• December 16, 2014
  Big-data analysis reveals gene sharing in mice
  
  
• December 15, 2014
  Promising new method for rapidly screening cancer drugs
  
  
• December 15, 2014
  Past global warming similar to today's
  
  
• December 15, 2014
  New discovery opens door for radical reduction in energy consumed by digital devices
  
  
• December 15, 2014
  Molecular "hats" allow in vivo activation of disguised signaling peptides
  
  
• December 15, 2014
  Climate change could leave cities more in the dark
  
  
• December 15, 2014
  Carbon-trapping 'sponges' can cut greenhouse gases
  
  
• December 15, 2014
  An ecosystem on steroids
  
  
• December 12, 2014
  Slow rate of croc mutation revealed in major Science study
  
  
• December 12, 2014
  Birdsong study reveals how brain uses timing during motor activity
  
  
• December 11, 2014
  Tooth loss in birds occurred about 116 million years ago
  
  
• December 11, 2014
  The story of a bizarre deep-sea bone worm takes an unexpected twist
  
  
• December 11, 2014
  Study: Invasive species can dramatically alter landscapes
  
  
• December 11, 2014
  Stacking 2-D materials may lower cost of semiconductor devices
  
  
• December 11, 2014
  Scientists reveal new family tree for birds, clear back to dinosaur parents
  
  
• December 11, 2014
  Scientists reconstruct genome of common ancestor of crocodiles, birds, dinosaurs
  
  
• December 11, 2014
  Pulsing magnetic fields focus nanoparticles to deep targets
  
  
• December 11, 2014
  Penn research outlines basic rules for construction with a type of origami
  
  
• December 11, 2014
  New method helps map species' genetic heritage
  
  
• December 11, 2014
  Nanoshaping method points to future manufacturing technology
  
  
• December 11, 2014
  International team maps 'big bang' of bird evolution
  
  
• December 11, 2014
  Genes tell story of birdsong and human speech
  
  
• December 11, 2014
  Ebola virus may replicate in an exotic way
  
  
• December 11, 2014
  Earth's most abundant mineral finally has a name
  
  
• December 11, 2014
  Could ibuprofen be an anti-aging medicine?
  
  
• December 11, 2014
  Computer scientists at UT Austin crack code for redrawing bird family tree
  
  
• December 11, 2014
  Birds find their place in the avian tree of life
  
  
• December 10, 2014
  Theory details how 'hot' monomers affect thin-film formation
  
  
• December 10, 2014
  Sharing that crowded holiday flight with countless hitchhiking dust mites
  
  
• December 10, 2014
  Proteins stepping on 'landmines': How they survive the immense heat they create
  
  
• December 10, 2014
  Organic electronics could lead to cheap, wearable medical sensors
  
  
• December 10, 2014
  No laughing matter: Nitrous oxide rose at end of last ice age
  
  
• December 10, 2014
  New 'high-entropy' alloy is as light as aluminum, as strong as titanium alloys
  
  
• December 10, 2014
  Interstellar mystery solved by supercomputer simulations
  
  
• December 10, 2014
  Defects are perfect in laser-induced graphene
  
  
• December 10, 2014
  Carbon soot particles, dust blamed for discoloring India's Taj Mahal
  
  
• December 9, 2014
  Warmer Pacific Ocean could release millions of tons of seafloor methane
  
  
• December 9, 2014
  Temperature anomalies are warming faster than Earth's average
  
  
• December 9, 2014
  Now researchers can see how unfolded proteins move in the cell
  
  
• December 9, 2014
  Multiple, short learning sessions strengthen memory formation in fragile X syndrome
  
  
• December 9, 2014
  Conservation targeting tigers pushes leopards to change
  
  
• December 9, 2014
  Can organic crops compete with industrial agriculture?
  
  
• December 8, 2014
  Unusual electronic state found in new class of unconventional superconductors
  
  
• December 8, 2014
  Solid-state proteins maximize the intensity of fluorescent, protein-based lasers
  
  
• December 8, 2014
  Re-thinking Southern California earthquake scenarios in Coachella Valley, San Andreas Fault
  
  
• December 8, 2014
  Penn researchers show commonalities in how different glassy materials fail
  
  
• December 8, 2014
  Nanoparticle allows low-cost creation of 3-D nanostructures
  
  
• December 5, 2014
  45-year physics mystery shows a path to quantum transistors
  
  
• December 4, 2014
  Wireless brain sensor could unchain neuroscience from cables
  
  
• December 4, 2014
  Science study links greenhouse gases to African rainfall
  
  
• December 4, 2014
  Localized climate change contributed to ancient southwest depopulation
  
  
• December 4, 2014
  Greenhouse gases linked to past African rainfall
  
  
• December 4, 2014
  Electric eels deliver Taser-like shocks
  
  
• December 3, 2014
  Tinkering with the Tao of pandas
  
  
• December 3, 2014
  Study finds mixing genes helps guppies flourish, not fail
  
  
• December 3, 2014
  Small drains mean big problems at 'baby beaches'
  
  
• December 3, 2014
  Researchers get a rabbit's-eye view
  
  
• December 3, 2014
  Parasites and the evolution of primate culture
  
  
• December 3, 2014
  Computer model enables design of complex DNA shapes
  
  
• December 3, 2014
  Astronomers detect atomic hydrogen emission in galaxies at record breaking distances
  
  
• December 2, 2014
  Turn back the molecular clock, say Argentina's plant fossils
  
  
• December 2, 2014
  Study of deadly bat disease finds surprising seasonal pattern of infections
  
  
• December 2, 2014
  Study finds insects play important role in dealing with garbage on NYC streets
  
  
• December 2, 2014
  Strange galaxy perplexes astronomers
  
  
• December 2, 2014
  Looking at El Niño's past to predict its future
  
  
• December 2, 2014
  Geckos are sticky without effort
  
  
• December 1, 2014
  NYU researchers find silver lining playbook for performance
  
  
• December 1, 2014
  Most of Earth's carbon may be hidden in the planet's inner core, new model suggests
  
  
• December 1, 2014
  Minute movements of autistic children and parents provide clue to severity of disorder
  
  
• December 1, 2014
  Another human footprint in the ocean
  
  
• November 26, 2014
  Shaping the future of energy storage with conductive clay
  
  
• November 26, 2014
  New technique could harvest more of the sun's energy
  
  
• November 26, 2014
  Engineers make sound loud enough to bend light on a computer chip
  
  
• November 26, 2014
  CMU researchers identify brain regions that encode words, grammar, story
  
  
• November 25, 2014
  Research yields material made of single-atom layers that snap together like Legos
  
  
• November 25, 2014
  Female color perception affects evolution of male plumage in birds
  
  
• November 25, 2014
  Blu-ray Disc can be used to improve solar cell performance
  
  
• November 24, 2014
  The living, breathing ocean
  
  
• November 24, 2014
  Scientists do glass a solid--with new theory on how it transitions from a liquid
  
  
• November 24, 2014
  Physicists predict Fano resonance in lead-free relaxors
  
  
• November 24, 2014
  New device could make large biological circuits practical
  
  
• November 24, 2014
  CT scans of coral skeletons reveal ocean acidity increases reef erosion
  
  
• November 24, 2014
  Cell's skeleton is never still
  
  
• November 24, 2014
  Boy moms more social in chimpanzees
  
  
• November 24, 2014
  An inside job: UC-designed nanoparticles infiltrate, kill cancer cells from within
  
  
• November 21, 2014
  Researchers study impact of power prosthetic failures on amputees
  
  
• November 21, 2014
  Life's extremists may be an untapped source of antibacterial drugs
  
  
• November 21, 2014
  How the hummingbird achieves its aerobatic feats
  
  
• November 21, 2014
  China's new 'great wall' not so great
  
  
• November 20, 2014
  UO-industry collaboration points to improved nanomaterials
  
  
• November 20, 2014
  Rutgers chemistry professor named New Jersey Professor of the Year
  
  
• November 20, 2014
  Quantum mechanical calculations reveal the hidden states of enzyme active sites
  
  
• November 20, 2014
  Out of India
  
  
• November 20, 2014
  New terahertz device could strengthen security
  
  
• November 20, 2014
  New computer model predicts gut metabolites to better understand gastrointestinal disease
  
  
• November 20, 2014
  Darwin 2.0
  
  
• November 19, 2014
  What agricultural 'ecosystems on steroids' are doing to the air
  
  
• November 19, 2014
  Warmer temperatures limit impact of parasites, boost pest populations
  
  
• November 19, 2014
  UC-Irvine initiates joint project utilizing the arts to improve grade school science education
  
  
• November 19, 2014
  Spiraling light, nanoparticles and insights into life's structure
  
  
• November 19, 2014
  Of mice, not men
  
  
• November 19, 2014
  Fathers' engagement with baby depends on mother
  
  
• November 19, 2014
  Crops help to drive greater seasonal change in carbon dioxide cycle
  
  
• November 19, 2014
  'Green Revolution' changes breathing of the biosphere
  
  
• November 18, 2014
  Viruses impaired if their targets have diverse genes
  
  
• November 18, 2014
  UCLA biochemists build largest synthetic molecular 'cage' ever
  
  
• November 18, 2014
  Two sensors in one
  
  
• November 18, 2014
  Fountain of youth underlies Antarctic Mountains
  
  
• November 18, 2014
  Fossils cast doubt on climate change projections on habitats
  
  
• November 17, 2014
  Why lizards have bird breath
  
  
• November 17, 2014
  Tiny fish provides giant insight into how organisms adapt to changing environment
  
  
• November 17, 2014
  Researchers discern the shapes of high-order Brownian motions
  
  
• November 17, 2014
  New virus causes devastating sea star wasting disease
  
  
• November 17, 2014
  New advance in cryopreservation could change management of world blood supplies
  
  
• November 17, 2014
  Evolutionary constraints revealed in diversity of fish skulls
  
  
• November 14, 2014
  Rutgers engineers create smartphone app to cut risk of power outages
  
  
• November 14, 2014
  New form of crystalline order holds promise for thermoelectric applications
  
  
• November 13, 2014
  Researchers find new way to move atomically thin semiconductors for use in extremely flexible devices
  
  
• November 13, 2014
  Pulling together the early solar system
  
  
• November 13, 2014
  Male bullies father more chimpanzees
  
  
• November 13, 2014
  Lightning expected to increase by 50 percent with global warming
  
  
• November 13, 2014
  For female chimpanzees, no consent agreement
  
  
• November 13, 2014
  Cats and athletes teach robots to fall
  
  
• November 12, 2014
  Symbiotic plants are more diverse, finds new study
  
  
• November 12, 2014
  Stock market models help NYU researchers predict animal behavior
  
  
• November 12, 2014
  Rice program models more detailed evolutionary networks from genetic data
  
  
• November 12, 2014
  Inhabit(ants) of New York City: High diversity underfoot in urban environments
  
  
• November 12, 2014
  A piece of the quantum puzzle
  
  
• November 11, 2014
  Tree diseases can help forests
  
  
• November 11, 2014
  Tail discovered on long-known asteroid
  
  
• November 11, 2014
  Some plants regenerate by duplicating their DNA
  
  
• November 11, 2014
  Microtubes create cozy space for neurons to grow, and grow fast
  
  
• November 10, 2014
  Wireless devices used by casual pilots vulnerable to hacking, computer scientists find
  
  
• November 10, 2014
  The cat's meow: Genome reveals clues to domestication
  
  
• November 10, 2014
  SwRI-led team telescope effort reveals asteroid’s size for the first time
  
  
• November 10, 2014
  Supercomputing beyond genealogy reveals surprising European ancestors
  
  
• November 10, 2014
  Robotic ocean gliders aid study of melting polar ice
  
  
• November 10, 2014
  Primordial galaxy bursts with starry births
  
  
• November 10, 2014
  MU researchers offer first analysis of new human glucose disorder
  
  
• November 10, 2014
  Heat transfer sets the noise floor for ultrasensitive electronics
  
  
• November 10, 2014
  Classification of gene mutations in a children's cancer may point to improved treatments
  
  
• November 10, 2014
  Bending--but not breaking--in search of new materials
  
  
• November 10, 2014
  Baby photos of a scaled-up solar system
  
  
• November 10, 2014
  ALMA finds best evidence yet for galactic merger in distant protocluster
  
  
• November 7, 2014
  New global maps detail human-caused ocean acidification
  
  
• November 6, 2014
  Rare 2.5-billion-year-old rocks reveal hot spot of sulfur-breathing bacteria
  
  
• November 6, 2014
  Hungry bats compete for prey by jamming sonar
  
  
• November 6, 2014
  Cockroach cyborgs use microphones to detect, trace sounds
  
  
• November 6, 2014
  Birth of planets revealed in astonishing detail in ALMA’s 'best image ever'
  
  
• November 6, 2014
  Birth of planets revealed in astonishing detail in ALMA's 'best image ever'
  
  
• November 5, 2014
  Madagascar: Fossil skull analysis offers clue to mammals' evolution
  
  
• November 5, 2014
  Jet-fueled electricity at room temperature
  
  
• November 5, 2014
  Groundwater patches play important role in forest health, water quality
  
  
• November 5, 2014
  European satellite could discover thousands of planets in Earth's galaxy
  
  
• November 5, 2014
  Coexist or perish, new wildfire analysis says
  
  
• November 4, 2014
  New insight into the neuroscience of choking under pressure
  
  
• November 4, 2014
  Mosquitofish genitalia change rapidly due to human impacts
  
  
• November 4, 2014
  Less reward, more aversion when learning tricky tasks
  
  
• November 4, 2014
  How important is long-distance travel in the spread of epidemics?
  
  
• November 4, 2014
  Compared with apes, people's gut bacteria lack diversity, study finds
  
  
• November 4, 2014
  Carnegie Mellon project uses “provably fair” methods to help people split rent, divide goods, share credit
  
  
• November 4, 2014
  Better Bomb-Sniffing Technology
  
  
• November 3, 2014
  Outsmarting thermodynamics in self-assembly of nanostructures
  
  
• November 3, 2014
  New technology shows promise for delivery of therapeutics to the brain
  
  
• November 3, 2014
  Fighting for females: The evolution of a hummingbird
  
  
• November 3, 2014
  Dance choreography improves girls' computational skills
  
  
• November 3, 2014
  Astronomers solve puzzle about bizarre object at the center of our galaxy
  
  
• November 2, 2014
  Ultracold disappearing act
  
  
• November 2, 2014
  Getting more out of nature: Genetic toolkit finds new maximum for crop yields
  
  
• October 31, 2014
  Decoding the emergence of metastatic cancer stem cells
  
  
• October 30, 2014
  They know the drill: UW leads the league in boring through ice sheets
  
  
• October 30, 2014
  New tech aims to improve communication between dogs and humans
  
  
• October 30, 2014
  Link seen between seizures and migraines in the brain
  
  
• October 30, 2014
  Lack of oxygen delayed the rise of animals on Earth
  
  
• October 30, 2014
  Emerging disease could wipe out American, European salamanders
  
  
• October 29, 2014
  Study shows tectonic plates not rigid, deform horizontally in cooling process
  
  
• October 29, 2014
  Researchers track ammonium source in open ocean
  
  
• October 29, 2014
  Planet-forming lifeline discovered in a binary star system: ALMA examines ezekiel-like 'wheel in a wheel' of dust and gas
  
  
• October 29, 2014
  New study shows three abrupt pulses of CO₂ during last deglaciation
  
  
• October 28, 2014
  New technique uses bacteria's own CRISPR-Cas system to turn off genes
  
  
• October 28, 2014
  Can the wave function of an electron be divided and trapped?
  
  
• October 28, 2014
  Boulder team wins International Water Prize
  
  
• October 27, 2014
  Rice team sets sights on better voting machine
  
  
• October 27, 2014
  Georgia State astronomers image the exploding fireball stage of a nova
  
  
• October 27, 2014
  First time-lapse images of exploding fireball from a 'nova' star
  
  
• October 27, 2014
  Cell membranes self-assemble
  
  
• October 27, 2014
  'Sticky' ends start synthetic collagen growth
  
  
• October 26, 2014
  Turning loss to gain: Cutting power could dramatically boost laser output
  
  
• October 25, 2014
  Taxi GPS data helps researchers study Hurricane Sandy's effect on NYC traffic
  
  
• October 24, 2014
  University of Delaware study connects penguin chick weights to local weather conditions
  
  
• October 24, 2014
  Physicists closer to understanding balance of matter, antimatter in Universe
  
  
• October 23, 2014
  Lucky star escapes black hole with minor damage
  
  
• October 23, 2014
  Icelandic volcano sits on massive magma hot spot
  
  
• October 23, 2014
  Highest altitude ice age human occupation documented in Peruvian Andes
  
  
• October 23, 2014
  Florida lizards evolve rapidly, within 15 years and 20 generations
  
  
• October 23, 2014
  Birds roosting in large groups less likely to contract West Nile virus
  
  
• October 22, 2014
  NYU researchers break nano barrier to engineer the first protein microfiber
  
  
• October 22, 2014
  New 'Surveyman' software promises to revolutionize survey design and accuracy
  
  
• October 22, 2014
  Human skin cells reprogrammed directly into brain cells
  
  
• October 21, 2014
  When the isthmus is an island: Madison's hottest, and coldest, spots
  
  
• October 21, 2014
  UT Arlington to host international gathering of mind, brain and education experts
  
  
• October 21, 2014
  UNH scientist: Cosmic rays threaten future deep-space astronaut missions
  
  
• October 21, 2014
  Special UO microscope captures defects in nanotubes
  
  
• October 21, 2014
  POLARBEAR seeks cosmic answers in microwave polarization
  
  
• October 21, 2014
  Big black holes can block new stars
  
  
• October 20, 2014
  WSU researchers see how plants optimize their repair
  
  
• October 20, 2014
  POLARBEAR detects curls in the Universe's oldest light
  
  
• October 20, 2014
  Perceived hatred fuels conflicts between Democrats and Republicans, Israelis and Palestinians
  
  
• October 20, 2014
  New tracers can identify frack fluids in the environment
  
  
• October 20, 2014
  Mental rest and reflection boost learning, study suggests
  
  
• October 20, 2014
  Imaging electric charge propagating along microbial nanowires
  
  
• October 20, 2014
  Goldilocks principle wrong for particle assembly: Too hot and too cold is just right
  
  
• October 20, 2014
  Facetless crystals that mimic starfish shells could advance 3-D-printing pills
  
  
• October 20, 2014
  Built-in billboards: Male bluefin killifish signal different things with different fins
  
  
• October 20, 2014
  A child's poor decision-making skills can predict later behavior problems, research shows
  
  
• October 19, 2014
  Crystallizing the DNA nanotechnology dream
  
  
• October 17, 2014
  Superconducting circuits, simplified
  
  
• October 16, 2014
  Protons hog the momentum in neutron-rich nuclei
  
  
• October 16, 2014
  Formation and large-scale confinement of jets emitted by young stars finally elucidated
  
  
• October 16, 2014
  Are male brains wired to ignore food for sex?
  
  
• October 15, 2014
  Weather history time machine
  
  
• October 15, 2014
  Researchers develop world's thinnest electric generator
  
  
• October 15, 2014
  Getting to know super-Earths
  
  
• October 15, 2014
  Brain surgery through the cheek
  
  
• October 15, 2014
  Astronomers spot faraway Uranus-like planet
  
  
• October 15, 2014
  A brighter design emerges for low-cost, 'greener' LED light bulbs
  
  
• October 14, 2014
  What goes up must come down
  
  
• October 14, 2014
  Scientists discover carbonate rocks are unrecognized methane sink
  
  
• October 14, 2014
  Dinosaur breathing study shows that noses enhanced smelling and cooled brain
  
  
• October 13, 2014
  Tailored flexible illusion coatings hide objects from detection
  
  
• October 13, 2014
  Stanford scientists create a 'smart' lithium-ion battery that warns of fire hazard
  
  
• October 13, 2014
  Scientists link ALS progression to increased protein instability
  
  
• October 10, 2014
  No single explanation for biodiversity in Madagascar
  
  
• October 10, 2014
  Getting sharp images from dull detectors
  
  
• October 10, 2014
  Charged graphene gives DNA a stage to perform molecular gymnastics
  
  
• October 9, 2014
  Unstoppable magnetoresistance
  
  
• October 9, 2014
  Snakes and snake-like robots show how sidewinders conquer sandy slopes
  
  
• October 9, 2014
  Migrating animals' pee affects ocean chemistry
  
  
• October 9, 2014
  Manipulating memory with light
  
  
• October 9, 2014
  Electrically conductive plastics promising for batteries, solar cells
  
  
• October 9, 2014
  Automated imaging system looks underground to help improve crops
  
  
• October 8, 2014
  Radio telescopes unravel mystery of nova gamma rays
  
  
• October 8, 2014
  A highway runs through it: Mountain lions in Southern California face genetic decay
  
  
• October 7, 2014
  Slime-producing molecules help spread disease from cats to sea otters
  
  
• October 6, 2014
  UT Arlington researchers demonstrate direct fluid flow influences neuron growth
  
  
• October 6, 2014
  Trying to share our 'epic' moments may leave us feeling left out
  
  
• October 6, 2014
  New technique to make foams could lead to lightweight, sustainable materials
  
  
• October 6, 2014
  Natural gene selection can produce orange corn rich in provitamin A for Africa, U.S.
  
  
• October 6, 2014
  A new way to extract bone-making cells from fat tissue
  
  
• October 3, 2014
  Untangling how cables coil
  
  
• October 3, 2014
  New study shows that yoga and meditation may help train the brain
  
  
• October 2, 2014
  Study of mountain lion energetics shows the power of the pounce
  
  
• October 2, 2014
  Princeton scientists observe elusive particle that is its own antiparticle
  
  
• October 2, 2014
  New study first to document the voices of fish larvae
  
  
• October 2, 2014
  New map exposes previously unseen details of seafloor
  
  
• October 2, 2014
  Making oxygen before life
  
  
• October 2, 2014
  Gut bacteria are protected by host during illness
  
  
• October 2, 2014
  Big-headed ants grow bigger when faced with fierce competitors
  
  
• October 2, 2014
  Argonne researchers create more accurate model for greenhouse gases from peatlands
  
  
• October 1, 2014
  UT-Arlington big data analytics could yield better treatment for pain management
  
  
• October 1, 2014
  Stressed out: Research sheds new light on why rechargeable batteries fail
  
  
• October 1, 2014
  Spiders: Survival of the fittest group
  
  
• October 1, 2014
  Public feels more negative toward drug addicts than mentally ill
  
  
• October 1, 2014
  Nanoparticles accumulate quickly in wetland sediment
  
  
• October 1, 2014
  Genetic secrets of the monarch butterfly revealed
  
  
• October 1, 2014
  Evolving plumbing system beneath Greenland slows ice sheet as summer progresses
  
  
• September 30, 2014
  Causes of California drought linked to climate change
  
  
• September 29, 2014
  UT-Arlington researchers develop new transparent nanoscintillators for radiation detection
  
  
• September 29, 2014
  Physics professor researches double-layered plasmas to predict earth-damaging space weather
  
  
• September 29, 2014
  New research yields insights into science offered in California’s after-school programs
  
  
• September 29, 2014
  How things coil
  
  
• September 29, 2014
  Deceptive-looking vortex line in superfluid led to twice-mistaken identity
  
  
• September 29, 2014
  Carnegie Mellon research shows viral DNA infects cells by changing from solid to fluid-like state
  
  
• September 29, 2014
  Adding uncertainty to improve mathematical models
  
  
• September 26, 2014
  Underwater robot for port security
  
  
• September 26, 2014
  New UT-Dallas technology may lead to prolonged power in mobile devices
  
  
• September 26, 2014
  Longstanding bottleneck in crystal structure prediction solved
  
  
• September 25, 2014
  Water research tackles growing grassland threat: Trees
  
  
• September 25, 2014
  Researchers engineer 'Cas9' animal models to study disease and inform drug discovery
  
  
• September 25, 2014
  Penn chemists observe key reaction for producing 'atmosphere's detergent'
  
  
• September 24, 2014
  Study: Biochar alters water flow to improve sand and clay
  
  
• September 24, 2014
  Researchers uncover structure of enzyme that makes plant cellulose
  
  
• September 24, 2014
  Most stars are born in clusters, some leave "home"
  
  
• September 24, 2014
  Colorado's Front Range fire severity not much different than past, says CU study
  
  
• September 24, 2014
  Chemists recruit anthrax to deliver cancer drugs
  
  
• September 24, 2014
  Alzheimer's patients can still feel the emotion long after the memories have vanished
  
  
• September 24, 2014
  A step in the right direction to avoid falls
  
  
• September 24, 2014
  2-D materials' crystalline defects key to new properties
  
  
• September 24, 2014
  'Skin-like' device monitors cardiovascular and skin health
  
  
• September 23, 2014
  Water-quality trading can reduce river pollution
  
  
• September 23, 2014
  Immune system is key ally in cyberwar against cancer
  
  
• September 23, 2014
  High-throughput cell-sorting method can separate 10 billion bacterial cells in 30 minutes
  
  
• September 23, 2014
  Could suburban sprawl be good for segregation?
  
  
• September 22, 2014
  Variability keeps the body in balance
  
  
• September 22, 2014
  Snail shells show high-rise plateau is much lower than it used to be
  
  
• September 22, 2014
  Platelets modulate clotting behavior by 'feeling' their surroundings
  
  
• September 22, 2014
  New RFID technology helps robots find household objects
  
  
• September 22, 2014
  New chip promising for tumor-targeting research
  
  
• September 22, 2014
  Infant Solar System shows signs of windy weather
  
  
• September 22, 2014
  Graphene flaws key to creating hypersensitive 'electronic nose'
  
  
• September 22, 2014
  From spreadsheets to solutions: New platform enables next generation of open-city data
  
  
• September 22, 2014
  Finding hints of gravitational waves in the stars
  
  
• September 21, 2014
  Engineered proteins stick like glue--even in water
  
  
• September 19, 2014
  Dwindling wind may tip predator-prey balance
  
  
• September 18, 2014
  UChicago-Argonne National Lab team improves solar-cell efficiency
  
  
• September 18, 2014
  Small, fast and crowded: Mammal traits amplify tick-borne illness
  
  
• September 18, 2014
  Researchers develop unique waste cleanup for rural areas
  
  
• September 18, 2014
  Physicists heat freestanding graphene to control curvature of ripples
  
  
• September 18, 2014
  Nuclear spins control current in plastic LED
  
  
• September 18, 2014
  Finding supports model on cause of DNA's right-handed double helix
  
  
• September 18, 2014
  Changes in coastal upwelling linked to temporary declines in marine ecosystem
  
  
• September 17, 2014
  Smallest known galaxy with a supermassive black hole
  
  
• September 17, 2014
  Math model designed to replace invasive kidney biopsy for lupus patients
  
  
• September 17, 2014
  Engineering longer-lived batteries for electric vehicles and other high-power applications
  
  
• September 17, 2014
  Creating pancakes using galaxy collisions--violent origins of disk galaxies probed by radio telescopes
  
  
• September 17, 2014
  Cape Cod salt marsh recovery looks good, falls short
  
  
• September 17, 2014
  A massive black hole has been found at the center of an ultra-compact galaxy
  
  
• September 16, 2014
  UC-Irvine team is first to capture motion of single molecule in real time
  
  
• September 16, 2014
  Novel capability enables first test of real turbine engine conditions
  
  
• September 16, 2014
  Meteorite that doomed dinosaurs remade forests
  
  
• September 16, 2014
  For electronics beyond silicon, a new contender emerges
  
  
• September 15, 2014
  Tigers, pandas and people: A recipe for conservation insight
  
  
• September 15, 2014
  Researchers control surface tension to manipulate liquid metals
  
  
• September 15, 2014
  Penn team studies nanocrystals by passing them through tiny pores
  
  
• September 15, 2014
  Northeastern researchers develop novel method for working with nanotubes
  
  
• September 15, 2014
  Microbiome research shows each tree species has a unique bacterial identity
  
  
• September 15, 2014
  Long-term effects of childhood asthma influenced by socioeconomic status
  
  
• September 15, 2014
  Judging a fish by its color: For female bluefin killifish, love is a yellow mate
  
  
• September 15, 2014
  Gas leaks from faulty wells linked to contamination in some groundwater
  
  
• September 15, 2014
  Early Earth less hellish than previously thought
  
  
• September 15, 2014
  Contaminated water in two states linked to faulty shale gas wells
  
  
• September 15, 2014
  Camera developed at WUSTL sheds light on mate choice of swordtail fish
  
  
• September 14, 2014
  Study sheds new light on why batteries go bad
  
  
• September 14, 2014
  Penn research helps uncover mechanism behind solid-solid phase transitions
  
  
• September 12, 2014
  Stanford-led study assesses the environmental costs and benefits of fracking
  
  
• September 12, 2014
  Corn spots: Study finds important genes in defense response
  
  
• September 11, 2014
  Volunteer 'eyes on the skies' track peregrine falcon recovery in California
  
  
• September 11, 2014
  Some male scientists willing to forsake careers for family
  
  
• September 11, 2014
  Researchers create world's largest DNA origami
  
  
• September 11, 2014
  Getting hot and wet in Vermont
  
  
• September 11, 2014
  Compound protects brain cells after traumatic brain injury
  
  
• September 11, 2014
  'Hot Jupiters' provoke their own host suns to wobble
  
  
• September 11, 2014
  'Green wave' explains migratory bird routes
  
  
• September 10, 2014
  U.S. cityscapes show consistent patterns of 'urban evolution'
  
  
• September 10, 2014
  Sequencing and analysis of gibbon genome sheds light on its complex evolution
  
  
• September 10, 2014
  Researchers advance artificial intelligence for player goal prediction in gaming
  
  
• September 10, 2014
  Nanotechnology aids in cooling electrons without external sources
  
  
• September 10, 2014
  LSU scientists lead research on speciation in the tropics
  
  
• September 10, 2014
  Lady baboons with guy pals live longer
  
  
• September 10, 2014
  Ancient swamp creature had lips like Mick Jagger
  
  
• September 9, 2014
  The saplings go their own way
  
  
• September 9, 2014
  Shift in Arabia Sea plankton may threaten fisheries
  
  
• September 9, 2014
  Sharks in acidic waters avoid smell of food
  
  
• September 9, 2014
  Rice wireless experts tap unused TV spectrum
  
  
• September 9, 2014
  Medical Testing on the Go
  
  
• September 9, 2014
  How skin falls apart: Pathology of autoimmune skin disease is revealed at the nanoscale
  
  
• September 9, 2014
  Hog workers carry drug-resistant bacteria even after they leave the farm
  
  
• September 9, 2014
  Carnegie Mellon's smart headlights spare the eyes of oncoming drivers
  
  
• September 8, 2014
  Study traces ecological collapse over 6,000 years of Egyptian history
  
  
• September 8, 2014
  Reacting to personal setbacks: Do you bounce back or give up?
  
  
• September 8, 2014
  Ohio University paleontologists discover new species of titanosaurian dinosaur in Tanzania
  
  
• September 8, 2014
  In one of nature's innovations, a single cell smashes and rebuilds its own genome
  
  
• September 8, 2014
  Co-flowing liquids can stabilize chaotic 'whipping' in microfluidic jets
  
  
• September 8, 2014
  'Solid' light could compute previously unsolvable problems
  
  
• September 7, 2014
  Ultra-thin, high-speed detector captures unprecedented range of light waves
  
  
• September 5, 2014
  Syracuse physicists explore biomimetic clocks
  
  
• September 5, 2014
  Penn engineers advance understanding of graphene's friction properties
  
  
• September 5, 2014
  Like weeds of the sea, 'brown tide' algae exploit nutrient-rich coastlines
  
  
• September 5, 2014
  Banked blood grows stiffer with age, study finds
  
  
• September 4, 2014
  Titania-based material holds promise as new insulator for superconductors
  
  
• September 4, 2014
  Study resolves discrepancy in Greenland temperatures during end of last ice age
  
  
• September 4, 2014
  Scientists apply biomedical technique to reveal changes within the body of the ocean
  
  
• September 4, 2014
  Research shows declining levels of acidity in Sierra Nevada lakes
  
  
• September 4, 2014
  Magnetic nanocubes self-assemble into helical superstructures
  
  
• September 4, 2014
  Drexel team unveils Dreadnoughtus: A gigantic, exceptionally complete sauropod dinosaur
  
  
• September 4, 2014
  Cost-effective, high-performance micropumps for lab-on-a-chip disease diagnosis
  
  
• September 4, 2014
  Coffee genome sheds light on the evolution of caffeine
  
  
• September 4, 2014
  Atomically thin material opens door for integrated nanophotonic circuits
  
  
• September 3, 2014
  UCSB researchers develop ultrasensitive biosensor from molybdenite semiconductor
  
  
• September 3, 2014
  Study shows cellular RNA can template DNA repair in yeast
  
  
• September 3, 2014
  Students report greater learning gains in traditional science courses
  
  
• September 3, 2014
  Hawaii scientist maps, names Laniakea, our home supercluster of galaxies
  
  
• September 3, 2014
  Half of all exoplanet host stars are binaries
  
  
• September 3, 2014
  A 'clear' choice for clearing 3-D cell cultures
  
  
• September 2, 2014
  Sierra Nevada freshwater runoff could drop 26 percent by 2100, UC study finds
  
  
• September 2, 2014
  Scientists discover the genomic origins of canola
  
  
• September 2, 2014
  Researchers find Asian camel crickets now common in U.S. homes
  
  
• September 2, 2014
  New synthesis method may shape future of nanostructures, clean energy
  
  
• September 2, 2014
  Experiences make you happier than possessions--before and after
  
  
• September 1, 2014
  Engineers develop new sensor to detect tiny individual nanoparticles
  
  
• August 31, 2014
  Why sibling stars look alike: Early, fast mixing in star-birth clouds
  
  
• August 31, 2014
  Mixing in star-forming clouds explains why sibling stars look alike
  
  
• August 29, 2014
  The power of hidden patterns
  
  
• August 29, 2014
  Surprising new role for calcium in sensing pain
  
  
• August 29, 2014
  More than half of biology majors are women, yet gender gaps remain in science classrooms
  
  
• August 28, 2014
  Watching the structure of glass under pressure
  
  
• August 28, 2014
  UM cicada study discovers two genomes that function as one
  
  
• August 28, 2014
  Socially-assistive robots help kids with autism learn by providing personalized prompts
  
  
• August 28, 2014
  Radio telescopes settle controversy over distance to Pleiades
  
  
• August 28, 2014
  Home is where the microbes are
  
  
• August 28, 2014
  Genomic sequencing reveals mutations, insights into 2014 Ebola outbreak
  
  
• August 28, 2014
  Flapping baby birds give clues to origin of flight
  
  
• August 28, 2014
  CCNY team defines new biodiversity metric
  
  
• August 27, 2014
  What lit up the universe?
  
  
• August 27, 2014
  Water 'thermostat' could help engineer drought-resistant crops
  
  
• August 27, 2014
  Study shows dispersant lingered in Gulf four years after oil spill
  
  
• August 27, 2014
  Southwest may face 'megadrought' this century
  
  
• August 27, 2014
  Scientists plug into a learning brain
  
  
• August 27, 2014
  Pacific plate shrinking as it cools
  
  
• August 27, 2014
  Orion rocks! Pebble-size particles may jump-start planet formation
  
  
• August 27, 2014
  New smartphone app can detect newborn jaundice in minutes
  
  
• August 27, 2014
  New analytical technology reveals 'nanomechanical' surface traits
  
  
• August 27, 2014
  Museum specimens, modern cities show how an insect pest will respond to climate change
  
  
• August 27, 2014
  Flexing the brain: Why learning tasks can be difficult
  
  
• August 27, 2014
  Detecting neutrinos, physicists look into the heart of the sun
  
  
• August 26, 2014
  Trash burning worldwide significantly worsens air pollution
  
  
• August 26, 2014
  Penn paleontologists describe a possible dinosaur nest and young 'babysitter'
  
  
• August 26, 2014
  New technology may identify tiny strains in body tissues before injuries occur
  
  
• August 26, 2014
  New estrogen-based compound suppresses binge-like eating behavior in female mice
  
  
• August 26, 2014
  Do we live in a 2-D hologram?
  
  
• August 26, 2014
  Best view yet of merging galaxies in distant universe
  
  
• August 25, 2014
  Tilted acoustic tweezers separate cells gently
  
  
• August 25, 2014
  Sorting cells with sound waves
  
  
• August 25, 2014
  Researchers find boron facilitates stem cell growth and development in corn
  
  
• August 25, 2014
  Exposure to toxins makes great-granddaughters more susceptible to stress
  
  
• August 25, 2014
  Critical transport: Bond LSC team finds boron vital for plant stem cells, corn reproduction
  
  
• August 25, 2014
  'Robo Brain' will teach robots everything from the Internet
  
  
• August 25, 2014
  'Just right' plant growth may make river deltas resilient
  
  
• August 21, 2014
  Sunlight, not microbes, key to CO₂ in Arctic
  
  
• August 21, 2014
  Sunlight controls the fate of carbon released from thawing arctic permafrost
  
  
• August 21, 2014
  Scientists uncover clues to role of magnetism in iron-based superconductors
  
  
• August 21, 2014
  Researchers map quantum vortices inside superfluid helium nanodroplets
  
  
• August 21, 2014
  Researchers develop models to study polyelectrolytes, including DNA and RNA
  
  
• August 21, 2014
  Marine protected areas might not be enough to help overfished reefs recover
  
  
• August 21, 2014
  Laser device may end pin pricks, improve quality of life for diabetics
  
  
• August 21, 2014
  JILA team finds first direct evidence of 'spin symmetry' in atoms
  
  
• August 21, 2014
  How hummingbirds evolved to detect sweetness
  
  
• August 21, 2014
  From dandruff to deep-sea vents, an ecologically hyper-diverse fungus
  
  
• August 21, 2014
  Cause of global warming hiatus found deep in the Atlantic Ocean
  
  
• August 21, 2014
  Alternate mechanism of species formation picks up support, thanks to a South American ant
  
  
• August 21, 2014
  800 meters beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet, subglacial lake holds viable microbial ecosystems
  
  
• August 20, 2014
  UT-Knoxville research uncovers subglacial life beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet
  
  
• August 20, 2014
  The ABCs of animal speech: Not so random after all
  
  
• August 20, 2014
  Research paves way for development of cyborg moth 'biobots'
  
  
• August 20, 2014
  New research shows seals and sea lions likely spread tuberculosis to humans
  
  
• August 20, 2014
  New framework would facilitate use of new Android security modules
  
  
• August 20, 2014
  MIT study investigates power generation from the meeting of river water and seawater
  
  
• August 20, 2014
  Hot-spring bacteria reveal ability to use far-red light for photosynthesis
  
  
• August 20, 2014
  High-school students discover stars at SMU research program
  
  
• August 19, 2014
  Study uncovers spectrum of fate for weathered oil
  
  
• August 19, 2014
  Philippine tarsier gets boost from Kansas research, and genetic proof of a new variety
  
  
• August 18, 2014
  Visual 'gist' helps us figure out where a crowd is looking
  
  
• August 18, 2014
  Trees and shrubs invading critical grasslands, diminish cattle production
  
  
• August 18, 2014
  StopInfo for OneBusAway app makes buses more usable for blind riders
  
  
• August 18, 2014
  Seafood substitutions can expose consumers to unexpectedly high mercury
  
  
• August 18, 2014
  No one-size-fits-all approach in a changing climate, changing land
  
  
• August 18, 2014
  Dark Energy Survey kicks off second season cataloging the wonders of deep space
  
  
• August 18, 2014
  Bacterial nanowires not what scientists thought they were
  
  
• August 17, 2014
  A shift in the code: New method reveals hidden genetic landscape
  
  
• August 15, 2014
  Plants may use language to communicate with each other, Virginia Tech researcher finds
  
  
• August 15, 2014
  Bats bolster brain hypothesis, maybe technology too
  
  
• August 14, 2014
  The 1,000-robot swarm
  
  
• August 14, 2014
  Scripps Research Institute chemists uncover powerful new click chemistry reactivity
  
  
• August 14, 2014
  Researchers identify a brain 'switchboard' important in attention and sleep
  
  
• August 14, 2014
  New Milky Way maps help solve stubborn interstellar material mystery
  
  
• August 14, 2014
  Molecular engineers record an electron's quantum behavior
  
  
• August 14, 2014
  Minke whales lunge 100 times per hour to feed under sea ice
  
  
• August 14, 2014
  Lionfish characteristics make them more 'terminator' than predator
  
  
• August 14, 2014
  Inside the cell, an ocean of buffeting waves
  
  
• August 13, 2014
  Study of Chilean quake shows potential for future earthquake
  
  
• August 13, 2014
  Novel chip-based platform could simplify measurements of single molecules
  
  
• August 13, 2014
  New test reveals purity of graphene
  
  
• August 13, 2014
  New material could enhance fast and accurate DNA sequencing
  
  
• August 13, 2014
  New analysis reveals tumor weaknesses
  
  
• August 12, 2014
  UM research improves temperature modeling across mountainous landscapes
  
  
• August 12, 2014
  No excess baggage: Antarctic insect's genome, newly sequenced, is smallest to date
  
  
• August 12, 2014
  Dartmouth study demonstrates key brain region in contextual memories
  
  
• August 12, 2014
  Copper foam turns CO₂ into useful chemicals
  
  
• August 11, 2014
  Rutgers researchers show how fast you drive might reveal exactly where you are going
  
  
• August 11, 2014
  From eons to seconds, proteins exploit the same forces
  
  
• August 11, 2014
  Follow the radio waves to exomoons
  
  
• August 11, 2014
  A global temperature conundrum: Cooling or warming climate?
  
  
• August 10, 2014
  An easier way to manipulate malaria genes
  
  
• August 9, 2014
  What does 'diversity' mean to you? The answer may depend on your race
  
  
• August 8, 2014
  Study measures steep coastal costs of China's GDP growth
  
  
• August 8, 2014
  Photo editing algorithm changes weather, seasons automatically
  
  
• August 8, 2014
  Ancient shellfish remains rewrite 10,000-year history of El Niño cycles
  
  
• August 7, 2014
  Robot folds itself up and walks away
  
  
• August 7, 2014
  Origami robot folds itself up, crawls away
  
  
• August 7, 2014
  Ocean's most oxygen-deprived zones to shrink under climate change
  
  
• August 7, 2014
  Northern Pacific's tropical anoxic zone might shrink from climate change
  
  
• August 7, 2014
  Learning from origami to design new materials
  
  
• August 7, 2014
  Gut microbes browse along a gene buffet
  
  
• August 7, 2014
  Astronomers find stream of gas--2.6 million light years long
  
  
• August 6, 2014
  Taking the pulse of aging
  
  
• August 6, 2014
  Mercury in the global ocean
  
  
• August 6, 2014
  A breath reveals a hidden image in anti-counterfeit drug labels
  
  
• August 5, 2014
  Researchers boost insect aggression by altering brain metabolism
  
  
• August 5, 2014
  Butterflies could hold key to probes that repair genes
  
  
• August 5, 2014
  ALMA pinpoints Pluto to help guide NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft
  
  
• August 4, 2014
  WSU researchers see violent era in ancient Southwest
  
  
• August 4, 2014
  Learning how things fall apart
  
  
• August 4, 2014
  CU Denver study shows excess parking at some Denver sports stadiums
  
  
• August 4, 2014
  An embryonic cell's fate is sealed by the speed of a signal
  
  
• August 1, 2014
  Newly discovered juvenile whale shark aggregation in Red Sea
  
  
• August 1, 2014
  Discovery could point to advancements in key electrochemical applications
  
  
• July 31, 2014
  Study finds physical link to strange electronic behavior
  
  
• July 31, 2014
  Researchers uncover clues to flu's mechanisms
  
  
• July 31, 2014
  Companion planets can increase old worlds' chance at life
  
  
• July 31, 2014
  Chemists demonstrate 'bricks-and-mortar' assembly of new molecular structures
  
  
• July 31, 2014
  Carnegie Mellon chemists create nanofibers using unprecedented new method
  
  
• July 30, 2014
  Young binary star system may form planets with weird and wild orbits
  
  
• July 30, 2014
  Supportive moms and sisters boost female baboon's rank
  
  
• July 30, 2014
  ScratchJr: Coding for kindergarten
  
  
• July 30, 2014
  Saving seeds the right way can save the world's plants
  
  
• July 30, 2014
  New catalyst converts carbon dioxide to fuel
  
  
• July 30, 2014
  Mapping the optimal route between two quantum states
  
  
• July 30, 2014
  Finding quantum lines of desire
  
  
• July 30, 2014
  Exploring 3-D printing to make organs for transplants
  
  
• July 30, 2014
  Engineering a protein to prevent brain damage from toxic agents
  
  
• July 30, 2014
  Decades-old amber collection offers new views of an ancient world
  
  
• July 30, 2014
  Climate change research goes to the extremes
  
  
• July 30, 2014
  Antarctic ice sheet is result of CO₂ decrease, not continental breakup
  
  
• July 29, 2014
  Tricking plants to see the light may control the most important twitch on Earth
  
  
• July 28, 2014
  UTSA, Alamo Colleges partnership provides summer research opportunities for students
  
  
• July 28, 2014
  Superconductivity could form at high temperatures in layered 2-D crystals
  
  
• July 28, 2014
  Stress-tolerant tomato relative sequenced
  
  
• July 28, 2014
  Social network research may boost prairie dog conservation efforts
  
  
• July 28, 2014
  Seeing is bead-lieving
  
  
• July 28, 2014
  Mineral magic? Common mineral capable of making and breaking bonds
  
  
• July 28, 2014
  Industrial lead pollution beat explorers to the South Pole by 22 years and persists today
  
  
• July 28, 2014
  Generating a genome to feed the world: UA-led team sequences African rice
  
  
• July 28, 2014
  Forced mutations doom HIV
  
  
• July 27, 2014
  Study: Climate change and air pollution will combine to curb food supplies
  
  
• July 24, 2014
  Technique simplifies the creation of high-tech crystals
  
  
• July 24, 2014
  Synchronization of North Atlantic, North Pacific preceded abrupt warming, end of ice age
  
  
• July 24, 2014
  New class of materials could power memory devices
  
  
• July 24, 2014
  Nearly 50 years of lemur data now available online
  
  
• July 24, 2014
  Monitoring the rise and fall of the microbiome
  
  
• July 24, 2014
  Jackson Laboratory researchers find new mechanism for neurodegeneration
  
  
• July 24, 2014
  Experiments prove 'stemness' of individual immune memory cells
  
  
• July 24, 2014
  Dinosaurs fell victim to perfect storm of events, study shows
  
  
• July 23, 2014
  The birth of topological spintronics
  
  
• July 23, 2014
  Spinach could lead to alternative energy more powerful than Popeye
  
  
• July 23, 2014
  Discovery is key to metal wear in sliding parts
  
  
• July 23, 2014
  Climate change and the soil
  
  
• July 23, 2014
  A new approach in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence: targeting alien polluters
  
  
• July 23, 2014
  15-year analysis of blue whale range off California finds conflict with shipping lanes
  
  
• July 22, 2014
  Preschoolers can reflect on what they don't know
  
  
• July 22, 2014
  Oso disaster had its roots in earlier landslides
  
  
• July 22, 2014
  New model helps explain how provisions promote or reduce wildlife disease
  
  
• July 22, 2014
  Creating optical cables out of thin air
  
  
• July 22, 2014
  Alaska frogs reach record lows in extreme temperature survival
  
  
• July 21, 2014
  When the world's hyperconnectivity impacts sustainability
  
  
• July 21, 2014
  Stem cells aid muscle repair and strengthening after resistance exercise
  
  
• July 21, 2014
  Size and age of plants impact their productivity more than climate, study shows
  
  
• July 21, 2014
  Scientists describe mechanism gold nanoparticles use to easily penetrate cells
  
  
• July 21, 2014
  Philosopher uses game theory to understand how words, actions acquire meaning
  
  
• July 21, 2014
  Oregon chemists eye improved thin films with metal substitution
  
  
• July 21, 2014
  Fecal transplants let packrats eat poison
  
  
• July 21, 2014
  CU, Old Dominion team finds sea-level rise in western tropical Pacific anthropogenic
  
  
• July 18, 2014
  The bend in the Appalachian Mountain chain is finally explained
  
  
• July 17, 2014
  New view of Rainier's volcanic plumbing
  
  
• July 17, 2014
  Highly charged ions
  
  
• July 17, 2014
  First ab initio method for characterizing hot carriers
  
  
• July 16, 2014
  Study: Climate-cooling Arctic lakes soak up greenhouse gases
  
  
• July 16, 2014
  Making a mental match: Pairing a mechanical device with stroke patients
  
  
• July 16, 2014
  Cell membrane proteins give up their secrets
  
  
• July 15, 2014
  Protein's 'hands' enable bacteria to establish infection, research finds
  
  
• July 15, 2014
  Penn study: Understanding graphene's electrical properties on an atomic level
  
  
• July 15, 2014
  Hidden variations in neuronal networks may explain traumatic brain injury outcomes
  
  
• July 15, 2014
  70-foot-long, 52-ton concrete bridge survives series of simulated earthquakes
  
  
• July 15, 2014
  3-D nanostructure could benefit nanoelectronics, gas storage
  
  
• July 14, 2014
  Tiniest catch: UA scientists' fishing expedition reveals viral diversity in the sea
  
  
• July 14, 2014
  Rutgers chemists develop technology to produce clean-burning hydrogen fuel
  
  
• July 14, 2014
  Months before their first words, babies' brains rehearse speech mechanics
  
  
• July 13, 2014
  Deep within spinach leaves, vibrations enhance efficiency of photosynthesis
  
  
• July 10, 2014
  Scripps scientists discover evidence of super-fast deep earthquake
  
  
• July 10, 2014
  Scripps Florida scientists shed new light on nerve cell growth
  
  
• July 10, 2014
  Radio-burst discovery deepens astrophysics mystery
  
  
• July 10, 2014
  Radio-burst discovery deepens astrophysics mystery
  
  
• July 10, 2014
  Precipitation, not warming temperatures, may be key in bird adaptation to climate change
  
  
• July 10, 2014
  New research finds ocean's most abundant organisms have clear daily cycles
  
  
• July 10, 2014
  Human cells' protein factory has an alternate operating manual
  
  
• July 10, 2014
  Georgia Tech team pairs humanoid with popular game to help kids with rehabilitation
  
  
• July 9, 2014
  USF study: Amphibians can acquire resistance to deadly fungus
  
  
• July 9, 2014
  Study predicts ranavirus as potential new culprit in amphibian extinctions
  
  
• July 9, 2014
  Shark teeth analysis provides detailed new look at Arctic climate change
  
  
• July 9, 2014
  Researchers discover boron 'buckyball'
  
  
• July 9, 2014
  New plant species from the heart of Texas
  
  
• July 9, 2014
  For corals adapting to climate change, it's survival of the fattest--and most flexible
  
  
• July 9, 2014
  Biologists link sexual selection and placenta formation
  
  
• July 9, 2014
  Astronomers discover the most distant Milky Way stars detected to date
  
  
• July 8, 2014
  When faced with some sugars, bacteria can be picky eaters
  
  
• July 8, 2014
  Solar energy gets a boost
  
  
• July 8, 2014
  Small but plentiful: How the faintest galaxies illuminated the early universe
  
  
• July 8, 2014
  Cosmic accounting reveals missing light crisis
  
  
• July 8, 2014
  AAU launches STEM education initiative website, announces STEM network conference
  
  
• July 8, 2014
  A hotspot for powerful cosmic rays
  
  
• July 7, 2014
  Why 'whispers' among bees sometimes evolve into 'shouts'
  
  
• July 7, 2014
  Study reveals strong links between Antarctic climate, food web
  
  
• July 7, 2014
  Small, but plentiful: How the faintest galaxies illuminated the early universe
  
  
• July 7, 2014
  Science and cookies: Researchers tap into citizen science to shed light on ant diversity
  
  
• July 7, 2014
  SAR11, oceans' most abundant organism, has ability to create methane
  
  
• July 7, 2014
  Dodging dots helps explain brain circuitry
  
  
• July 6, 2014
  Rewriting the history of volcanic forcing during the past 2,000 years
  
  
• July 6, 2014
  Penn researchers: Consider the 'anticrystal'
  
  
• July 6, 2014
  Discovery provides insights on how plants respond to elevated CO₂ levels
  
  
• July 3, 2014
  Oklahoma earthquake swarm linked to wastewater injection wells
  
  
• July 3, 2014
  MagLab discovery could be crucial step to quantum computer
  
  
• July 3, 2014
  Discovery expands search for Earth-like planets
  
  
• July 3, 2014
  Controversial clues of two 'Goldilocks planets' that might support life are proven false
  
  
• July 2, 2014
  Stem cell type resists chemotherapy drug
  
  
• July 2, 2014
  Researchers invent 'meta mirror' to help advance nonlinear optical systems
  
  
• July 1, 2014
  Tags reveal Chilean devil rays are among ocean's deepest divers
  
  
• July 1, 2014
  Solar panels light the way from carbon dioxide to fuel
  
  
• July 1, 2014
  Research could lead to dramatic energy savings at data farms
  
  
• July 1, 2014
  Plants respond to leaf vibrations caused by insects' chewing, MU study finds
  
  
• July 1, 2014
  Clemson scientists: Kudzu can release soil carbon, accelerate global warming
  
  
• June 30, 2014
  Using geometry, researchers coax human embryonic stem cells to organize themselves
  
  
• June 30, 2014
  New study: Ancient Arctic sharks tolerated brackish water 50 million years ago
  
  
• June 30, 2014
  New bridge design improves earthquake resistance, reduces damage and speeds construction
  
  
• June 30, 2014
  Muscle-powered bio-bots walk on command
  
  
• June 30, 2014
  MicroBooNE particle detector makes its move, with Yale's help
  
  
• June 30, 2014
  19th century math tactic gets a makeover--and yields answers up to 200 times faster
  
  
• June 29, 2014
  Study finds emperor penguin in peril
  
  
• June 29, 2014
  Noninvasive brain control
  
  
• June 29, 2014
  Marine bacteria are natural source of chemical fire retardants
  
  
• June 27, 2014
  Scientists identify new pathogenic and protective microbes associated with severe diarrhea
  
  
• June 27, 2014
  Getting the jump on big data for LSST
  
  
• June 26, 2014
  Sequencing electric eel genome unlocks shocking secrets
  
  
• June 26, 2014
  Scientists find the shocking truth about electric fish
  
  
• June 26, 2014
  Let there be light: Chemists develop magnetically responsive liquid crystals
  
  
• June 25, 2014
  Study links Greenland ice sheet collapse, sea-level rise 400,000 years ago
  
  
• June 25, 2014
  Stanley Miller's forgotten experiments, analyzed
  
  
• June 25, 2014
  Mathematical models explain how a wrinkle becomes a crease
  
  
• June 25, 2014
  Lowering toxicity of new HIV drugs predicted to improve life expectancy
  
  
• June 25, 2014
  Discovery of exotic supernova sees Dark Energy Survey start off with a bang!
  
  
• June 25, 2014
  Controlling movement with light
  
  
• June 25, 2014
  Carnegie Mellon method automatically cuts boring parts from long videos
  
  
• June 25, 2014
  Carbon-fiber epoxy honeycombs mimic the material performance of balsa wood
  
  
• June 24, 2014
  UT Arlington nanoparticles could provide easier route for cell therapy
  
  
• June 24, 2014
  Regional anesthesia cuts length of stay, mortality vs. general anesthesia in hip fracture surgery
  
  
• June 24, 2014
  Metal particles in solids aren't as fixed as they seem, new memristor study shows
  
  
• June 24, 2014
  Massive 30-ton MicroBooNE particle detector moved into place, will see neutrinos this year
  
  
• June 24, 2014
  Computing power for all
  
  
• June 23, 2014
  Wearable computing gloves can teach Braille, even if you're not paying attention
  
  
• June 23, 2014
  UCI study finds that learning by repetition impairs recall of details
  
  
• June 23, 2014
  Rett syndrome drug shows promise in clinical trial
  
  
• June 23, 2014
  Remarkable white dwarf star possibly coldest, dimmest ever detected
  
  
• June 23, 2014
  Measuring the mass of 'massless' electrons
  
  
• June 23, 2014
  Long, non-coding RNAs can encode proteins after all
  
  
• June 23, 2014
  Ancient ocean currents may have changed pacing and intensity of ice ages
  
  
• June 23, 2014
  'Tom Sawyer' regulatory protein initiates gene transcription in a hit-and-run mechanism
  
  
• June 19, 2014
  Evolution depends on rare chance events, 'molecular time travel' experiments show
  
  
• June 18, 2014
  New research using satellite images reveals that emperor penguins are more willing to relocate than previously thought
  
  
• June 18, 2014
  Neurons get their neighbors to take out their trash
  
  
• June 18, 2014
  Maybe birds can have it all: Dazzling colors and pretty songs
  
  
• June 18, 2014
  Familiar yet strange: Water's 'split personality' revealed by computer model
  
  
• June 17, 2014
  Strange physics turns off laser
  
  
• June 17, 2014
  Seeing the inner workings of the brain made easier by new technique from Stanford
  
  
• June 17, 2014
  Families contribute to research via browser and webcam
  
  
• June 17, 2014
  Dynamic spectroscopy duo
  
  
• June 17, 2014
  Composition of Earth's mantle revisited
  
  
• June 16, 2014
  When genes play games
  
  
• June 16, 2014
  UMD-led public computational biology Web service gains popularity
  
  
• June 16, 2014
  Tugging on the “malignant” switch
  
  
• June 16, 2014
  Trapping light: A long lifetime in a very small place
  
  
• June 16, 2014
  Researchers use virus to reveal nanopore physics
  
  
• June 16, 2014
  Many bodies prompt stem cells to change
  
  
• June 16, 2014
  Gemini reveals a gravitational wave source in hiding
  
  
• June 16, 2014
  Controlling ragweed pollen in Detroit: A no-mow solution for Motown?
  
  
• June 16, 2014
  Caterpillars that eat multiple plant species are more susceptible to hungry birds
  
  
• June 16, 2014
  Automating laboratory-on-a-chip to cut health care costs
  
  
• June 15, 2014
  Melting and refreezing of deep Greenland ice speeds flow to sea, study says
  
  
• June 12, 2014
  New evidence for oceans of water deep in the Earth
  
  
• June 12, 2014
  Migratory birds help spread plant species across hemispheres
  
  
• June 12, 2014
  High resolution radar at Arecibo Observatory reveals asteroid as a beauty, not a beast
  
  
• June 12, 2014
  Going inside an ant raft
  
  
• June 12, 2014
  Gibraltar currents show proof of past climate changes
  
  
• June 12, 2014
  Genome could unlock eucalyptus potential for paper, fuel and fiber
  
  
• June 12, 2014
  Climate change winners and losers
  
  
• June 11, 2014
  Infant immune systems learn fast, but have short memories
  
  
• June 11, 2014
  Guarding against 'Carmageddon' cyberattacks
  
  
• June 11, 2014
  Gigantic explosion buried in dust: ALMA probes environment around gamma ray bursts
  
  
• June 11, 2014
  Findings may advance iron-rich, cadmium-free crops
  
  
• June 10, 2014
  Researchers find major West Antarctic Glacier melting from geothermal sources
  
  
• June 10, 2014
  NSF funds effort to market UT Arlington arsenic analyzer
  
  
• June 10, 2014
  Genetics reveal that reef corals and their algae live together but evolve independently
  
  
• June 10, 2014
  Evolution and venomous snakes: Diet distinguishes look-a-likes on two continents
  
  
• June 9, 2014
  Using Twitter to track flu, Lady Gaga
  
  
• June 9, 2014
  Penn research develops 'onion' vesicles for drug delivery
  
  
• June 9, 2014
  How much fertilizer is too much for the climate?
  
  
• June 9, 2014
  Flagship U.S. Arctic research facility welcomes EU scientists
  
  
• June 9, 2014
  Designing ion 'highway systems' for batteries
  
  
• June 6, 2014
  UAF takes delivery of Research Vessel Sikuliaq
  
  
• June 5, 2014
  Opening a wide window on the nano-world of surface catalysis
  
  
• June 5, 2014
  How do phytoplankton survive scarcity of a critical nutrient?
  
  
• June 5, 2014
  A new way to make laser-like beams using 250x less power
  
  
• June 4, 2014
  You catch (and kill) more flies with this sweetener
  
  
• June 4, 2014
  Testing the waters to fight infections like fish
  
  
• June 4, 2014
  Team demonstrates continuous terahertz sources at room temperature
  
  
• June 4, 2014
  New proactive approach unveiled to detect malware in networked computers and data
  
  
• June 4, 2014
  How red tide knocks out its competition
  
  
• June 4, 2014
  Design of self-assembling protein nanomachines starts to click
  
  
• June 4, 2014
  Demographics drive fitness partner decisions online, Penn study finds
  
  
• June 4, 2014
  ALMA upgrade to supercharge Event Horizon Telescope, astronomy's 'killer app'
  
  
• June 3, 2014
  UGA ecologists provide close-up of coral bleaching event
  
  
• June 3, 2014
  Two planets orbit nearby ancient star
  
  
• June 3, 2014
  Solving sunspot mysteries
  
  
• June 3, 2014
  Progress on detecting glucose levels in saliva
  
  
• June 3, 2014
  Image release: A violent, complex scene of colliding galaxy clusters
  
  
• June 2, 2014
  WSU licenses technology to new start-up, Detroit Materials Inc.
  
  
• June 2, 2014
  What can plants reveal about gene flow? That it's an important evolutionary force
  
  
• June 2, 2014
  Solving the puzzle of ice age climates
  
  
• June 2, 2014
  Rensselaer researchers predict the electrical response of metals to extreme pressures
  
  
• June 2, 2014
  Modern ocean acidification is outpacing ancient upheaval, study suggests
  
  
• June 2, 2014
  Decomposing logs show local factors undervalued in climate change predictions
  
  
• June 2, 2014
  ASU researcher leads national effort to transform undergraduate biology education
  
  
• June 2, 2014
  Are squiggly lines the future of password security?
  
  
• June 2, 2014
  A new look at old forests
  
  
• June 1, 2014
  'Quadrapeutics' works in preclinical study of hard-to-treat tumors
  
  
• May 30, 2014
  New method of wormlike motion lets gels wiggle through water
  
  
• May 29, 2014
  When eradicating invasive species threatens endangered species recovery
  
  
• May 29, 2014
  Engineering a better way to rebuild bone inside the body
  
  
• May 29, 2014
  Arecibo Observatory sees comet 209P/LINEAR
  
  
• May 29, 2014
  An ecological risk research agenda for synthetic biology
  
  
• May 28, 2014
  Prehistoric birds lacked in diversity
  
  
• May 28, 2014
  New study finds Antarctic Ice Sheet unstable at end of last ice age
  
  
• May 28, 2014
  First 12 manufacturing communities through the investing in manufacturing communities partnership program announced
  
  
• May 28, 2014
  Crow or raven? New Birdsnap app can help!
  
  
• May 28, 2014
  A cure for dry eye could be a blink away
  
  
• May 27, 2014
  New University of Colorado study illuminates how cancer-killing gene may actually work
  
  
• May 27, 2014
  Google Glass adaptation opens the universe to deaf students
  
  
• May 27, 2014
  Blunting rice disease
  
  
• May 26, 2014
  Relaxation helps pack DNA into a virus
  
  
• May 25, 2014
  DNA nanotechnology places enzyme catalysis within an arm's length
  
  
• May 25, 2014
  Buried fossil soils found to be awash in carbon
  
  
• May 23, 2014
  Tiny muscles help bats fine-tune flight, stiffen wing skin
  
  
• May 23, 2014
  Failed dwarf galaxy survives galactic collision thanks to full dark-matter jacket
  
  
• May 23, 2014
  CWRU student discovers new praying mantis species in Rwanda
  
  
• May 22, 2014
  Male and female sex cell determination requires lifelong maintenance and protection
  
  
• May 22, 2014
  Delegating the dirty work is a key to evolution
  
  
• May 21, 2014
  Supernova caught in the act by Palomar Transient Factory
  
  
• May 21, 2014
  Rhythmic bursts of electrical activity from cells in ear teach brain how to hear
  
  
• May 21, 2014
  Professors' super waterproof surfaces cause water to bounce like a ball
  
  
• May 21, 2014
  New technique reveals supernova progenitor
  
  
• May 21, 2014
  JILA study finds crowding has big effects on biomolecules
  
  
• May 21, 2014
  Humpback whale subspecies revealed by genetic study
  
  
• May 21, 2014
  Engineers build world's smallest, fastest nanomotor
  
  
• May 21, 2014
  Custom camouflage
  
  
• May 21, 2014
  Carnegie Mellon, Microsoft Research automate privacy compliance for big data systems
  
  
• May 21, 2014
  A faster track to the tools that track disease
  
  
• May 20, 2014
  With climate changing, southern plants outperform northern ones
  
  
• May 20, 2014
  Shrub growth decreases as winter temperatures fluctuate up
  
  
• May 20, 2014
  Scientists study biomechanics behind amazing ant strength
  
  
• May 20, 2014
  Researchers test whether Red Queen hypothesis makes species resilient
  
  
• May 19, 2014
  New 'T-ray' tech converts light to sound for weapons detection, medical imaging
  
  
• May 19, 2014
  Liberating devices from their power cords
  
  
• May 18, 2014
  Illuminating neuron activity in 3-D
  
  
• May 16, 2014
  Watching HIV bud from cells
  
  
• May 16, 2014
  New planet-hunting camera produces best-ever image of an alien planet, says Stanford physicist
  
  
• May 16, 2014
  Analyzing sun-like stars that eat Earth-like planets
  
  
• May 15, 2014
  Tricking the uncertainty principle
  
  
• May 15, 2014
  The color of blood: Pigment helps stage symbiosis in squid
  
  
• May 15, 2014
  Researchers show emissions from forests influence very first stage of cloud formation
  
  
• May 15, 2014
  Research finds human impact may cause Sierra Nevada to rise, increase seismicity of San Andreas Fault
  
  
• May 15, 2014
  Justifying wartime atrocities alters memories
  
  
• May 15, 2014
  Dating and DNA show Paleoamerican-Native American connection
  
  
• May 15, 2014
  Communicating with the world across the border
  
  
• May 14, 2014
  Strongly interacting electrons in wacky oxide synchronize to work like the brain
  
  
• May 14, 2014
  Scientists investigate the role of the 'silent killer' inside deep-diving animals
  
  
• May 14, 2014
  New radar images uncover remarkable features below the surface of the moon
  
  
• May 14, 2014
  Nanowire bridging transistors open way to next-generation electronics
  
  
• May 14, 2014
  Microchip-like technology allows single-cell analysis
  
  
• May 14, 2014
  Land and power: Women discover one can lead to the other
  
  
• May 14, 2014
  California mountains rise as groundwater depleted in state's Central Valley
  
  
• May 14, 2014
  @millennials wary of @twitter, #MSU study finds
  
  
• May 13, 2014
  UT Dallas team creates flexible electronics that change shape inside body
  
  
• May 13, 2014
  Radiation from early universe found key to answer major questions in physics
  
  
• May 13, 2014
  Follow that fish!
  
  
• May 12, 2014
  West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse is under way
  
  
• May 12, 2014
  Scientists from USC and NYU design a molecule that blocks cancer growth in mice
  
  
• May 12, 2014
  Researchers help prepare for Arizona's killer heat
  
  
• May 12, 2014
  Hydrologists find Mississippi River network's buffering system for nitrates is overwhelmed
  
  
• May 12, 2014
  Advance brings 'hyperbolic metamaterials' closer to reality
  
  
• May 11, 2014
  UGA research examines fate of methane following the Deepwater Horizon spill
  
  
• May 9, 2014
  Paleontologists discover new fossil organism
  
  
• May 9, 2014
  Exploring the magnetism of a single atom
  
  
• May 9, 2014
  Bioprinting a 3-D liver-like device to detoxify the blood
  
  
• May 8, 2014
  Rotational X-ray tracking uncovers hidden motion at the nanoscale
  
  
• May 8, 2014
  Plant hormone has dual role in triggering flower formation, Penn study finds
  
  
• May 8, 2014
  Ovarian cancer cells are more aggressive on soft tissues
  
  
• May 7, 2014
  Sprites form at plasma irregularities in the lower ionosphere
  
  
• May 7, 2014
  New study sheds light on survivors of the Black Death
  
  
• May 7, 2014
  New order of marine creatures discovered among sea anemones
  
  
• May 7, 2014
  Nearest Bright 'Hypervelocity Star' Found
  
  
• May 7, 2014
  Greenland melting due equally to global warming, natural variations
  
  
• May 6, 2014
  Teen mentored by UC San Diego professors wins $250,000 in science prizes
  
  
• May 6, 2014
  Penn research combines graphene and painkiller receptor into scalable chemical sensor
  
  
• May 5, 2014
  Getting to the root of enamel evolution
  
  
• May 5, 2014
  Genetic approach helps design broadband metamaterial
  
  
• May 5, 2014
  Climate change threatens to worsen U.S. ozone pollution
  
  
• May 2, 2014
  Leaf chewing links insect diversity in modern and ancient forests
  
  
• May 1, 2014
  Viruses hijack deep-sea bacteria at hydrothermal vents
  
  
• May 1, 2014
  Small variations in genetic code can team up to have a big impact
  
  
• May 1, 2014
  Researchers find unique fore wing folding among Sub-Saharan African ensign wasps
  
  
• May 1, 2014
  Nearby galaxy is a “fossil” from the early universe
  
  
• May 1, 2014
  Increased drought portends lower future Midwest crop yields
  
  
• May 1, 2014
  Decoding the chemical vocabulary of plants
  
  
• April 30, 2014
  Seeing the bedrock through the trees
  
  
• April 30, 2014
  Predicting changing river landscapes
  
  
• April 30, 2014
  Playing pool with carbon atoms
  
  
• April 30, 2014
  New revolutionary sensor links pressure to color change
  
  
• April 30, 2014
  Multiple consecutive days of tornado activity spawn worst events
  
  
• April 30, 2014
  Inbred wolves struggle, moose proliferate at Isle Royale National Park
  
  
• April 30, 2014
  Experiment on Earth demonstrates effect observed in space
  
  
• April 30, 2014
  Competition for ecological niches limits the formation of new species
  
  
• April 30, 2014
  As the current solar cycle winds down, the risk of big storms goes up
  
  
• April 30, 2014
  Algae 'see' a wide range of light
  
  
• April 29, 2014
  The intergalactic medium unveiled: Caltech's Cosmic Web Imager
  
  
• April 29, 2014
  The big bad wolf was right; among wasps, bigger eyes evolved the better to see social cues
  
  
• April 29, 2014
  Researchers unveil wearable computational jewelry to monitor health
  
  
• April 29, 2014
  Graphene only as strong as weakest link
  
  
• April 29, 2014
  Drug monitoring information improves regimen adherence, Carnegie Mellon researchers say
  
  
• April 28, 2014
  Urbanization, higher temperatures can influence butterfly emergence patterns
  
  
• April 28, 2014
  The scent of a man
  
  
• April 28, 2014
  Studies affirm crabs killing Northeast saltmarshes
  
  
• April 28, 2014
  R.I. nitrogen cycle differs in bay and sound
  
  
• April 28, 2014
  Ozone levels drop 20 percent with switch from ethanol to gasoline
  
  
• April 28, 2014
  Graphene not all good
  
  
• April 24, 2014
  Using new single-cell technologies, researchers create comprehensive map of human B cell development
  
  
• April 24, 2014
  Plants send out signals attracting harmful bacteria, MU study finds
  
  
• April 24, 2014
  Oldest pterodactyloid species discovered, named by international team of researchers
  
  
• April 24, 2014
  Microscopic organism plays a big role in ocean carbon cycling, Scripps scientists discover
  
  
• April 24, 2014
  Engineering breakthrough will allow cancer researchers to create live tumors with a 3-D printer
  
  
• April 24, 2014
  Altruistic adolescents less likely to become depressed
  
  
• April 23, 2014
  Scientists identify source of mysterious sound in the Southern Ocean
  
  
• April 23, 2014
  Scientists discover a new shape using rubber bands
  
  
• April 23, 2014
  Not just the poor live hand-to-mouth
  
  
• April 23, 2014
  Carnegie Mellon system lets iPad users explore data with their fingers
  
  
• April 22, 2014
  Penn researchers find link between sleep and immune function in fruit flies
  
  
• April 22, 2014
  Gold nanoparticles help target, quantify breast cancer segments in a living cell
  
  
• April 22, 2014
  Cougars' diverse diet helped them survive the Pleistocene mass extinction
  
  
• April 22, 2014
  Best practices in communication for the animal world
  
  
• April 21, 2014
  Today's Antarctic region once as hot as California, Florida
  
  
• April 21, 2014
  Taking the pulse of mountain formation in the Andes
  
  
• April 21, 2014
  Progress made in developing nanoscale electronics
  
  
• April 21, 2014
  Mantis shrimp stronger than airplanes
  
  
• April 21, 2014
  Computational method dramatically speeds up estimates of gene expression
  
  
• April 21, 2014
  'Upside-down planet' reveals new method for studying binary star systems
  
  
• April 18, 2014
  Better thermal-imaging lens from waste sulfur
  
  
• April 18, 2014
  'Exotic' material is like a switch when super thin
  
  
• April 17, 2014
  The story of animal domestication retold
  
  
• April 17, 2014
  Study recalculates costs of combination vaccines
  
  
• April 17, 2014
  Science: There's something ancient in the icebox
  
  
• April 17, 2014
  Genetic study tackles mystery of slow plant domestications
  
  
• April 16, 2014
  Warm U.S. West, cold East: A 4,000-year pattern
  
  
• April 16, 2014
  Scientists achieve first direct observations of excitons in motion
  
  
• April 16, 2014
  Progress in the fight against quantum dissipation
  
  
• April 16, 2014
  East African honeybees are safe from invasive pests--for now
  
  
• April 15, 2014
  Stanford biologists help solve fungal mysteries
  
  
• April 15, 2014
  Engineers develop new materials for hydrogen storage
  
  
• April 15, 2014
  Drought hormones measured
  
  
• April 15, 2014
  Drought hormones measured
  
  
• April 15, 2014
  Biologists develop nanosensors to visualize movements and distribution of plant hormone
  
  
• April 14, 2014
  Penicillin redux: Rearming proven warriors for the 21st century
  
  
• April 14, 2014
  Drought and fire in the Amazon lead to sharp increases in forest tree mortality
  
  
• April 13, 2014
  Tiny particles could help verify goods
  
  
• April 13, 2014
  New 'tunable' semiconductors will allow better detectors, solar cells
  
  
• April 13, 2014
  Glasses strong as steel: A fast way to find the best
  
  
• April 11, 2014
  Greenland ice cores show industrial record of acid rain, success of U.S. Clean Air Act
  
  
• April 10, 2014
  World ranking tracks evolutionary distinctness of birds
  
  
• April 10, 2014
  Study resolves controversy over nitrogen's ocean 'exit strategies'
  
  
• April 10, 2014
  MU researchers find rare fossilized embryos more than 500 million years old
  
  
• April 10, 2014
  How the brain pays attention
  
  
• April 10, 2014
  Four-eyed daddy longlegs fossil fills in evolutionary tree
  
  
• April 10, 2014
  Enzyme 'wrench' could be key to stronger, more effective antibiotics
  
  
• April 10, 2014
  Antennae help flies 'cruise' in gusty winds
  
  
• April 9, 2014
  The motion of the medium matters for self-assembling particles, Penn research shows
  
  
• April 9, 2014
  Synthetic collagen promotes natural clotting
  
  
• April 9, 2014
  Study tests theory that life originated at deep-sea vents
  
  
• April 9, 2014
  Scientists firm up origin of cold-adapted yeasts that make cold beer
  
  
• April 9, 2014
  Researchers develop bacterial 'FM Radio'
  
  
• April 9, 2014
  Reef fish arrived in two waves
  
  
• April 9, 2014
  NRAO, WVU expand broadband data network to bolster astronomy research
  
  
• April 9, 2014
  LHCb confirms existence of exotic hadrons
  
  
• April 8, 2014
  Study: Black carbon is ancient by the time it reaches seafloor
  
  
• April 8, 2014
  No compromises: JILA's short, flexible, reusable AFM probe
  
  
• April 8, 2014
  How coughs and sneezes float farther than you think
  
  
• April 7, 2014
  Slowdown of global warming fleeting
  
  
• April 7, 2014
  Seeing double: New study explains evolution of duplicate genes
  
  
• April 7, 2014
  Personal touch signature makes mobile devices more secure
  
  
• April 7, 2014
  Organic solar cells more efficient with molecules face-to-face
  
  
• April 7, 2014
  Orbital physics is child's play with super planet crash
  
  
• April 7, 2014
  Field study shows why food quality will suffer with rising CO₂
  
  
• April 7, 2014
  Boss quasars track the expanding universe: The most precise measurement yet
  
  
• April 6, 2014
  Researchers find arid areas absorb unexpected amounts of atmospheric carbon
  
  
• April 3, 2014
  Sharks sense prey in surprising ways during pioneering study
  
  
• April 3, 2014
  Scientists say new computer model amounts to a lot more than a hill of beans
  
  
• April 3, 2014
  Ouch! Computer system spots fake expressions of pain better than people
  
  
• April 3, 2014
  Hummingbird evolution soared after they invaded South America 22 million years ago
  
  
• April 3, 2014
  Hot mantle drives elevation, volcanism along mid-ocean ridges
  
  
• April 3, 2014
  Energy breakthrough uses sun to create solar energy materials
  
  
• April 2, 2014
  NOAO/Gemini: Sakurai's Object: Stellar evolution in real time
  
  
• April 2, 2014
  Crib mattresses emit potentially harmful chemicals, Cockrell School engineers find
  
  
• April 2, 2014
  Ancient nomads spread earliest domestic grains along Silk Road, study finds
  
  
• April 1, 2014
  Wind energy: On the grid, off the checkerboard
  
  
• April 1, 2014
  Deforestation of sandy soils a greater climate threat
  
  
• March 31, 2014
  Warming climate may spread drying to a third of Earth, says study
  
  
• March 30, 2014
  Heat-conducting polymer cools hot electronic devices at 200 degrees C
  
  
• March 30, 2014
  Earth's dynamic interior
  
  
• March 28, 2014
  Rainbow-catching waveguide could revolutionize energy technologies
  
  
• March 28, 2014
  Canal between ears helps alligators pinpoint sound
  
  
• March 27, 2014
  U.S. clean-air efforts stay on target
  
  
• March 27, 2014
  ICES researcher Dmitrii Makarov finds atomic prodding can strengthen chemical bonds instead of break them
  
  
• March 27, 2014
  Fabricating nanostructures with silk could make clean rooms green rooms
  
  
• March 26, 2014
  Tests elucidate the odor properties of the contaminants affecting West Virginia residents
  
  
• March 26, 2014
  Solar System's Edge Redefined
  
  
• March 26, 2014
  Decline of natural history troubling for science, society
  
  
• March 25, 2014
  Nanotube coating helps shrink mass spectrometers
  
  
• March 25, 2014
  Model predicts blood glucose levels 30 minutes later
  
  
• March 25, 2014
  Lick's new Automated Planet Finder: First robotic telescope for planet hunters
  
  
• March 25, 2014
  Catheter innovation destroys dangerous biofilms
  
  
• March 24, 2014
  Shifting evolution into reverse promises cheaper, greener way to make new drugs
  
  
• March 24, 2014
  Researchers grow carbon nanofibers using ambient air, without toxic ammonia
  
  
• March 24, 2014
  New technique sheds light on human neural networks
  
  
• March 24, 2014
  Mice give ticks a free lunch
  
  
• March 24, 2014
  Could diamonds be a computer's best friend?
  
  
• March 24, 2014
  Computer models solve geologic riddle millions of years in the making
  
  
• March 23, 2014
  MIT engineers design 'living materials'
  
  
• March 21, 2014
  Spintronic Thermoelectric Power Generators
  
  
• March 21, 2014
  Dust in the wind drove iron fertilization during ice age
  
  
• March 20, 2014
  Plankton make scents for seabirds and a cooler planet
  
  
• March 20, 2014
  Oregon physicists use geometry to understand 'jamming' process
  
  
• March 20, 2014
  3-D model links facial features and DNA
  
  
• March 19, 2014
  Study finds forest corridors help plants disperse their seeds
  
  
• March 19, 2014
  Parents should try to find middle ground to keep teens safe online
  
  
• March 19, 2014
  Oldest fossil evidence of modern African venomous snakes found in Tanzania
  
  
• March 19, 2014
  New technique makes LEDs brighter, more resilient
  
  
• March 19, 2014
  International team of LHC and Tevatron scientists announces first joint result
  
  
• March 19, 2014
  Ground-improvement methods might protect against earthquakes
  
  
• March 19, 2014
  Bighorn sheep went extinct on desert island in Gulf of California, study finds
  
  
• March 18, 2014
  Rice study: Simple changes to homework improved student learning
  
  
• March 18, 2014
  Researchers devise new, stretchable antenna for wearable health monitoring
  
  
• March 18, 2014
  New statistical models could lead to better predictions of ocean patterns
  
  
• March 18, 2014
  A novel mechanism for fast regulation of gene expression
  
  
• March 17, 2014
  Rocky Mountain wildflower season lengthens by more than a month
  
  
• March 17, 2014
  Researchers: Northeast Greenland ice loss accelerating
  
  
• March 17, 2014
  New airborne GPS technology for weather conditions takes flight
  
  
• March 17, 2014
  Lessons from a meadow
  
  
• March 17, 2014
  First direct evidence of cosmic inflation
  
  
• March 16, 2014
  Thermal vision: Graphene light detector first to span infrared spectrum
  
  
• March 14, 2014
  The frozen truth about glaciers, climate change and our future
  
  
• March 14, 2014
  Brighter inks, without pigment
  
  
• March 13, 2014
  When big isn't better: How the flu bug bit Google
  
  
• March 13, 2014
  Simulations predict blast scenarios, have crossover animation appeal in Disney's 'Frozen'
  
  
• March 13, 2014
  Penn team links Africans' ability to digest milk to spread of cattle raising
  
  
• March 13, 2014
  Nanoscale optical switch breaks miniaturization barrier
  
  
• March 13, 2014
  Motion and muscles don't always work in lockstep, researchers find in surprising new study
  
  
• March 13, 2014
  More to biological diversity than meets the eye
  
  
• March 13, 2014
  Fossil porpoise has a chin for the ages
  
  
• March 13, 2014
  Bioscientists develop 'grammar' to design useful synthetic living systems
  
  
• March 13, 2014
  Big data tackles tiny molecular machines
  
  
• March 12, 2014
  Turing's theory of morphogenesis validated 60 years after his death
  
  
• March 12, 2014
  Tiny origami boxes hold big promise for energy storage
  
  
• March 12, 2014
  Good vibes for catalytic chemistry
  
  
• March 12, 2014
  Arecibo Observatory main suspension cable repaired following earthquake
  
  
• March 11, 2014
  Speed trap for fish catches domestic trout moving too slow
  
  
• March 11, 2014
  Scientists 'herd' cells in new approach to tissue engineering
  
  
• March 11, 2014
  Research reveals surprising results about kids' capacity for scientific literacy
  
  
• March 11, 2014
  Lignin breakthroughs serve as GPS for plant research
  
  
• March 11, 2014
  Exotic plant species alter ecosystem productivity
  
  
• March 11, 2014
  Creating a graphene-metal sandwich to improve electronics
  
  
• March 10, 2014
  Two-dimensional material shows promise for optoelectronics
  
  
• March 10, 2014
  Turing's theory of morphogenesis validated
  
  
• March 10, 2014
  Scientists build thinnest-possible LEDs to be stronger, more energy efficient
  
  
• March 10, 2014
  National study reveals urban lawn care habits
  
  
• March 10, 2014
  MagLab researchers make superconducting breakthrough
  
  
• March 10, 2014
  Impersonating poisonous prey
  
  
• March 10, 2014
  Excessive deer populations hurt native plant biodiversity
  
  
• March 10, 2014
  Chemical spill activates Virginia Tech engineers in effort to determine long-term effects
  
  
• March 10, 2014
  A tale of two datasets: New DNA analysis strategy helps researchers cut through the dirt
  
  
• March 10, 2014
  'Death stars' in Orion blast planets before they even form
  
  
• March 9, 2014
  Rice synthetic biologists shine light on genetic circuit analysis
  
  
• March 7, 2014
  Sun's energy influences 1,000 years of natural climate variability in North Atlantic
  
  
• March 7, 2014
  Squeezing light into metals
  
  
• March 7, 2014
  Deer proliferation disrupts a forest's natural growth
  
  
• March 6, 2014
  Robotic prosthesis turns drummer into a three-armed cyborg
  
  
• March 6, 2014
  IUPUI researchers use computers to 'see' neurons to better understand brain function
  
  
• March 6, 2014
  Colored diamonds are a superconductor's best friend
  
  
• March 6, 2014
  Are you smarter than a 5-year-old? Preschoolers can do algebra
  
  
• March 5, 2014
  Seeking quantum-ness: D-Wave chip passes rigorous tests
  
  
• March 5, 2014
  Pigment or bacteria? Researchers reexamine the idea of 'color' in fossil feathers
  
  
• March 5, 2014
  Penn researchers model a key breaking point involved in traumatic brain injury
  
  
• March 5, 2014
  New technique allows frequent water quality monitoring for suite of pollutants
  
  
• March 5, 2014
  New fins evolve repeatedly in teleost fish
  
  
• March 5, 2014
  In grasslands remade by humans, animals may protect biodiversity
  
  
• March 5, 2014
  First-ever 3-D image created of the structure beneath Sierra Negra volcano
  
  
• March 5, 2014
  Brain circuits multitask to detect, discriminate the outside world
  
  
• March 5, 2014
  A single gene, doublesex, controls wing mimicry in butterflies
  
  
• March 4, 2014
  Cholesterol study suggests new diagnostic, treatment approach for prostate cancer
  
  
• March 4, 2014
  Bright pulses of light could make space veggies more nutritious, says CU-Boulder study
  
  
• March 4, 2014
  A small step toward discovering habitable Earths
  
  
• March 3, 2014
  UC research tests which nano system works best in killing cancer cells
  
  
• March 3, 2014
  UC research tests range of electrical frequencies that help heal chronic wounds
  
  
• March 3, 2014
  Transparent, color solar cells fuse energy, beauty
  
  
• March 3, 2014
  The surface of the sea is a sink for nitrogen oxides at night
  
  
• March 3, 2014
  Team models photosynthesis and finds room for improvement
  
  
• March 3, 2014
  Physics in 3-D? That's nothing. Try 0-D
  
  
• March 3, 2014
  How 19th century physics could change the future of nanotechnology
  
  
• March 3, 2014
  Distinctive flashing patterns might facilitate fish mating
  
  
• March 3, 2014
  'Fore!' heads up, wide use of more flexible metallic glass coming your way
  
  
• March 1, 2014
  Permafrost thaw: No upside
  
  
• February 28, 2014
  To teach scientific reproducibility, start young
  
  
• February 28, 2014
  3-D imaging sheds light on Apert syndrome development
  
  
• February 28, 2014
  'Photon glue' enables a new quantum mechanical state
  
  
• February 27, 2014
  Livestock found ganging up on pandas at the bamboo buffet
  
  
• February 27, 2014
  Closest, brightest supernova in decades is also a little weird
  
  
• February 26, 2014
  Whales, ships more common through Bering Strait
  
  
• February 26, 2014
  Using stolen computer processing cycles to mine Bitcoin
  
  
• February 26, 2014
  Study projects big thaw for Antarctic sea ice
  
  
• February 26, 2014
  Research maze puts images on floor, where rodents look
  
  
• February 26, 2014
  Nanoparticle networks' design enhanced by theory
  
  
• February 26, 2014
  JILA physicists discover 'quantum droplet' in semiconductor
  
  
• February 26, 2014
  JILA physicists discover 'quantum droplet' in semiconductor
  
  
• February 26, 2014
  Breast cancer cells less likely to spread when one gene is turned off
  
  
• February 26, 2014
  Ambitious new pollution targets needed to protect Lake Erie from massive 'dead zone'
  
  
• February 26, 2014
  'Team of rivals' approach works for sparrows defending territories
  
  
• February 25, 2014
  Where have all the codfish gone?
  
  
• February 25, 2014
  Real-time forecast of Hurricane Sandy had track and intensity accuracy
  
  
• February 25, 2014
  Novel optical fibers transmit high-quality images
  
  
• February 25, 2014
  A cavity that you want
  
  
• February 24, 2014
  Water is detected in a planet outside our solar system
  
  
• February 24, 2014
  Vitamin water: Measuring essential nutrients in the ocean
  
  
• February 24, 2014
  Scientists complete the top quark puzzle
  
  
• February 24, 2014
  Penn researchers show nuclear stiffness keeps stem cells and cancer cells in place
  
  
• February 24, 2014
  In the eye of a chicken, a new state of matter comes into view
  
  
• February 24, 2014
  Gauging what it takes to heal a disaster-ravaged forest
  
  
• February 24, 2014
  Detection of water vapor in the atmosphere of a hot Jupiter
  
  
• February 23, 2014
  Researchers find that going with the flow makes bacteria stick
  
  
• February 23, 2014
  Oldest bit of crust firms up idea of a cool early Earth
  
  
• February 21, 2014
  Using technology to analyze endangered languages
  
  
• February 21, 2014
  New, inexpensive production materials boost promise of hydrogen fuel
  
  
• February 20, 2014
  Nanoscale pillars could radically improve conversion of heat to electricity
  
  
• February 20, 2014
  Multilevel approach to coping with stigmas identified
  
  
• February 20, 2014
  Forest model predicts canopy competition
  
  
• February 20, 2014
  Closing the 'free will' loophole
  
  
• February 20, 2014
  Case Western Reserve grants exclusive license to Compadre; AeroClay LLC is formed
  
  
• February 19, 2014
  Using holograms to improve electronic devices
  
  
• February 19, 2014
  The ups and downs of early atmospheric oxygen
  
  
• February 19, 2014
  Research prevents zoonotic feline tularemia by finding influential geospatial factors
  
  
• February 19, 2014
  Astronomer at national observatory continue to watch Sn2014J
  
  
• February 19, 2014
  A new laser for a faster Internet
  
  
• February 18, 2014
  When a black hole shreds a star, a bright flare tells the story
  
  
• February 18, 2014
  University of Illinois study of 2011 flood will lead to better preparedness
  
  
• February 18, 2014
  Regenerating orthopedic tissues within the human body
  
  
• February 18, 2014
  Quest for jellyfish robot leads to discovery of bending rules for animal wing, fin tips
  
  
• February 18, 2014
  Peru's Manu National Park sets new biodiversity record
  
  
• February 18, 2014
  Nitrogen-tracking tools for better crops and less pollution
  
  
• February 18, 2014
  Golden Goose Award: Physicist whose research on black holes led to his championing a U.S. supercomputing revolution
  
  
• February 18, 2014
  Frequent flyers, bottle gourds crossed the ocean many times
  
  
• February 18, 2014
  Embarking on geoengineering, then stopping, would speed up global warming
  
  
• February 18, 2014
  Beat-keeping sea lion shows surprising rhythmic ability
  
  
• February 18, 2014
  Baby hearts need rhythm to develop correctly
  
  
• February 18, 2014
  Artificial cells and salad dressing
  
  
• February 17, 2014
  WSU researcher creates cooking-oil-based 'bioasphalt'
  
  
• February 17, 2014
  Volcanoes, including Mount Hood, can go from dormant to active quickly
  
  
• February 17, 2014
  Environment influences ability of bacterium to block malaria transmission
  
  
• February 17, 2014
  Artificial leaf jumps developmental hurdle
  
  
• February 16, 2014
  Mount Hood study suggests volcano eruptibility is rare
  
  
• February 14, 2014
  A better way to purify peptide-based drugs
  
  
• February 13, 2014
  Superbright and fast X-rays image single layer of proteins
  
  
• February 13, 2014
  Sunspots like pinwheels
  
  
• February 13, 2014
  Screening wastewater biosolids for environmental contaminants
  
  
• February 13, 2014
  Rice's carbon nanotube fibers outperform copper
  
  
• February 12, 2014
  Stirring-up atomtronics in a quantum circuit: What's so 'super' about this superfluid
  
  
• February 12, 2014
  Revision to rules for color in dinosaurs suggests connection between color and physiology
  
  
• February 12, 2014
  Penn geophysicist teams with mathematicians to describe how river rocks round
  
  
• February 12, 2014
  How stellar death can lead to twin celestial jets
  
  
• February 12, 2014
  Advanced techniques yield new insights into ribosome self-assembly
  
  
• February 11, 2014
  Roots to shoots: Hormone transport in plants deciphered
  
  
• February 11, 2014
  Researchers discover 'epic' new Burgess Shale site in Canada's Kootenay National Park
  
  
• February 11, 2014
  OU next-generation radar deployed in DFW area
  
  
• February 11, 2014
  NOvA experiment sees first long-distance neutrinos
  
  
• February 11, 2014
  New advance in 3-D printing and tissue engineering technology
  
  
• February 11, 2014
  Iowa State's icing wind tunnel blows cold and hard to study ice on wings, turbine blades
  
  
• February 11, 2014
  A new way to break the ice
  
  
• February 10, 2014
  With their amazing necks, ants don't need 'high hopes' to do heavy lifting
  
  
• February 10, 2014
  Wasps use ancient aggression genes to create social groups
  
  
• February 10, 2014
  The genetic origins of high-altitude adaptations in Tibetans
  
  
• February 10, 2014
  Research reveals the give and take of urban temperature mitigating technologies
  
  
• February 10, 2014
  New weather radar network in Dallas area to provide more frequent, precise storm data
  
  
• February 10, 2014
  Nanomotors are controlled, for the first time inside living cells
  
  
• February 10, 2014
  Chips that listen to bacteria
  
  
• February 9, 2014
  Optogenetic toolkit goes multicolor
  
  
• February 7, 2014
  Substance in photosynthesis was at work in ancient, methane-producing microbes
  
  
• February 7, 2014
  No strength in numbers
  
  
• February 7, 2014
  New application of physics tools used in biology
  
  
• February 6, 2014
  Video by UC-Riverside lab receives honorable mention in international competition
  
  
• February 6, 2014
  Theorists predict new forms of exotic insulating materials
  
  
• February 6, 2014
  Source of 'moon curse' revealed by eclipse
  
  
• February 6, 2014
  Scientists use 'voting' and 'penalties' to overcome errors in quantum optimization
  
  
• February 6, 2014
  Research on pigeon color reveals mutation hotspot
  
  
• February 6, 2014
  Quick test finds signs of diarrheal disease
  
  
• February 6, 2014
  Penn researchers 'design for failure' with model material
  
  
• February 6, 2014
  New insight into an emerging genome-editing tool
  
  
• February 6, 2014
  Key facilitator of mRNA editing uncovered by IU researchers
  
  
• February 6, 2014
  Global regulator of mRNA editing found
  
  
• February 6, 2014
  Birds of a different color
  
  
• February 5, 2014
  Vanadium dioxide research opens door to new, multifunctional, spintronic smart sensors
  
  
• February 5, 2014
  Quarks in the looking glass
  
  
• February 5, 2014
  It's the water
  
  
• February 5, 2014
  Heavy metal in the early cosmos
  
  
• February 5, 2014
  Ballistic transport in graphene suggests new type of electronic device
  
  
• February 4, 2014
  Sucker-footed fossils broaden the bat map
  
  
• February 4, 2014
  Researchers build 3-D structures to test breast cancer treatments
  
  
• February 4, 2014
  Presence of humans and urban landscapes increase illness in songbirds, researchers find
  
  
• February 4, 2014
  Paper offers insights into network that plays crucial role in cell function and disease
  
  
• February 4, 2014
  Off-the-shelf materials lead to self-healing polymers
  
  
• February 4, 2014
  Graphene 'sandwich' improves images of biomolecules
  
  
• February 4, 2014
  Fruit flies--fermented-fruit connoisseurs--are relentless party crashers
  
  
• February 3, 2014
  Starbursting in the Galaxy M82
  
  
• February 3, 2014
  Research: It's more than just the science
  
  
• February 3, 2014
  NSF-funded study: Single-sex schools offer little to no advantage
  
  
• February 3, 2014
  New scientific field looks at the big picture
  
  
• February 3, 2014
  In the brain, the number of neurons in a network may not matter
  
  
• February 3, 2014
  Greenland's fastest glacier reaches record speeds
  
  
• January 31, 2014
  Lemur lovers sync their scents
  
  
• January 30, 2014
  To calculate long-term conservation pay off, factor in people
  
  
• January 30, 2014
  Rice lab clocks 'hot' electrons
  
  
• January 30, 2014
  RI Hospital researchers identify components in C. diff that may lead to better treatment
  
  
• January 30, 2014
  CU-Boulder researchers sequence world's first butterfly bacteria, find surprises
  
  
• January 29, 2014
  What your company can learn from NASA tragedies
  
  
• January 29, 2014
  Puzzling question in bacterial immune system answered
  
  
• January 29, 2014
  New theory may lead to more efficient solar cells
  
  
• January 29, 2014
  Neanderthals' genetic legacy
  
  
• January 29, 2014
  Dinosaur fossils from China help Penn researchers describe new 'Titan'
  
  
• January 28, 2014
  UH researchers create new flexible, transparent conductor
  
  
• January 28, 2014
  Texas A&M physicist says stronger benchmarks needed to fully quantify quantum speedup
  
  
• January 28, 2014
  H.M.'s brain yields new evidence
  
  
• January 28, 2014
  From rivers to landslides: Charting the slopes of sediment transport
  
  
• January 28, 2014
  'Chameleon of the sea' reveals its secrets
  
  
• January 27, 2014
  River of hydrogen flowing through space
  
  
• January 27, 2014
  Researchers tune in to protein pairs
  
  
• January 27, 2014
  Graphene-like material made of boron a possibility, experiments suggest
  
  
• January 27, 2014
  Boston University study examines the development of children's prelife reasoning
  
  
• January 26, 2014
  Expanding our view of vision
  
  
• January 24, 2014
  Using engineering plus evolutionary analyses to answer natural selection questions
  
  
• January 24, 2014
  Immune system drives pregnancy complications after fetal surgery in mice
  
  
• January 23, 2014
  World's first magma-enhanced geothermal system created in Iceland
  
  
• January 23, 2014
  Wisconsin researchers identify key pathway for plant cell growth
  
  
• January 23, 2014
  Tracing unique cells with mathematics
  
  
• January 23, 2014
  Risky ripples: Frog's love song may summon kiss of death
  
  
• January 23, 2014
  New genes spring and spread from non-coding DNA
  
  
• January 23, 2014
  Bats use water ripples to hunt frogs
  
  
• January 22, 2014
  Virginia Tech researcher develops energy-dense sugar battery
  
  
• January 22, 2014
  Study identifies gene tied to motor neuron loss in ALS
  
  
• January 22, 2014
  Rice University laser scientists create portable sensor for nitrous oxide, methane
  
  
• January 22, 2014
  New CU-Boulder study shows differences in mammal responses to climate change
  
  
• January 22, 2014
  JILA strontium atomic clock sets new records in both precision and stability
  
  
• January 22, 2014
  How long can charm and beauty live together?
  
  
• January 22, 2014
  Galaxies on FIRE: Star feedback results in less-massive galaxies
  
  
• January 22, 2014
  Detecting chemicals, measuring strain with a pencil and paper
  
  
• January 22, 2014
  Better proteins capture a boon for drug manufacturers
  
  
• January 21, 2014
  Turkeys inspire smartphone-capable early warning system for toxins
  
  
• January 21, 2014
  Study: Electric drive vehicles have little impact on U.S. pollutant emissions
  
  
• January 21, 2014
  Source of Galapagos eruptions is not where models place it
  
  
• January 21, 2014
  Seeing things: A new transparent display system could provide heads-up data
  
  
• January 21, 2014
  Researchers model macroscale plasmonic convection to control fluid and particle motion
  
  
• January 21, 2014
  Peekaboo... I see through!
  
  
• January 21, 2014
  CU-built software uses big data to battle forgetting with personalized content review
  
  
• January 21, 2014
  3-D imaging provides window into living cells, no dye required
  
  
• January 20, 2014
  Liquid crystal turns water droplets into 'gemstones,' Penn materials research shows
  
  
• January 20, 2014
  Dispersal patterns key to invasive species' success
  
  
• January 20, 2014
  Bio-inspired robotic device could aid ankle-foot rehabilitation, CMU researcher says
  
  
• January 19, 2014
  How to tap the sun's energy through heat as well as light
  
  
• January 19, 2014
  Distant quasar illuminates a filament of the cosmic web
  
  
• January 17, 2014
  Tiny, swimming bio-bots boldly go where no bot has swum before
  
  
• January 17, 2014
  Solving a 30-year-old problem in massive star formation
  
  
• January 17, 2014
  Clever chemistry improves a new class of antibiotics
  
  
• January 17, 2014
  ALMA discovers a formation site of a giant planetary system
  
  
• January 16, 2014
  Understanding collective animal behavior may be in the eye of the computer
  
  
• January 16, 2014
  Standing on a comet: Rosetta’s space-weather contribution
  
  
• January 16, 2014
  Soil production breaks geologic speed record
  
  
• January 16, 2014
  Silver nanowire sensors hold promise for prosthetics, robotics
  
  
• January 16, 2014
  Renewable chemical ready for biofuels scale-up
  
  
• January 16, 2014
  One step at a time, researchers are learning how humans walk
  
  
• January 16, 2014
  Ice-loving sea anemones discovered in Antarctica
  
  
• January 16, 2014
  Human arm sensors make robot smarter
  
  
• January 16, 2014
  Genomes of modern dogs and wolves provide new insights on domestication
  
  
• January 16, 2014
  Coral reefs in Palau surprisingly resistant to naturally acidified waters
  
  
• January 15, 2014
  Trees grow faster and store more carbon as they age
  
  
• January 15, 2014
  Key species of algae shows effects of climate change over time
  
  
• January 15, 2014
  IU study: Copycats pave the way to problem-solving success
  
  
• January 15, 2014
  Acidification, predators pose double threat to oysters
  
  
• January 14, 2014
  UD-developed smart gels deliver medicine on demand
  
  
• January 14, 2014
  New patent mapping system helps find innovation pathways
  
  
• January 13, 2014
  Weighing particles at the attogram scale
  
  
• January 13, 2014
  More to biofuel production than yield
  
  
• January 13, 2014
  How fruit flies detect sweet foods
  
  
• January 13, 2014
  High levels of molecular chlorine found in arctic atmosphere
  
  
• January 13, 2014
  Discovery of new Tiktaalik roseae fossils reveals key link in evolution of hind limbs
  
  
• January 12, 2014
  It's all coming back to me now: Researchers find caffeine enhances memory
  
  
• January 10, 2014
  Discovery spotlights key role of mystery RNA modification in cells
  
  
• January 9, 2014
  Surprising new class of 'hypervelocity stars' discovered escaping the galaxy
  
  
• January 9, 2014
  Researchers invent 'sideways' approach to 2-D hybrid materials
  
  
• January 9, 2014
  Living on islands makes animals tamer
  
  
• January 9, 2014
  Innovative soft robotics technology spawns new products
  
  
• January 9, 2014
  Iconic Australasian trees found as fossils in South America
  
  
• January 9, 2014
  First detailed look at a normal galaxy in the very early universe
  
  
• January 9, 2014
  Cilia use different motors for different tasks
  
  
• January 9, 2014
  Astronomers discover new exoplanet in Pisces
  
  
• January 9, 2014
  Acid mine drainage reduces radioactivity in fracking waste
  
  
• January 9, 2014
  A powerful technique to further understanding RNA
  
  
• January 9, 2014
  A new study raises ecological concerns over proposed oil development in Ecuador’s Yasuní Biosphere Reserve
  
  
• January 8, 2014
  Symbiotic fungi inhabiting plant roots have major impact on atmospheric carbon, scientists say
  
  
• January 8, 2014
  Suppressing a competitor enhances susceptibility to a predator
  
  
• January 8, 2014
  Researchers unveil rich world of fish biofluorescence
  
  
• January 8, 2014
  Organic mega flow battery promises breakthrough for renewable energy
  
  
• January 8, 2014
  New study finds extreme longevity in white sharks
  
  
• January 8, 2014
  Many small exoplanets found to be covered in gas
  
  
• January 8, 2014
  Fungi may determine the future of soil carbon
  
  
• January 8, 2014
  BOSS measures the universe to 1-percent accuracy
  
  
• January 8, 2014
  A one-percent measure of the universe
  
  
• January 7, 2014
  Synthetic genetic clock checks the thermometer
  
  
• January 7, 2014
  Scientists to examine Pacific's 'global chimney'
  
  
• January 7, 2014
  Penn biologists establish new method for studying RNA's regulatory 'footprint'
  
  
• January 7, 2014
  Of lice and men (and chimps): Study tracks pace of molecular evolution
  
  
• January 7, 2014
  Ancient sharks reared young in prehistoric river-delta nursery
  
  
• January 6, 2014
  Worker wasps grow visual brains, queens stay in the dark
  
  
• January 6, 2014
  Supernova's super dust factory imaged with ALMA
  
  
• January 6, 2014
  Suburban sprawl cancels carbon footprint savings of dense urban cores
  
  
• January 6, 2014
  RAMBO, a small but powerful magnet
  
  
• January 6, 2014
  Pulsar in a stellar triple system makes unique gravitational laboratory
  
  
• January 6, 2014
  New compounds discovered that are hundreds of times more mutagenic
  
  
• January 6, 2014
  Gemini Observatory releases first light images from planet imager
  
  
• January 6, 2014
  Dwarf galaxies give clues to origin of supermassive black holes
  
  
• January 6, 2014
  Babbling babies--responding to one-on-one 'baby talk'--master more words
  
  
• January 5, 2014
  Yeast's lifestyle couples mating with meiosis
  
  
• January 3, 2014
  Supercomputers join search for 'cheapium'
  
  
• January 3, 2014
  Reconstructing the New World monkey family tree
  
  
• January 2, 2014
  Researchers find ways for more efficient control of wind power
  
  
• January 2, 2014
  Atlas Mountains in Morocco are buoyed up by superhot rock, study finds
  
  

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NEWS FROM THE FIELD FOR 2013

• December 31, 2013
  Researchers use Hubble Telescope to reveal cloudy weather on alien world
  
  
• December 31, 2013
  New studies give strong boost to binary-star formation theory
  
  
• December 31, 2013
  Genetically identical bacteria can behave in radically different ways
  
  
• December 30, 2013
  With few hard frosts, tropical mangroves push north
  
  
• December 30, 2013
  Montana State University research on algal biofuels keys larger study
  
  
• December 30, 2013
  Mangroves expand north as Florida freezes decline
  
  
• December 27, 2013
  Assessing others: Evaluating the expertise of humans and computer algorithms
  
  
• December 23, 2013
  Walking the walk: What sharks, honeybees and humans have in common
  
  
• December 23, 2013
  UT Arlington research may unlock enzyme's role in disease
  
  
• December 23, 2013
  Scientists anticipated size and location of 2012 Costa Rica earthquake
  
  
• December 23, 2013
  New study brings scientists closer to the origin of RNA
  
  
• December 23, 2013
  Local factors cause dramatic spikes in coastal ocean acidity
  
  
• December 22, 2013
  Researchers create largest evolutionary 'timetree' of land plants to investigate traits that permit survival in cold climates
  
  
• December 22, 2013
  Greenland ice stores liquid water year-round
  
  
• December 20, 2013
  Starless cloud cores reveal why some stars are bigger than others
  
  
• December 20, 2013
  New DRI project aimed at understanding mercury dynamics in the Arctic tundra
  
  
• December 19, 2013
  The origin of flowers: DNA of storied plant provides insight into the evolution of flowering plants, study finds
  
  
• December 19, 2013
  Telecoupling science shows China's forest sustainability packs global impact
  
  
• December 19, 2013
  Team finds new way to map important drug targets
  
  
• December 19, 2013
  TB bacteria mask their identity to intrude into deeper regions of lungs
  
  
• December 19, 2013
  Nutrition influences metabolism through circadian rhythms, UC-Irvine study finds
  
  
• December 19, 2013
  Modern caterpillars feed at higher temperatures in response to climate change
  
  
• December 19, 2013
  Gene transfer gone wild reveals driving force behind mitochondrial sex
  
  
• December 19, 2013
  Electron's shapeliness throws a curve at supersymmetry
  
  
• December 18, 2013
  Tropical forests mitigate extreme weather events
  
  
• December 18, 2013
  Physicists delve into fundamental laws of biological materials
  
  
• December 18, 2013
  Penn researchers grow liquid crystal 'flowers' that can be used as lenses
  
  
• December 18, 2013
  New study reveals the biomechanics of how marine snail larvae swim
  
  
• December 18, 2013
  Lemur babies of older moms less likely to get hurt
  
  
• December 18, 2013
  Genetic discovery points the way to much bigger yields in tomato, other flowering food plants
  
  
• December 18, 2013
  Diamonds in Earth's oldest zircons are nothing but laboratory contamination
  
  
• December 18, 2013
  A roly-poly pika gathers much moss
  
  
• December 17, 2013
  Water in cells behaves in complex and intricate ways
  
  
• December 17, 2013
  Predicting antibiotic resistance among goals of UH research
  
  
• December 17, 2013
  MU researchers develop advanced 3-dimensional 'force microscope'
  
  
• December 17, 2013
  Megafloods: What they leave behind
  
  
• December 17, 2013
  Ancestor of snakes, lizards likely gave birth to live young
  
  
• December 17, 2013
  "Approximate computing" improves efficiency, saves energy
  
  
• December 16, 2013
  Virus grows tube to insert DNA during infection, then sheds it
  
  
• December 16, 2013
  Scientists reduce protein crystal damage, improve pharmaceutical development
  
  
• December 16, 2013
  Researchers engineer a hybrid five times more effective in delivering genetic material into cells
  
  
• December 16, 2013
  Innovative instrument probes close binary stars, may soon image exoplanets
  
  
• December 16, 2013
  Emerald ash borer may have met its match
  
  
• December 16, 2013
  Cellulose nanocrystals possible "green" wonder material
  
  
• December 15, 2013
  Deep-sea corals record dramatic long-term shift in Pacific Ocean ecosystem
  
  
• December 13, 2013
  UI researcher studies evolution on the molecular level
  
  
• December 13, 2013
  Swirls in remnants of big bang may hold clues to universe's infancy
  
  
• December 13, 2013
  Saving the Great Plains water supply
  
  
• December 13, 2013
  New tech lets cholesterol-tracking smartphone users take lifesaving selfies
  
  
• December 13, 2013
  Duke engineers make strides toward artificial cartilage
  
  
• December 13, 2013
  Disease, not climate change, fueling frog declines in the Andes, study finds
  
  
• December 12, 2013
  Speeding up gene discovery
  
  
• December 12, 2013
  Researchers at Penn help develop a dynamic model of tissue failure
  
  
• December 12, 2013
  Massive galaxy cluster verifies predictions of cosmological theory
  
  
• December 12, 2013
  Marine biologists unmask species diversity in coral reefs
  
  
• December 12, 2013
  Low-powered tunneling transistor for high-performance devices at low voltage
  
  
• December 12, 2013
  Can we turn unwanted carbon dioxide into electricity?
  
  
• December 11, 2013
  UNL-led team finds less is more with adding graphene to nanofibers
  
  
• December 11, 2013
  The mystery of lizard breath
  
  
• December 11, 2013
  Scientists discover chemical modification in human malaria parasite DNA
  
  
• December 11, 2013
  Graphene-based nano-antennas may enable networks of tiny machines
  
  
• December 11, 2013
  East Antarctica is sliding sideways
  
  
• December 11, 2013
  Arctic cyclones more common than previously thought
  
  
• December 11, 2013
  Alpine glacier, unchanged for thousands of years, now melting
  
  
• December 11, 2013
  A new material for solar panels could make them cheaper, more efficient
  
  
• December 10, 2013
  Astrophysicists launch ambitious assessment of galaxy formation simulations
  
  
• December 10, 2013
  Announcing project agora: Ambitious comparison of computer simulations of galaxy evolution
  
  
• December 9, 2013
  Where do stars end and brown dwarfs begin?
  
  
• December 9, 2013
  UNH scientists launch "CubeSats" into radiation belts
  
  
• December 9, 2013
  Scientists scale terahertz peaks in nanotubes
  
  
• December 9, 2013
  Researchers develop system for assessing how effective species are at pollinating crops
  
  
• December 9, 2013
  Quality of biodiversity, not just quantity, is key
  
  
• December 9, 2013
  Prolonged viewing of Boston Marathon bombings media coverage tied to acute stress
  
  
• December 9, 2013
  In surprise finding, blood clots absorb bacterial toxin
  
  
• December 9, 2013
  Hidden details revealed in nearby starburst galaxy
  
  
• December 9, 2013
  Harvesting electricity: Triboelectric generators capture wasted power
  
  
• December 9, 2013
  Countdown to zero: New "zero-dimensional" carbon nanotube may lead to superthin electronics and synthetic cells
  
  
• December 9, 2013
  Balancing old and new skills
  
  
• December 6, 2013
  Researchers at Penn show optimal framework for heartbeats
  
  
• December 5, 2013
  UA astronomers discover planet that shouldn't be there
  
  
• December 5, 2013
  Scientists calculate friction of Japan's 9.0 earthquake in 2011
  
  
• December 5, 2013
  Proteins' passing phases revealed
  
  
• December 5, 2013
  New finding shows that mother sharks "home" to their birthplace to give birth, like salmon and sea turtles
  
  
• December 5, 2013
  JILA team develops "spinning trap" to measure electron roundness
  
  
• December 5, 2013
  How mosquitoes are drawn to human skin and breath
  
  
• December 4, 2013
  Storing carbon in the Arctic
  
  
• December 4, 2013
  Rising ocean acidification leads to anxiety in fish
  
  
• December 4, 2013
  New Jersey shore likely faces unprecedented flooding by mid-century
  
  
• December 4, 2013
  Industrial age helps some coastal regions capture carbon dioxide
  
  
• December 4, 2013
  Humans threaten wetlands' ability to keep pace with sea-level rise
  
  
• December 4, 2013
  CU-Boulder-led team finds first evidence of primates regularly sleeping in caves
  
  
• December 4, 2013
  CMU scheme uses shared visual cues to help people remember multiple passwords
  
  
• December 3, 2013
  Signalers vs. strong silent types: Sparrows exude personalities during fights
  
  
• December 3, 2013
  Scripps leads first global snapshot of key coral reef fishes
  
  
• December 3, 2013
  Researchers revise Darwin's thinking on invasive species
  
  
• December 2, 2013
  When aluminum outshines gold
  
  
• December 2, 2013
  The mystery of neutron stars heats up
  
  
• December 2, 2013
  Secrets to 'extreme adaptation' found in Burmese python genome
  
  
• December 2, 2013
  MU researcher develops virtual wall that could stop the spread of oil and could help build invisible barrier for oil spills
  
  
• December 2, 2013
  Culling vampire bats to stem rabies in Latin America can backfire
  
  
• December 2, 2013
  "Nanosponge vaccine" fights MRSA toxins
  
  
• November 28, 2013
  Quantitative approaches provide new perspective on development of antibiotic resistance
  
  
• November 27, 2013
  University of Illinois physicists demonstrate DNA origami bends and twists in solution
  
  
• November 27, 2013
  Smaller black holes can eat plenty
  
  
• November 27, 2013
  New clues to memory formation may help better treat dementia
  
  
• November 27, 2013
  LHC data to be made public via open access initiative
  
  
• November 27, 2013
  Engineers turn to origami to solve astronomical space problem
  
  
• November 27, 2013
  Clinical trial shows tongue-controlled wheelchair outperforms popular wheelchair navigation system
  
  
• November 26, 2013
  Seahorse heads have a "no wake zone" that's made for catching prey
  
  
• November 26, 2013
  Large study shows pollution impact on coral reefs--and offers solution
  
  
• November 26, 2013
  Iron preserves, hides ancient tissues in fossilized remains
  
  
• November 25, 2013
  Rice scientists ID new catalyst for cleanup of nitrites
  
  
• November 25, 2013
  Researchers use nanoscale "patches" to sensitize targeted cell receptors
  
  
• November 25, 2013
  Nanotubes can solder themselves, markedly improving device performance
  
  
• November 25, 2013
  Flashes of brilliance
  
  
• November 25, 2013
  Bad proteins branch out
  
  
• November 25, 2013
  Ancient minerals: Which gave rise to life?
  
  
• November 22, 2013
  New microscope captures movements of atoms and molecules
  
  
• November 22, 2013
  Greenland's shrunken ice sheet: We've been here before
  
  
• November 22, 2013
  Copper promises cheaper, sturdier fuel cells
  
  
• November 21, 2013
  Searching for cosmic accelerators via IceCube
  
  
• November 21, 2013
  Research paves path for hybrid nano-materials that could replace human tissue or today's pills
  
  
• November 21, 2013
  Pre-industrial rise in greenhouse gases had natural and anthropogenic causes
  
  
• November 21, 2013
  Infant galaxies merging near "cosmic dawn"
  
  
• November 21, 2013
  IceCube pushes neutrinos to the forefront of astronomy
  
  
• November 21, 2013
  Cosmic finding ushers in "new age of astronomy"
  
  
• November 21, 2013
  Carnegie Mellon and Temple researchers offer fresh perspective to improve learning by taming instructional complexity
  
  
• November 21, 2013
  BU, MIT team of engineers add new wrinkles to waterproofing
  
  
• November 20, 2013
  USF researchers show invasive sparrows immune cells sharpen as they spread
  
  
• November 20, 2013
  USC Viterbi engineers cut time to 3-D print heterogeneous objects from hours to minutes
  
  
• November 20, 2013
  Texas A&M: 24,000-year-old skeletal remains raise new questions about first Americans
  
  
• November 20, 2013
  Scripps oceanography researchers engineer breakthrough for biofuel production
  
  
• November 20, 2013
  Researchers break a theoretical time barrier on bouncing droplets
  
  
• November 20, 2013
  Framework could improve Southeast rainfall forecasts
  
  
• November 20, 2013
  Evidence of jet of high-energy particles in Milky Way confirmed
  
  
• November 19, 2013
  New Technique Controls Dimensions of Gold Nanorods while Manufacturing on a Large Scale
  
  
• November 19, 2013
  Asteroids' close encounters with Mars
  
  
• November 19, 2013
  A living desert underground
  
  
• November 18, 2013
  Researchers develop new approach to identify possible ecological effects of releasing genetically engineered insects
  
  
• November 18, 2013
  New method for stabilizing hemoglobin could lead to stable vaccines, artificial blood
  
  
• November 17, 2013
  Volcano discovered smoldering under a kilometer of ice in West Antarctica
  
  
• November 15, 2013
  New hologram technology created with tiny nanoantennas
  
  
• November 15, 2013
  How teens choose their friends
  
  
• November 14, 2013
  Surprising image provides new tool for studying galaxy
  
  
• November 14, 2013
  Stanford scientists create a low-cost, long-lasting water splitter made of silicon and nickel
  
  
• November 14, 2013
  Scientists nearing forecasts of long-lived wildfires
  
  
• November 14, 2013
  Penn produces graphene nanoribbons with nanopores for fast DNA sequencing
  
  
• November 14, 2013
  No peak in sight for evolving bacteria
  
  
• November 14, 2013
  New approach advances wireless power transfer for vehicles
  
  
• November 14, 2013
  Dogs likely originated in Europe more than 18,000 years ago, UCLA biologists report
  
  
• November 14, 2013
  Accidental discovery dramatically improves electrical conductivity
  
  
• November 13, 2013
  Study: Your brain sees things you don't
  
  
• November 13, 2013
  Fossil of new big cat species discovered; oldest ever found
  
  
• November 13, 2013
  Compound stymies polyomaviruses in lab tests
  
  
• November 13, 2013
  Better batteries through biology?
  
  
• November 13, 2013
  A vexing math problem finds an elegant solution
  
  
• November 12, 2013
  Taking a new look at carbon nanotubes
  
  
• November 12, 2013
  Single-celled genome sequencing gets better
  
  
• November 12, 2013
  Marine lab marks 10th anniversary of NSF-funded research program for undergraduates
  
  
• November 11, 2013
  Penn team elucidates evolution of bitter taste sensitivity
  
  
• November 11, 2013
  Penn and Drexel team demonstrates new paradigm for solar cell construction
  
  
• November 11, 2013
  Methane-munching microorganisms meddle with metals
  
  
• November 11, 2013
  Feast and famine on the abyssal plain
  
  
• November 11, 2013
  Bacteria may allow animals to send quick, voluminous messages
  
  
• November 10, 2013
  Yoga and meditation may help achieve computer-brain meld
  
  
• November 8, 2013
  Enriching biology courses using geospatial technology
  
  
• November 7, 2013
  Male lizards prefer more feminine lizards to "bearded ladies," new research finds
  
  
• November 7, 2013
  Gene responsible for hereditary cancer syndrome found to disrupt critical growth-regulating pathway
  
  
• November 7, 2013
  Cost-effective method accurately orders DNA sequencing along entire chromosomes
  
  
• November 7, 2013
  Carnegie Mellon researchers use inkblots to improve security of online passwords
  
  
• November 7, 2013
  "Tiger stripes" underneath Antarctic glaciers slow the flow
  
  
• November 6, 2013
  Researchers at Penn add another tool in their directed assembly toolkit
  
  
• November 6, 2013
  In dual-career couples, mothers still do the most child care
  
  
• November 6, 2013
  From one collapsing star, two black holes form and fuse
  
  
• November 5, 2013
  Video: Knife-wielding robot trains for grocery checkout job using new coactive learning technique
  
  
• November 5, 2013
  Staying alive in the high and dry
  
  
• November 5, 2013
  Smart foam takes aim at concussions by measuring helmet impact
  
  
• November 4, 2013
  Why the sagebrush grows: Scientists explore arid plant survival
  
  
• November 4, 2013
  Diamond imperfections pave the way to technology gold
  
  
• November 3, 2013
  Nanotube-based sensors can be implanted under the skin for a year
  
  
• November 1, 2013
  Synaptic transistor learns while it computes
  
  
• November 1, 2013
  Global warming led to dwarfism in mammals--twice
  
  
• October 31, 2013
  Physicists unify the structure of scientific theories
  
  
• October 31, 2013
  New SARS-like coronavirus discovered in Chinese horseshoe bats
  
  
• October 31, 2013
  Making electrical contact along 1-D edge of 2-D materials
  
  
• October 31, 2013
  Magnetic "force field" shields giant gas cloud during collision with Milky Way
  
  
• October 31, 2013
  Global warming as viewed from the deep ocean
  
  
• October 31, 2013
  Geoengineering the climate could reduce vital rains
  
  
• October 31, 2013
  Genetic rarity rules in wild guppy population
  
  
• October 31, 2013
  Evolution of new species requires few genetic changes
  
  
• October 31, 2013
  CU-Boulder-led team gets first look at diverse life below rare tallgrass prairies
  
  
• October 30, 2013
  The secret's in the (robotic) stroke
  
  
• October 30, 2013
  Listen up: Oysters may use sound to select a home
  
  
• October 30, 2013
  First results from LUX dark matter detector rule out some candidates
  
  
• October 30, 2013
  A first step in learning by imitation, baby brains respond to another's actions
  
  
• October 29, 2013
  Redwood trees reveal history of West Coast rain, fog, ocean conditions
  
  
• October 29, 2013
  How poverty molds the brain
  
  
• October 29, 2013
  Forget the needle, consider the haystack
  
  
• October 28, 2013
  UC develops unique nano carrier to target drug delivery to cancer cells
  
  
• October 28, 2013
  Traces of DNA exposed by twisted light
  
  
• October 28, 2013
  Researchers turn to technology to discover a novel way of mapping landscapes
  
  
• October 28, 2013
  Researchers quantify toxic ocean conditions during major extinction 93.9 million years ago
  
  
• October 28, 2013
  Crying wolf: Who benefits and when?
  
  
• October 27, 2013
  Scientists eye longer-term forecasts of U.S. heat waves
  
  
• October 25, 2013
  ASU, Georgia Tech create breakthrough for solar cell efficiency
  
  
• October 24, 2013
  Physicists decode decision circuit of cancer metastasis
  
  
• October 24, 2013
  Increasing toxicity of algal blooms tied to nutrient enrichment and climate change
  
  
• October 24, 2013
  Gold nanoparticles give an edge in recycling CO₂
  
  
• October 23, 2013
  UCLA chemists use MRI to peek at temperatures of gases inside catalytic reactors
  
  
• October 23, 2013
  Surgical simulations you can bet on
  
  
• October 23, 2013
  Study shows unprecedented warmth in the Arctic
  
  
• October 23, 2013
  Study finds natural compound can be used for 3-D printing of medical implants
  
  
• October 23, 2013
  Newly discovered predatory dinosaur "king of gore" reveals the origins of T. rex
  
  
• October 23, 2013
  Early-life exposure to herbicide increases frog mortality from fungal disease
  
  
• October 22, 2013
  WUSTL researchers developing hospital patient early warning system
  
  
• October 22, 2013
  Researchers advance scheme to design seamless integrated circuits etched on graphene
  
  
• October 22, 2013
  New device stores electricity on silicon chips
  
  
• October 22, 2013
  Baby's innate number sense predicts future math skill
  
  
• October 21, 2013
  In Nepal, villagers' land uses help people and tigers, study finds
  
  
• October 21, 2013
  Habitat research methods give a new peek at tiger life with conservation
  
  
• October 21, 2013
  Atomically thin device promises new class of electronics
  
  
• October 21, 2013
  ALMA Peers Down the Maws of Two Supermassive Black Holes
  
  
• October 21, 2013
  A chameleon in the physics lab
  
  
• October 20, 2013
  Rats! Humans and rodents process their mistakes
  
  
• October 20, 2013
  Global ocean currents explain why Northern Hemisphere is the soggier one
  
  
• October 18, 2013
  New app provides new direction for researchers examining how children learn from nature
  
  
• October 17, 2013
  Researchers advance toward engineering "wildly new genome"
  
  
• October 17, 2013
  New technology that sorts cells by stiffness may help spot disease
  
  
• October 17, 2013
  New imaging technique can identify breast cancer subtypes and early treatment response
  
  
• October 17, 2013
  Frog-killing fungus paralyzes amphibian immune response
  
  
• October 17, 2013
  Could Sandy happen again? Maybe, says Tufts geologist
  
  
• October 16, 2013
  What makes a data visualization memorable?
  
  
• October 16, 2013
  Software uses cyborg swarm to map unknown environs
  
  
• October 16, 2013
  Separating the good from the bad in bacteria
  
  
• October 16, 2013
  Carbon cycle models underestimate indirect role of animals
  
  
• October 15, 2013
  Restoring surgeons' sense of touch during minimally invasive surgeries
  
  
• October 15, 2013
  Recent finding is part of ongoing research supported by the Synergistic Suite of XSEDE Resources
  
  
• October 14, 2013
  Turning vapors into foam-like polymer coatings
  
  
• October 11, 2013
  Outside influence: Genes outside nucleus have disproportionate effect
  
  
• October 11, 2013
  Mammalian body cells lack ancient viral defense mechanism, find UT scientists
  
  
• October 11, 2013
  Crystals in Picabo's rocks point to "recycled" super-volcanic magma chambers
  
  
• October 10, 2013
  New device harnesses sun and sewage to produce hydrogen fuel
  
  
• October 10, 2013
  Massive spruce beetle outbreak in Colorado tied to drought, according to new CU study
  
  
• October 10, 2013
  How red crabs on Christmas Island speak for the tropics
  
  
• October 10, 2013
  Fish genital shape linked to predation
  
  
• October 9, 2013
  An experiment puts auditing under scrutiny
  
  
• October 7, 2013
  Scientists use blur to sharpen DNA mapping
  
  
• October 3, 2013
  Northwestern researchers develop compact, high-powered terahertz source at room temperature
  
  
• September 30, 2013
  Biochar quiets microbes, including some plant pathogens
  
  
• September 29, 2013
  UC-Davis researchers discover a biological link between diabetes and heart disease
  
  
• September 27, 2013
  Weighing the Antarctic ice sheet
  
  
• September 26, 2013
  Study finds steroids may persist longer in the environment than expected
  
  
• September 26, 2013
  Researchers describe unusual Mars rock
  
  
• September 25, 2013
  Tapping a valuable resource or invading the environment? Research examines the start of fracking in Ohio
  
  
• September 25, 2013
  Observations reveal critical interplay of interstellar dust, hydrogen
  
  
• September 25, 2013
  Dams provide resilience to Columbia River basin from climate change impact
  
  
• September 25, 2013
  'Jekyll and Hyde' star morphs from radio to x-ray pulsar and back again
  
  
• September 23, 2013
  UCLA engineers develop a stretchable, foldable transparent electronic display
  
  
• September 23, 2013
  Tiny antennas let long light waves see in infrared
  
  
• September 23, 2013
  The fish and the egg: Towards a new strategy for fattening up red drum in Texas
  
  
• September 23, 2013
  Researchers publish enormous catalog of more than 300,000 nearby galaxies
  
  
• September 23, 2013
  New steering tech for heavy equipment saves fuel, ups efficiency
  
  
• September 23, 2013
  Math explains history: Simulation accurately captures the evolution of ancient complex societies
  
  
• September 20, 2013
  Water-shedding surfaces can be made to last
  
  
• September 19, 2013
  Seismologists puzzle over largest deep earthquake ever recorded
  
  
• September 19, 2013
  Mantas, devil rays butchered for apothecary trade now identifiable
  
  
• September 19, 2013
  Got calcium? Mineral is key to restoring acid rain-damaged forests
  
  
• September 19, 2013
  Glass or plastic? Container's properties affect the viscosity of nanoscale water
  
  
• September 18, 2013
  The importance of keeping a beat
  
  
• September 18, 2013
  Studies: Motor control development continues longer than previously believed
  
  
• September 18, 2013
  Scaling up personalized query results for next generation of search engines
  
  
• September 18, 2013
  Online citizen scientists classify plankton images
  
  
• September 18, 2013
  New role for protein family could provide path to how crop traits are modified
  
  
• September 17, 2013
  X-ray science taps bug biology to design better materials and reduce pollution
  
  
• September 17, 2013
  Virginia Tech researchers help people in remote Africa respond to diarrheal disease
  
  
• September 17, 2013
  Ten-year project redraws the map of bird brains
  
  
• September 17, 2013
  Stronger winds explain puzzling growth of sea ice in Antarctica
  
  
• September 17, 2013
  Proton weak charge determined for first time
  
  
• September 17, 2013
  Ability to move to a beat linked to brain’s response to speech
  
  
• September 16, 2013
  Study shows projected climate change in West Africa not likely to worsen malaria situation
  
  
• September 16, 2013
  Non-traditional mathematics curriculum results in higher standardized test scores, MU study finds
  
  
• September 16, 2013
  New model should expedite development of temperature-stable nano-alloys
  
  
• September 16, 2013
  Invention jet prints nanostructures with self-assembling material
  
  
• September 13, 2013
  Toward a truly white organic LED
  
  
• September 13, 2013
  Researchers capture speedy chemical reaction in mid-stride
  
  
• September 13, 2013
  Fish skin immune responses resemble those of the gut, Penn study finds
  
  
• September 13, 2013
  Earth's wobble "fixes" dinner for marine organisms
  
  
• September 12, 2013
  Voyager 1 spotted from Earth with NSF-funded telescopes
  
  
• September 12, 2013
  Viruses associated with coral epidemic of "white plague"
  
  
• September 12, 2013
  Underlying ocean melts ice shelf, speeds up glacier movement
  
  
• September 12, 2013
  Shattering records: Thinnest glass in Guinness book
  
  
• September 12, 2013
  Movement of marine life follows speed and direction of climate change
  
  
• September 12, 2013
  Carnegie Mellon researchers say Twitter analysis can help gamblers beat the spread on NFL games
  
  
• September 12, 2013
  An unprecedented threat to Peru's cloud forests
  
  
• September 12, 2013
  A century of human impact on arctic climate indicated by new models and historic aerosol data contained in ice cores
  
  
• September 11, 2013
  Unusual mechanism of DNA synthesis could explain genetic mutations
  
  
• September 11, 2013
  Pumping draws arsenic toward a big-city aquifer
  
  
• September 11, 2013
  Climate change may speed up forests' life cycles
  
  
• September 11, 2013
  Airbrushing could facilitate large-scale manufacture of carbon nanofibers
  
  
• September 11, 2013
  "Desperation DNA" synthesis could explain genetic mutations
  
  
• September 10, 2013
  Think twice, speak once: Bilinguals process both languages
  
  
• September 10, 2013
  New magnetic semiconductor material holds promise for "spintronics"
  
  
• September 10, 2013
  MSU lands first drone
  
  
• September 9, 2013
  Wireless network detects falls by the elderly
  
  
• September 9, 2013
  Rainfall in South Pacific was more variable before 20th century
  
  
• September 9, 2013
  Penn scientists demonstrate new method for harvesting energy from light
  
  
• September 9, 2013
  New kind of ultraviolet LED could lead to portable, low-cost devices
  
  
• September 9, 2013
  Microbes help beetles defeat plant defenses
  
  
• September 9, 2013
  In odd-looking mutant, clues about how maize plants control stem cell number
  
  
• September 9, 2013
  Chemists find new way to put the brakes on cancer
  
  
• September 9, 2013
  Breaking deep-sea waves reveal mechanism for global ocean mixing
  
  
• September 9, 2013
  A swarm on every desktop: Robotics experts learn from public
  
  
• September 8, 2013
  A new approach to early diagnosis of influenza
  
  
• September 6, 2013
  Researchers discover rare fossil ape cranium in China
  
  
• September 6, 2013
  New connection between stacked solar cells can handle energy of 70,000 suns
  
  
• September 5, 2013
  Scientists confirm existence of largest single volcano on Earth
  
  
• September 5, 2013
  Powerful jets blowing material out of galaxy
  
  
• September 5, 2013
  New model of Earth's interior reveals clues to hotspot volcanoes
  
  
• September 5, 2013
  Global warming has increased risk of record heat, say Stanford scientists
  
  
• September 5, 2013
  Deep-ocean carbon sinks
  
  
• September 5, 2013
  Blue-green algae a five-tool player in converting waste to fuel
  
  
• September 5, 2013
  Beneath Earth's surface, scientists find long "fingers" of heat
  
  
• September 4, 2013
  Pico-world of molecular bioscavengers, mops and sponges being designed
  
  
• September 4, 2013
  Molecular beacons light path to cardiac muscle repair
  
  
• September 4, 2013
  Electronics advance moves closer to a world beyond silicon
  
  
• September 4, 2013
  CMU autonomous Cadillac goes the distance (and obeys the speed limit)
  
  
• September 4, 2013
  Bismuth-carrying nanotubes show promise for CT scans
  
  
• September 3, 2013
  Penn develops computer model that will help design flexible touchscreens
  
  
• September 3, 2013
  Measuring progress in nanotech design
  
  
• September 3, 2013
  Death by asexuality: IU biologists uncover new path for mutations to arise
  
  
• September 3, 2013
  Dark Energy Survey begins five-year mission to map southern sky in tremendous detail
  
  
• September 3, 2013
  Birds choose sweet-smelling mates
  
  
• September 3, 2013
  An easier way to control genes
  
  
• August 30, 2013
  Novel self-powered nanoparticles developed to deliver healing drugs directly to bone cracks
  
  
• August 29, 2013
  Young whoopers stay the course when they follow a wise old bird
  
  
• August 29, 2013
  Transparent artificial muscle plays music
  
  
• August 29, 2013
  Stanford-developed collagen patch speeds repair of damaged heart tissue in mice
  
  
• August 29, 2013
  Spider venom reveals new secret
  
  
• August 29, 2013
  Researchers a step closer to finding cosmic ray origins
  
  
• August 29, 2013
  Penn study: Protein that protects nucleus also regulates stem cell differentiation
  
  
• August 29, 2013
  Alaska tundra shows surprising resilience after unprecedented fire
  
  
• August 28, 2013
  Wake up and smell the reef: Fish larvae sniff their way back home
  
  
• August 28, 2013
  Ultracold big bang experiment successfully simulates evolution of early universe
  
  
• August 28, 2013
  Researchers develop novel polymer to help oral medications reach the bloodstream
  
  
• August 28, 2013
  Researchers develop model of "near-optimal" genetic code
  
  
• August 28, 2013
  Researchers aim to use light--not electric jolts--to restore healthy heartbeats
  
  
• August 28, 2013
  Milky Way gas cloud causes multiple images of distant quasar
  
  
• August 28, 2013
  Magnetic charge crystals imaged in artificial spin ice
  
  
• August 27, 2013
  Tennessee High School Students Publish in Top Science Journal
  
  
• August 27, 2013
  Supervolcanic ash can turn to lava miles from eruption, MU scientists find
  
  
• August 27, 2013
  Researcher controls colleague's motions in 1st human brain-to-brain interface
  
  
• August 27, 2013
  New insight on wildfire smoke could improve climate change models
  
  
• August 27, 2013
  New energy model offers transparency to let others replicate findings
  
  
• August 27, 2013
  Control scheme dynamically maintains unstable quantum systems
  
  
• August 26, 2013
  Study offers insight into the origin of the genetic code, team reports
  
  
• August 26, 2013
  Many viewpoints, one problem: Managing water resources responsibly
  
  
• August 26, 2013
  Changing river chemistry affects Eastern U.S. water supplies
  
  
• August 25, 2013
  Researchers offer explanation for strange magnetic behavior at semiconductor interfaces
  
  
• August 25, 2013
  Mercury levels in Pacific fish likely to rise in coming decades
  
  
• August 22, 2013
  UK and U.S. scientists collaborate to design crops of the future
  
  
• August 22, 2013
  Morphing manganese
  
  
• August 22, 2013
  Epic ocean voyages of coral larvae revealed
  
  
• August 22, 2013
  Creating plants that make their own fertilizer
  
  
• August 21, 2013
  Scientists make highest resolution photos ever of the night sky
  
  
• August 21, 2013
  Rising mountains, cooling oceans prompted spread of invasive species 450 million years ago
  
  
• August 21, 2013
  Hue of barn swallow breast feathers can influence their health, says study by CU-Boulder, Cornell
  
  
• August 21, 2013
  Highest-ever resolution photos of the night sky
  
  
• August 21, 2013
  A brighter method for measuring the surface gravity of distant stars
  
  
• August 21, 2013
  3-D graphene: Solar cells' new platinum?
  
  
• August 20, 2013
  Starbirth surprisingly energetic: ALMA observations give new insights into protostars
  
  
• August 20, 2013
  New theory points to "zombie vortices" as key step in star formation
  
  
• August 20, 2013
  Carnegie Mellon leads NSF project to help people understand Web privacy policies
  
  
• August 20, 2013
  As they form, stars shape their womb from within
  
  
• August 20, 2013
  "Groovy" hologram creates strange state of light at visible and invisible wavelengths
  
  
• August 19, 2013
  New characterization of the human genome's ability to mutate catalyzes biomedical research
  
  
• August 19, 2013
  Molten magma can survive in upper crust for hundreds of millennia
  
  
• August 19, 2013
  Microbial team turns corn stalks and leaves into better biofuel
  
  
• August 19, 2013
  How sleep helps brain learn motor task
  
  
• August 19, 2013
  Global sea-level rise dampened by Australia floods
  
  
• August 19, 2013
  Altruism or manipulated helping?
  
  
• August 18, 2013
  Newly discovered ocean plume could be major source of iron
  
  
• August 16, 2013
  Nanosensors could aid drug manufacturing
  
  
• August 15, 2013
  Voyager 1 has left the solar system, says new study
  
  
• August 15, 2013
  UM scientists use new approach to reveal function of Greenland's ice sheet
  
  
• August 15, 2013
  Try clapping your wet hands; a physics lesson from VT engineers
  
  
• August 15, 2013
  Slow earthquakes may foretell larger events
  
  
• August 15, 2013
  Research collaboration aims to improve wireless technology, smartphones
  
  
• August 15, 2013
  Mountain high: Genetic adaptation for high altitudes identified
  
  
• August 14, 2013
  Warming climate pushes plants up the mountain
  
  
• August 14, 2013
  Study explains early warming of West Antarctica at end of last ice age
  
  
• August 14, 2013
  Researchers discover beneficial jumping gene
  
  
• August 14, 2013
  Newly found pulsar helps astronomers explore Milky Way's mysterious core
  
  
• August 14, 2013
  Earth orbit changes key to Antarctic warming that ended last ice age
  
  
• August 13, 2013
  Sugar is toxic to mice in "safe" doses
  
  
• August 12, 2013
  Rice writes rules for gene-therapy vectors
  
  
• August 12, 2013
  Researchers say readers' identities can reveal much about content of articles
  
  
• August 12, 2013
  High-angle helix helps bacteria swim
  
  
• August 12, 2013
  Bubbles are the new lenses for nanoscale light beams
  
  
• August 11, 2013
  Device for capturing signatures uses tiny LEDs created with piezo-phototronic effect
  
  
• August 9, 2013
  High-speed camera captures dancing droplets for scientific "photo album," study
  
  
• August 9, 2013
  Fresh analysis of dinosaur skulls by Penn researchers finds three species are one
  
  
• August 9, 2013
  Deep Earth heat surprise
  
  
• August 9, 2013
  Astronomers celebrate "pollution" from Perseid meteor shower
  
  
• August 8, 2013
  Views you can use? How online ratings affect your judgment
  
  
• August 8, 2013
  Scientists devise innovative method to profile and predict the behavior of proteins
  
  
• August 8, 2013
  Robot treats brain clots with steerable needles
  
  
• August 8, 2013
  Genetic evidence shows recent population mixture in India
  
  
• August 7, 2013
  Simple math sheds new light on a long-studied biological process
  
  
• August 7, 2013
  Self-healing solar cells "channel" natural processes
  
  
• August 7, 2013
  Regulating electron "spin" may be key to making organic solar cells competitive
  
  
• August 7, 2013
  Newly discovered bacterial partnership changes ocean chemistry
  
  
• August 7, 2013
  New proto-mammal fossil sheds light on evolution of earliest mammals
  
  
• August 7, 2013
  DNA nanorobots find and tag cellular targets
  
  
• August 6, 2013
  Gamma-ray burst illuminates galaxy in dark ages
  
  
• August 6, 2013
  Colorado State University team investigates earthquake retrofits for "soft" first-floor buildings
  
  
• August 5, 2013
  Understanding interface properties of graphene paves way for new applications
  
  
• August 5, 2013
  Three-dimensional IR images now in full color
  
  
• August 5, 2013
  Ozone-protection treaty had climate benefits, too, study says
  
  
• August 5, 2013
  One tree's architecture reveals secrets of a forest, study finds
  
  
• August 5, 2013
  Nanotechnique creates image 30 microns in width
  
  
• August 2, 2013
  Versatile polymer film synthesis method invented
  
  
• August 2, 2013
  Researchers create "soft robotic" devices using water-based gels
  
  
• August 2, 2013
  International research team discovers new mineral
  
  
• August 1, 2013
  UCI-led team develops more accurate model of climate change's effect on soil
  
  
• August 1, 2013
  The when and where of the Y: Research on Y chromosomes finds new clues about human ancestry
  
  
• August 1, 2013
  Novel drug shuts down master protein key to lymphoma
  
  
• August 1, 2013
  Geoscientists unearth mineral-making secrets potentially useful for new technologies
  
  
• August 1, 2013
  Genetics: More than merely a mutated gene
  
  
• August 1, 2013
  Fly study finds two new drivers of RNA editing
  
  
• August 1, 2013
  CU-Boulder team develops new water splitting technique that could produce hydrogen fuel
  
  
• August 1, 2013
  Cool heads likely won't prevail in a hotter, wetter world
  
  
• August 1, 2013
  As climate, disease links become clearer, study highlights need to forecast future shifts
  
  
• August 1, 2013
  Arctic sea-ice loss has widespread effects on wildlife
  
  
• August 1, 2013
  Advance in regenerative medicine could make reprogrammed cells safer while improving their function
  
  
• August 1, 2013
  "Evolution will punish you if you're selfish and mean"
  
  
• July 31, 2013
  Robots strike fear in the hearts of fish
  
  
• July 31, 2013
  Planting a new perspective on climate research
  
  
• July 31, 2013
  Oregon lab changes game for synthesizing new materials
  
  
• July 31, 2013
  Man-Made Quakes Could Lead to Safer, Sturdier Buildings
  
  
• July 31, 2013
  Bird Brains Predate Birds Themselves
  
  
• July 31, 2013
  Berkeley Lab researchers discover universal law for light absorption in 2-D semiconductors
  
  
• July 30, 2013
  Simulations aiding study of earthquake dampers for structures
  
  
• July 30, 2013
  Santa's workshop not flooded--but lots of melting in the Arctic
  
  
• July 30, 2013
  Rensselaer researchers identify cause of LED "efficiency droop"
  
  
• July 29, 2013
  Study: Online tools accelerating earthquake engineering progress
  
  
• July 29, 2013
  Penn: New variants at gene linked to kidney disease, sleeping sickness resistance
  
  
• July 29, 2013
  New Coating May Help Joint Replacements Bond Better with Bone
  
  
• July 29, 2013
  Natural affinities--unrecognized until now--may have set stage for life to ignite
  
  
• July 29, 2013
  Mini-Monsters of the Forest Floor
  
  
• July 29, 2013
  Ice-free Arctic winters could explain amplified warming during Pliocene
  
  
• July 29, 2013
  Experimental Quest to Test Einstein's Speed Limit
  
  
• July 28, 2013
  Molecular Robots Can Help Researchers Build More Targeted Therapeutics
  
  
• July 28, 2013
  Breakthrough in Detecting DNA Mutations Could Help Treat Tuberculosis, Cancer
  
  
• July 25, 2013
  Study Explains Pacific Equatorial Cold Water Region
  
  
• July 25, 2013
  Global Warming to Cut Snow Water Storage 56 Percent in Oregon Watershed
  
  
• July 25, 2013
  Broadscale Genome Tinkering With Help of an RNA Guide
  
  
• July 24, 2013
  Starburst Wind Keeps Galaxies "Thin"
  
  
• July 24, 2013
  Solar System's Youth Gives Clues to Planet Search
  
  
• July 24, 2013
  Shedding New Light on the Brightest Objects in the Universe
  
  
• July 24, 2013
  NYU-Poly Nano Scientists Reach the Holy Grail in Label-Free Cancer Marker Detection: Single Molecules
  
  
• July 24, 2013
  Coastal Antarctic Permafrost Melting Faster Than Expected
  
  
• July 24, 2013
  Carnegie Mellon Biophysicist Obtains First Experimental Evidence of Pressure Inside the Herpes Virus
  
  
• July 23, 2013
  Six Months of Computing Time Generates Detailed Portrait of Cloth Behavior
  
  
• July 23, 2013
  Oldest European Fort in the Inland U.S. Discovered in Appalachians
  
  
• July 23, 2013
  Computer Can Infer Rules of the Forest
  
  
• July 23, 2013
  Bird's Eye View: Effects of Trophic Mismatch in Alaska
  
  
• July 22, 2013
  Sea-level Rise: New Iceberg Theory Points to Areas at Risk of Rapid Disintegration
  
  
• July 22, 2013
  Perfecting Digital Imaging
  
  
• July 22, 2013
  Geochemical "Fingerprints" Leave Evidence That Megafloods Eroded Steep Gorge
  
  
• July 22, 2013
  Discovery of Rare Decay Narrows Space for New Physics
  
  
• July 22, 2013
  Chemical Reaction Could Streamline Manufacture of Pharmaceuticals and Other Compounds
  
  
• July 22, 2013
  Carnegie Mellon, Microsoft Scientists Use Game to Generate Database for Analysis of Drawing
  
  
• July 21, 2013
  "Highway from hell" fueled Costa Rican volcano
  
  
• July 19, 2013
  Lizards Show Evolution Is Predictable
  
  
• July 19, 2013
  Desktop Printing at the Nano Level
  
  
• July 18, 2013
  Snow Falling Around Infant Solar System: Icy Region Gives Planet and Comet Formation a Boost
  
  
• July 18, 2013
  Penn Researchers Help Show New Way to Study and Improve Catalytic Reactions
  
  
• July 18, 2013
  Microbes Can Influence Evolution of Their Hosts
  
  
• July 18, 2013
  A Warmer Planetary Haven Around Cool Stars, As Ice Warms Rather Than Cools
  
  
• July 17, 2013
  NWSC Named "Green" Data Center of the Year
  
  
• July 17, 2013
  Long-forgotten Seawall Protected New Jersey Homes From Hurricane Sandy's Powerful Storm Surges
  
  
• July 17, 2013
  Ironing Out the Origins of Wrinkles, Creases and Folds
  
  
• July 17, 2013
  Family Tree of Fish Yields Surprises
  
  
• July 17, 2013
  Big-nosed, Long-horned Dinosaur Discovered in Utah
  
  
• July 16, 2013
  Study Identifies Deepwater Horizon Debris As Likely Source of Gulf of Mexico Oil Sheens
  
  
• July 16, 2013
  Scientists Put Attitudes Toward Tigers On the Map
  
  
• July 16, 2013
  Researchers Step Closer to Custom-building New Blood Vessels
  
  
• July 16, 2013
  Researchers Shed New Light on Supraglacial Lake Drainage
  
  
• July 16, 2013
  NYU Chemists Among R&D Magazine Award Winners for Creation of Optical Evaluation Instrument
  
  
• July 16, 2013
  Information in Brain Cells' Electrical Activity Combines Memory, Environment and State of Mind
  
  
• July 16, 2013
  Evidence For a Martian Ocean
  
  
• July 16, 2013
  Broadband Photodetector for Polarized Light
  
  
• July 15, 2013
  Study Finds Clues on How to Keep Kids Engaged With Educational Games
  
  
• July 15, 2013
  Scientists Outline Long-term Sea-level Rise in Response to Warming of Planet
  
  
• July 15, 2013
  Robotic Frogs Help Turn a Boring Mating Call Into a Serenade
  
  
• July 15, 2013
  Phytoplankton Social Mixers
  
  
• July 15, 2013
  Newly Found CLAMP Protein Regulates Genes
  
  
• July 15, 2013
  Ecological Forces Structure Your Body's Personal Mix of Microbes
  
  
• July 15, 2013
  Computer Smart As a 4-year-old
  
  
• July 15, 2013
  Carnegie Mellon Researchers Develop Artificial Cells to Study Molecular Crowding and Gene Expression
  
  
• July 15, 2013
  Black-legged Ticks Linked to Encephalitis in New York State
  
  
• July 15, 2013
  A New Form of Carbon: Grossly Warped "Nanographene"
  
  
• July 14, 2013
  Some Volcanoes "Scream" at Ever-Higher Pitches Until They Blow Their Tops
  
  
• July 14, 2013
  Scientists Solve a 14,000-year-old Ocean Mystery
  
  
• July 12, 2013
  UCSC Researchers Develop 3-D Display With No Ghosting for Viewers Without Glasses
  
  
• July 11, 2013
  Sculpting Flow
  
  
• July 11, 2013
  Scientists Cast Doubt on Theory of What Triggered Antarctic Glaciation
  
  
• July 11, 2013
  Distant Quakes Trigger Tremors at U.S. Waste-injection Sites, Says Study
  
  
• July 11, 2013
  China's Chance to Reinvent Itself Environmentally
  
  
• July 11, 2013
  "Taste Sensor" Genes in Female Butterflies Vital to Species' Survival, UCI Study Finds
  
  
• July 10, 2013
  New, More Detailed Mapping of a Nearby Universe
  
  
• July 10, 2013
  Jagged Graphene Edges Can Slice Into Cell Membranes
  
  
• July 10, 2013
  Intestinal Bacteria May Fuel Inflammation and Worsen HIV Disease
  
  
• July 9, 2013
  Stanford Researchers Say "Peak Oil" Concerns Should Ease
  
  
• July 9, 2013
  Scientists Image Vast Subglacial Water System Underpinning West Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier
  
  
• July 9, 2013
  Researchers Build 3-D Structures Out of Liquid Metal
  
  
• July 9, 2013
  Research Demonstrates the Influence of Temporal Niches in Maintaining Biodiversity
  
  
• July 9, 2013
  Microparticles Create Localized Control of Stem Cell Differentiation
  
  
• July 9, 2013
  Journal Highlights Arctic Sea Ice Study by UM Professor
  
  
• July 9, 2013
  CU-Boulder Study Shows How Early Earth Kept Warm Enough to Support Life
  
  
• July 9, 2013
  Biceps Bulge, Calves Curve, 50-year-old Assumptions Muscled Aside
  
  
• July 9, 2013
  15th-Century Paint Recipes Discovered
  
  
• July 8, 2013
  Researchers Warn of Legacy Mercury in the Environment
  
  
• July 8, 2013
  Nanoparticles, "pH Phoresis" Could Improve Cancer Drug Delivery
  
  
• July 8, 2013
  Eavesdropping on Lithium Ions
  
  
• July 7, 2013
  Peering Into the Protein Pathways of a Cell
  
  
• July 5, 2013
  In Subglacial Lake, Surprising Life Goes On
  
  
• July 5, 2013
  Great Ape Genetic Diversity Catalog Frames Primate Evolution and Future Conservation
  
  
• July 3, 2013
  Study of Mitochondrial DNA Ties Ancient Remains to Living Descendants
  
  
• July 3, 2013
  Study Challenges Long-Held Assumption of Gene Expression in Embryonic Stem Cells
  
  
• July 3, 2013
  Antifreeze, Cheap Materials May Lead to Low-Cost Solar Energy
  
  
• July 2, 2013
  Video Data-sharing Library for Developmental Science Established
  
  
• July 2, 2013
  Scientists Undertake Effort to Launch Video Data-Sharing Library for Developmental Science
  
  
• July 2, 2013
  Revolutionary Instrument Delivers a Sharper Universe to Astronomers
  
  
• July 2, 2013
  Greenhouse Gas Likely Altering Ocean Food Chain
  
  
• July 2, 2013
  Breakthrough: Sensors Monitor Cells at Work
  
  
• July 1, 2013
  Surprise Superconductor
  
  
• July 1, 2013
  Psychology Influences Markets
  
  
• July 1, 2013
  Nuke Test Radiation Can Fight Poachers
  
  
• July 1, 2013
  New Forensic Technique May Help Track Illegal Ivory
  
  
• July 1, 2013
  Mapping the Benefits of Our Ecosystems
  
  
• July 1, 2013
  Improving Crop Yields in a World of Extreme Weather Events
  
  
• June 30, 2013
  Diamond Catalyst Shows Promise in Breaching Age-old Barrier
  
  
• June 28, 2013
  Mimicking Living Cells: Synthesizing Ribosomes
  
  
• June 28, 2013
  Large-scale Quantum Chip Validated
  
  
• June 28, 2013
  Biomedical Research Reveals Secrets of Cell Behavior
  
  
• June 27, 2013
  Spiral Galaxies Like Milky Way Bigger Than Thought, Says CU-Boulder Study
  
  
• June 27, 2013
  Scientists Discover Thriving Colonies of Microbes in Ocean "Plastisphere"
  
  
• June 27, 2013
  Researchers Track Facial Expressions to Improve Teaching Software
  
  
• June 27, 2013
  Researchers Discover Global Warming May Affect Microbe Survival
  
  
• June 27, 2013
  Location of Upwelling in Earth's Mantle Discovered to Be Stable
  
  
• June 27, 2013
  Keeping Networks Under Control
  
  
• June 27, 2013
  Gas-Giant Exoplanets Cling to Parent Stars
  
  
• June 27, 2013
  A Second Amyloid May Play a Role in Alzheimer's Disease
  
  
• June 27, 2013
  "Shields to Maximum, Mr. Scott"
  
  
• June 26, 2013
  Tiny Nanocubes Help Scientists Tell Left From Right
  
  
• June 26, 2013
  Comparing Genomes of Wild and Domestic Tomatos
  
  
• June 26, 2013
  Chapman University Unearths Data in Animal Habitat Selection That Counters Current Convention
  
  
• June 25, 2013
  The Buffer Stops Here
  
  
• June 25, 2013
  Researchers Use Video Game Tech to Steer Roaches on Autopilot
  
  
• June 25, 2013
  Policy Issues Plague Hydropower As Wind Power Backup
  
  
• June 25, 2013
  Framing Sustainability in a Telecoupled World
  
  
• June 25, 2013
  Astronomers Find Three "Super-Earths" in Nearby Star's Habitable Zone
  
  
• June 24, 2013
  Understanding a Novel Enzyme From a Family of Marine Crustaceans May Bolster Biofuels Development
  
  
• June 24, 2013
  Two Mutations Triggered an Evolutionary Leap 500 Million Years Ago
  
  
• June 24, 2013
  Resourceful Microbes Reign in World's Oceans
  
  
• June 24, 2013
  Oregon Chemists Moving Forward With Tool to Detect Hydrogen Sulfide
  
  
• June 24, 2013
  Changing Minds About Climate Change Policy Can Be Done--Sometimes
  
  
• June 21, 2013
  Northwestern Researchers Examine Mechanical Bases for the Emergence of Undulatory Swimmers
  
  
• June 21, 2013
  Graphene-based System Could Lead to Improved Information Processing
  
  
• June 21, 2013
  Airborne Gut Action Primes Wild Chili Pepper Seeds
  
  
• June 20, 2013
  Two-dimensional, Atomically-flat Transistors Show Promise for Next-generation Green Electronics
  
  
• June 20, 2013
  The Red Queen Was Right: We Have to Run to Keep in Place
  
  
• June 20, 2013
  Study of Insect Bacteria Reveals Genetic Secrets of Symbiosis
  
  
• June 20, 2013
  Pistil Leads Pollen in Life-and-death Dance
  
  
• June 20, 2013
  Particle Accelerator That Can Fit on a Tabletop Opens New Chapter for Science Research
  
  
• June 20, 2013
  Does Your Salad Know What Time It Is?
  
  
• June 19, 2013
  Texas Astronomers Discover Pulsations in Crystalized, Dying Star
  
  
• June 19, 2013
  Sound Waves Precisely Position Nanowires
  
  
• June 19, 2013
  Scientists Date Prehistoric Bacterial Invasion Still Present in Today's Cells
  
  
• June 19, 2013
  Researchers Report First Entanglement Between Light and an Optical Atomic Coherence
  
  
• June 19, 2013
  Researchers Propose New Method for Achieving Nonlinear Optical Effects
  
  
• June 19, 2013
  NCAR Joins Massive Field Campaign to Examine Summertime Air in Southeast
  
  
• June 19, 2013
  Biological Fitness Trumps Other Traits in Mating Game
  
  
• June 19, 2013
  A Battery Made of Wood?
  
  
• June 18, 2013
  Small Dam Construction to Reduce Greenhouse Emissions Is Causing Ecosystem Disruption
  
  
• June 18, 2013
  Printing Tiny Batteries
  
  
• June 18, 2013
  Computer Modeling Technique Goes Viral at Brandeis
  
  
• June 18, 2013
  Academics Earn Street Cred With TED Talks But No Points From Peers, IU Research Shows
  
  
• June 17, 2013
  Wayne State Welcomes Undergraduates From Around the U.S. for Physics Research Experience
  
  
• June 17, 2013
  Penn Researchers Design Variant of Main Painkiller Receptor
  
  
• June 17, 2013
  IU Chemists Produce Star-shaped Macromolecule That Grabs Large Anions
  
  
• June 17, 2013
  Bariatric Surgery Restores Nerve Cell Properties Altered by Diet
  
  
• June 16, 2013
  Noble Gases Hitch a Ride on Hydrous Minerals
  
  
• June 14, 2013
  Researchers Solve Mystery of X-ray Light Coming From Black Holes
  
  
• June 14, 2013
  NASA-led Study Explains Decades of Black Hole Observations
  
  
• June 14, 2013
  Arecibo Radar Sees Asteroid 1998 QE2 and Moon
  
  
• June 13, 2013
  Study: Context Crucial When It Comes to Mutations in Genetic Evolution
  
  
• June 13, 2013
  Nanoparticle Opens the Door to Clean Energy Alternatives
  
  
• June 13, 2013
  Light-carved "Nano-volcanoes" Hold Promise for Drug Delivery
  
  
• June 13, 2013
  Dangerous Strains of E. Coli May Linger Longer in Water Than Benign Counterparts, Study Finds
  
  
• June 13, 2013
  "Tailing" Spiny Lobster Larvae to Protect Them
  
  
• June 13, 2013
  "Self-cleaning" Pollution-control Technology Could Do More Harm Than Good, Study Suggests
  
  
• June 12, 2013
  The BRAIN Initiative
  
  
• June 12, 2013
  Research Shows Male Guppies Reproduce Even After Death
  
  
• June 12, 2013
  Questions Arise About Seeding for Ocean C0₂ Sequestration
  
  
• June 12, 2013
  Moving Iron in Antarctica
  
  
• June 12, 2013
  Life Underground
  
  
• June 12, 2013
  How to Survive Without Sex: Rotifer Genome Reveals Its Strategies
  
  
• June 11, 2013
  New Additive Offers Near-perfect Results As Nucleating Agent for Organic Semiconductors
  
  
• June 11, 2013
  Carnegie Mellon Method Uses Network of Cameras to Track People in Complex, Indoor Settings
  
  
• June 10, 2013
  When Will My Computer Understand Me?
  
  
• June 10, 2013
  UCI Scientists Size Up Universe's Most Lightweight Dwarf Galaxy
  
  
• June 10, 2013
  Hairpin Turn: Micro-RNA Plays Role in Wood Formation
  
  
• June 10, 2013
  From Hot Springs to HIV, Same Protein Complexes Are Hijacked to Promote Viruses
  
  
• June 10, 2013
  Bridge Species Drive Tropical Engine of Biodiversity
  
  
• June 10, 2013
  Amount of Dust Blown Across the West Is Increasing, Says CU-Boulder Study
  
  
• June 10, 2013
  African Starlings: Dashing Darlings of the Bird World in More Ways Than One
  
  
• June 10, 2013
  2-D Electronics Take a Step Forward
  
  
• June 6, 2013
  Rutgers Findings May Predict the Future of Coral Reefs in a Changing World
  
  
• June 6, 2013
  Promising Material for Lithium-ion Batteries
  
  
• June 6, 2013
  Pollution in Northern Hemisphere Helped Cause 1980s African Drought
  
  
• June 6, 2013
  Metabolic Model of E. Coli Reveals How Bacterial Growth Responds to Temperature Change
  
  
• June 6, 2013
  Living Fossils? Actually, Sturgeon Are Evolutionary Speedsters
  
  
• June 6, 2013
  Large-scale Biodiversity Is Vital to Maintain Ecosystem Health
  
  
• June 6, 2013
  How Young Genes Gain a Toehold on Becoming Indispensable
  
  
• June 6, 2013
  Borneo Stalagmites Provide New View of Abrupt Climate Events Over 100,000 Years
  
  
• June 5, 2013
  Tiny Bubbles in Your Metallic Glass May Not Be a Cause for Celebration
  
  
• June 5, 2013
  Study Suggests Second Life for Possible Spintronic Materials
  
  
• June 5, 2013
  Scientists Discover Oldest Primate Skeleton
  
  
• June 5, 2013
  Researchers Control Flying Robot With Only the Mind
  
  
• June 5, 2013
  Over-produced Autism Gene Alters Synapses, Affects Learning and Behavior in Mice
  
  
• June 5, 2013
  Filmmaking Magic With Polymers
  
  
• June 5, 2013
  Discovering One Reason Why Swarming Evolved Offers Tantalizing Clues on How Intelligence Developed
  
  
• June 4, 2013
  USF Researchers: Life-producing Phosphorus Carried to Earth by Meteorites
  
  
• June 4, 2013
  New Model Finds Common Muscle Control Patterns Governing the Motion of Swimming Animals
  
  
• June 3, 2013
  Earth's Milky Way Neighborhood Gets More Respect
  
  
• June 3, 2013
  Dense Hydrogen in a New Light
  
  
• June 2, 2013
  Researchers Document Acceleration of Ocean Denitrification During Deglaciation
  
  
• June 2, 2013
  Cracking the Ice Code
  
  
• May 31, 2013
  Circadian Rhythms Control Body's Response to Intestinal Infections, UCI-led Study Finds
  
  
• May 30, 2013
  Scientists Capture First Images of Molecules Before and After Reaction
  
  
• May 30, 2013
  Multinational Study Identifies Links Between Genetic Variants and Educational Attainment
  
  
• May 30, 2013
  Images of Comet ISON from Gemini Observatory Detail the Comet's Behavior
  
  
• May 30, 2013
  Atom by Atom, Bond by Bond, a Chemical Reaction Caught in the Act
  
  
• May 29, 2013
  Wit, Grit and a Supercomputer Yield Chemical Structure of HIV Capsid
  
  
• May 29, 2013
  Team Describes Molecular Detail of HIV's Inner Coat, Pointing the Way to New Therapies
  
  
• May 29, 2013
  Organic Polymers Show Sunny Potential
  
  
• May 29, 2013
  Computer Simulations Help Scientists Understand HIV-1 Infection
  
  
• May 29, 2013
  Arctic Current Flowed Under Deep Freeze of Last Ice Age, Study Says
  
  
• May 28, 2013
  Small Dams on Chinese River Harm Environment More Than Expected, Study Finds
  
  
• May 28, 2013
  Scientists Find Possible Solution to an Ancient Enigma
  
  
• May 28, 2013
  Preventing "Traffic Jams" in Brain Cells
  
  
• May 26, 2013
  Models From Big Molecules Captured in a Flash
  
  
• May 24, 2013
  Astronomers Measure the Elusive Extragalactic Background Light
  
  
• May 23, 2013
  U of I Biophysicists Measure Mechanism That Determines Fate of Living Cells
  
  
• May 23, 2013
  Monkey Teeth Help Reveal Neanderthal Weaning
  
  
• May 23, 2013
  Milwaukee-York Researchers Forward Quest for Quantum Computing
  
  
• May 23, 2013
  Bittersweet: Bait-averse Cockroaches Shudder at Sugar
  
  
• May 23, 2013
  Accurate Distance Measurement Resolves Major Astronomical Mystery
  
  
• May 23, 2013
  Abundance and Distribution of Hawaiian Coral Species Predicted by Model
  
  
• May 22, 2013
  Researchers Reveal Model of Sun's Magnetic Field
  
  
• May 22, 2013
  Researchers Explain Magnetic Field Misbehavior in Solar Flares: The Culprit Is Turbulence
  
  
• May 22, 2013
  Research Offers Promising New Approach to Treatment of Lung Cancer
  
  
• May 22, 2013
  Pinpointing How Nature’s Benefits Link to Human Well Being
  
  
• May 22, 2013
  Penn-led Research Maps Historic Sea-level Change on the New Jersey Coastline
  
  
• May 21, 2013
  UCLA Life Scientists Present New Insights on Climate Change and Species Interactions
  
  
• May 21, 2013
  Single-cell Transfection Tool Enables Added Control for Biological Studies
  
  
• May 21, 2013
  Allosaurus Fed More Like a Falcon Than a Crocodile, New Study Finds
  
  
• May 20, 2013
  Unraveling the Napo's Mystery
  
  
• May 20, 2013
  UC-Davis Engineers Create Non-wetting Fabric That Drains Sweat
  
  
• May 20, 2013
  The Politics of Saving Energy vs. Saving the Planet
  
  
• May 20, 2013
  The Mammoth's Lament: Research Shows How Cosmic Impact Sparked Devastating Climate Change
  
  
• May 20, 2013
  Soft Matter Offers Ways to Study Arrangement of Ordered Materials in Non-spherical Spaces
  
  
• May 20, 2013
  Slow Earthquakes: It's All in the Rock Mechanics
  
  
• May 20, 2013
  Researchers Perform Fastest Measurements Ever Made of Ion Channel Proteins
  
  
• May 20, 2013
  Penn Research Makes Advance in Nanotech Gene Sequencing Technique
  
  
• May 20, 2013
  Iron-platinum Alloys Could Be New-generation Hard Drives
  
  
• May 20, 2013
  Computational Tool Translates Complex Data Into Simplified 2-D Images
  
  
• May 20, 2013
  Coming Into Existence
  
  
• May 20, 2013
  Amazon River Exhales Virtually All Carbon Taken Up By Rain Forest
  
  
• May 17, 2013
  Scientists Capture First Direct Proof of Hofstadter Butterfly Effect
  
  
• May 17, 2013
  Penn Engineers' Nanoantennas Improve Infrared Sensing
  
  
• May 16, 2013
  World's Smallest Droplets
  
  
• May 16, 2013
  World's Melting Glaciers Making Large Contribution to Sea Rise
  
  
• May 16, 2013
  Stacking 2-D Materials Produces Surprising Results
  
  
• May 16, 2013
  Research into Carbon Storage in Arctic Tundra Reveals Unexpected Insight into Ecosystem Resiliency
  
  
• May 16, 2013
  New Insights Into How Materials Transfer Heat Could Lead to Improved Electronics
  
  
• May 16, 2013
  Moth-inspired Nanostructures Take the Color Out of Thin Films
  
  
• May 16, 2013
  Mathematicians Analyze Social Divisions Using Cell Phone Data
  
  
• May 16, 2013
  Beautiful "Flowers" Self-assemble in a Beaker
  
  
• May 15, 2013
  Widespread but Neglected Disease a Health Threat in Africa, Virginia Tech Researchers Say
  
  
• May 15, 2013
  Untangling the Tree of Life
  
  
• May 15, 2013
  The Developmental Genetics of Space and Time
  
  
• May 15, 2013
  Scientists Discover Oldest Evidence of Split Between Old World Monkeys and Apes
  
  
• May 15, 2013
  Frog Once Imported for Pregnancy Testing Brought Deadly Amphibian Disease to U.S., Study Suggests
  
  
• May 15, 2013
  Fall Warming on Antarctic Peninsula Driven by Tropically Forced Circulation
  
  
• May 15, 2013
  Evolution Shapes New Rules for Ant Behavior, Stanford Research Finds
  
  
• May 15, 2013
  Cells as Living Calculators
  
  
• May 14, 2013
  Study Shows Warming in Central China Greater Than Most Climate Models Indicated
  
  
• May 14, 2013
  Speed Keys
  
  
• May 14, 2013
  Penn Research Helps Paint Finer Picture of Massive 1700 Earthquake
  
  
• May 14, 2013
  New Software Spots, Isolates Cyber-attacks to Protect Networked Control Systems
  
  
• May 14, 2013
  Making Gold Green: New Nontoxic Method for Mining Gold
  
  
• May 13, 2013
  Seabird Bones Reveal Changes in Open-Ocean Food Chain
  
  
• May 13, 2013
  Scientists Use Crowd-sourcing to Help Map Global CO₂ Emissions
  
  
• May 13, 2013
  Physicists Light "Magnetic Fire" to Reveal Energy's Path
  
  
• May 13, 2013
  Carnivorous Plant Throws Out "Junk" DNA
  
  
• May 10, 2013
  Potential Flu Pandemic Lurks
  
  
• May 9, 2013
  Ice-free Arctic May Be in Our Future, Say UMass-Amherst, International Researchers
  
  
• May 9, 2013
  Heady Mathematics
  
  
• May 9, 2013
  Flawed Diamonds Promise Sensory Perfection
  
  
• May 9, 2013
  Dust in the Clouds
  
  
• May 8, 2013
  Spintronics Discovery
  
  
• May 8, 2013
  Researchers Use Graphene Quantum Dots to Detect Humidity and Pressure
  
  
• May 8, 2013
  Look! Something Shiny! How Some Textbook Visuals Can Hurt Learning
  
  
• May 8, 2013
  George Washington University Biologist Maps the Family Tree of All Known Snake and Lizard Groups
  
  
• May 8, 2013
  Dietary Flexibility May Have Helped Some Large Predators Survive After Last Ice Age
  
  
• May 8, 2013
  Cannibal Tadpoles Key to Understanding Digestive Evolution
  
  
• May 8, 2013
  Brain Anatomy of Dyslexia Is Not the Same in Men and Women, Boys and Girls
  
  
• May 7, 2013
  Theta Brainwaves Reflect Ability to Beat Built-in Bias
  
  
• May 7, 2013
  Study Highlights Under-appreciated Benefit of Oyster Restoration
  
  
• May 7, 2013
  Live and Learn: Most GenXers Are Continuing Their Education
  
  
• May 7, 2013
  Fossil Amber Shatters Theories of Glass As a Liquid
  
  
• May 6, 2013
  Researchers Develop Unique Method for Creating Uniform Nanoparticles
  
  
• May 6, 2013
  More Than a Good Eye: CMU Robot Uses Arms, Location and More to Discover Objects
  
  
• May 3, 2013
  George Washington University Biologist Discovers New Dinosaur in China
  
  
• May 3, 2013
  Carnegie Mellon Research Shows Self-affirmation Improves Problem-solving Under Stress
  
  
• May 3, 2013
  Birth of a Black Hole
  
  
• May 2, 2013
  Robotic Insects Make First Controlled Flight
  
  
• May 2, 2013
  Heart Cells Change Stem Cell Behavior
  
  
• May 1, 2013
  Professor Amy McGovern Advocates Encouragement and Practical Instruction to Bridge the Gender Gap in Computer Science
  
  
• May 1, 2013
  New Plant Protein Discoveries Could Ease Global Food and Fuel Demands
  
  
• May 1, 2013
  Health Defects Found in Fish Exposed to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
  
  
• May 1, 2013
  Bug's View Inspires New Digital Camera's Unique Imaging Capabilities
  
  
• May 1, 2013
  Bug's Eye Inspires Hemispherical Digital Camera
  
  
• April 30, 2013
  VLA Gives Deep, Detailed Image of Distant Universe
  
  
• April 30, 2013
  Understanding Student Weaknesses
  
  
• April 30, 2013
  Is Antimatter Anti-gravity?
  
  
• April 30, 2013
  Fleeing Facebook: Study Examines Why People Quit--and Come Back--to the "Global Aquarium"
  
  
• April 30, 2013
  Encountering Connections May Make Life Feel More Meaningful
  
  
• April 30, 2013
  Economics Influence Fertility Rates More Than Other Factors
  
  
• April 29, 2013
  Smoke Signals: How Burning Plants Tell Seeds to Rise From the Ashes
  
  
• April 29, 2013
  Silicone Liquid Crystal Stiffens With Repeated Compression
  
  
• April 29, 2013
  Penn Research Helps to Show How Turbulence Can Occur Without Inertia
  
  
• April 29, 2013
  NYU and NYU Langone Researchers Devise Method for Enhancing CEST MRI
  
  
• April 29, 2013
  Leadership Emerges Spontaneously During Games
  
  
• April 29, 2013
  How We Decode "Noisy" Language in Daily Life
  
  
• April 29, 2013
  Engaging Online Crowds in the Classroom Could Be Important Tool for Teaching Innovation
  
  
• April 29, 2013
  "Super-resolution" Microscope Possible for Nanostructures
  
  
• April 26, 2013
  World's Longest-Running Plant Monitoring Program Now Digitized
  
  
• April 26, 2013
  Humans Passing Drug Resistance to Animals in Protected Africa, Virginia Tech Study Says
  
  
• April 26, 2013
  Competing Pathways Affect Early Differentiation of Higher Brain Structures
  
  
• April 25, 2013
  With Wave of the Hand, Carnegie Mellon Researchers Create Touch-based Interfaces
  
  
• April 25, 2013
  Scientists Create Novel Approach to Find RNAs Involved in Long-term Memory Storage
  
  
• April 25, 2013
  Researchers Pinpoint How Trees Play Role in Smog Production
  
  
• April 25, 2013
  Researchers Identify Key Cellular Organelle Involved in Gene Silencing
  
  
• April 25, 2013
  Piezoelectric "Taxel" Arrays Convert Motion to Electronic Signals for Tactile Imaging
  
  
• April 25, 2013
  Keeping Beverages Cool in Summer: It's Not Just the Heat, It's the Humidity
  
  
• April 25, 2013
  Einstein's Gravity Theory Passes Toughest Test Yet
  
  
• April 25, 2013
  Arecibo Telescope Used to Study Neutron Star Twice as Massive as the Sun, Orbiting Every Two Hours: Einstein's Theory of Gravitation Passes with Flying Colors
  
  
• April 24, 2013
  Virtual, Squishy Creatures Evolve to Run Using Evolutionary Algorithms
  
  
• April 24, 2013
  Rethinking Early Atmospheric Oxygen
  
  
• April 24, 2013
  Ancient Earth Crust Stored in Deep Mantle
  
  
• April 23, 2013
  Whether Human or Hyena, There's Safety in Numbers
  
  
• April 23, 2013
  Team's Discovery Yields Supertough, Strong Nanofibers
  
  
• April 23, 2013
  Team Deploys Hundreds of Tiny Untethered Surgical Tools in First Animal Biopsies
  
  
• April 23, 2013
  Study: Source of Organic Matter Affects Bay Water Quality
  
  
• April 23, 2013
  New Study Reveals Motivations Behind Pinterest Activity
  
  
• April 23, 2013
  Insights Into Deadly Coral Bleaching Could Help Preserve Reefs
  
  
• April 23, 2013
  Geoscientists Predict New Compounds Could Change Our View of What Planets Are Made Of
  
  
• April 23, 2013
  Deep, Permeable Soils Buffer Impacts of Crop Fertilizer on Amazon Streams, MBL Study Finds
  
  
• April 23, 2013
  Baby Sea Turtles and Flipper-driven Robot Reveal Principles of Moving on Sand
  
  
• April 22, 2013
  Study Shows Reproductive Effects of Pesticide Exposure Span Generations
  
  
• April 22, 2013
  Screening Detects Ovarian Cancer Using Neighboring Cells
  
  
• April 22, 2013
  Rivers Act As "Horizontal Cooling Towers"
  
  
• April 22, 2013
  Researchers Measure Near-field Behavior of Semiconductor Plasmonic Microparticles
  
  
• April 22, 2013
  Physicists Find Right (and Left) Solution for On-chip Optics
  
  
• April 22, 2013
  Nanowires Grown on Graphene Have Surprising Structure
  
  
• April 22, 2013
  Can the Friend of My Friend Be My Enemy?
  
  
• April 22, 2013
  An Update on Research Directed at Revolutionizing Tornado Prediction
  
  
• April 21, 2013
  Earth's Current Warmth Not Seen in the Last 1,400 Years or More, Says Study
  
  
• April 19, 2013
  Something's Fishy in the Tree of Life
  
  
• April 19, 2013
  Quest for Edible Malarial Vaccine Leads to Other Potential Medical Uses for Algae
  
  
• April 19, 2013
  Genetic Circuit Allows Both Individual Freedom, Collective Good
  
  
• April 18, 2013
  When It Comes to Survival of the Fittest, Stress Is a Good Thing
  
  
• April 18, 2013
  Superstorm Sandy Shook the U.S.
  
  
• April 18, 2013
  New Carnivorous Dinosaur From Madagascar Raises More Questions Than It Answers
  
  
• April 18, 2013
  Nano Compartments May Aid Drug Delivery, Catalyst Design
  
  
• April 18, 2013
  Distant Blazar Is a High-energy Astrophysics Puzzle
  
  
• April 18, 2013
  Building a Better Capacitor With Custom Nanorods
  
  
• April 18, 2013
  Bear Baiting May Put Hunting Dogs at Risk From Wolves
  
  
• April 17, 2013
  UC-Santa Cruz Study of Pumas in Santa Cruz Mountains Documents Impact of Predator/Human Interaction
  
  
• April 17, 2013
  Massive Star Factory Churned in Universe's Youth
  
  
• April 17, 2013
  Hop, Skip or Jump? Study Says No to All of the Above
  
  
• April 17, 2013
  Biology Students Discover Possible Evolutionary Link Between Yeast, Humans
  
  
• April 16, 2013
  Small in Size, Big on Power: New Microbatteries Are the Most Powerful Yet
  
  
• April 16, 2013
  Researchers Devise X-ray Approach to Track Surgical Devices, Minimize Radiation Exposure
  
  
• April 15, 2013
  Our Futures Look Bright--Because We Reject the Possibility That Bad Things Will Happen
  
  
• April 15, 2013
  Layered "2-D Nanocrystals" Promising New Semiconductor
  
  
• April 14, 2013
  Recent Climate, Glacier Changes in Antarctica at the "Upper Bound" of Normal
  
  
• April 14, 2013
  Nanosponges Soak Up Toxins Released by Bacterial Infections and Venom
  
  
• April 14, 2013
  Cutting Specific Pollutants Would Slow Sea Level Rise
  
  
• April 11, 2013
  Scientists Map Elusive 3-D Structure of Telomerase Enzyme, Key Actor in Cancer, Aging
  
  
• April 11, 2013
  Researchers Evaluate Bose-Einstein Condensates for Communicating Among Quantum Computers
  
  
• April 11, 2013
  New Technique Measures Evaporation Globally
  
  
• April 11, 2013
  New Software Alleviates Wireless Traffic
  
  
• April 11, 2013
  Maya Long Count Calendar and European Calendar Linked Using Carbon-14 Dating
  
  
• April 11, 2013
  IU Study: "Backbone" of Mental Illness Stigma Common in 16 Countries Studied
  
  
• April 11, 2013
  Fossilized Teeth Provide New Insight Into Human Ancestor
  
  
• April 10, 2013
  Subconscious Mental Categories Help Brain Sort Through Everyday Experiences
  
  
• April 10, 2013
  Redesigned Material Could Lead to Lighter, Faster Electronics
  
  
• April 10, 2013
  How Some Leaves Got Fat: It's the Veins
  
  
• April 10, 2013
  First Objective Measure of Pain Discovered in Brain Scan Patterns by CU-Boulder Study
  
  
• April 10, 2013
  Early Warning Signs of Population Collapse
  
  
• April 10, 2013
  Clinging to Crevices, E. Coli Thrive
  
  
• April 9, 2013
  Surf's Up: Turbulence Tells Sea Urchins to Settle Down
  
  
• April 9, 2013
  Satellite Sandwich Technique Improves Analysis of Geographical Data
  
  
• April 9, 2013
  Bean Leaves Can Trap Bedbugs, Researchers Find
  
  
• April 9, 2013
  Advancing Secure Communications: A Better Single-photon Emitter for Quantum Cryptography
  
  
• April 8, 2013
  Technique Finds Software Bugs in Surgical Robots and Helps Developers Fix Flaws, Ensure Safety
  
  
• April 8, 2013
  Stanford Seeks Sea Urchin's Secret to Surviving Ocean Acidification
  
  
• April 8, 2013
  Research Demonstrates Why Going Green Is Good Chemistry
  
  
• April 8, 2013
  Pronghorn Research Solves Decades-Old Evolutionary Controversy
  
  
• April 8, 2013
  Carbon's Role in Planetary Atmosphere Formation
  
  
• April 7, 2013
  Adhesive Differences Enable Separation of Stem Cells to Advance Potential Therapies
  
  
• April 5, 2013
  New Tool Promises Private Photo-sharing--Even Using Facebook and Flickr
  
  
• April 5, 2013
  New Emissions Standards Would Fuel Shift From Coal to Natural Gas
  
  
• April 4, 2013
  SDSC's Gordon Supercomputer Assists in Crunching Large Hadron Collider Data
  
  
• April 4, 2013
  Scientists Illuminate Elusive Mechanism of Widely Used Click Reaction
  
  
• April 4, 2013
  Electron Conflict Leads to "Bad Traffic" on Way to Superconductivity
  
  
• April 4, 2013
  Discovery of 1,800-year-old "Rosetta Stone" for Tropical Ice Cores
  
  
• April 4, 2013
  Ancient Pool of Warm Water Questions Current Climate Models
  
  
• April 3, 2013
  Thin Clouds Drove Greenland's Record-breaking 2012 Ice Melt
  
  
• April 3, 2013
  Quantum Tricks Drive Magnetic Switching Into the Fast Lane
  
  
• April 3, 2013
  NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center Recognized for Outstanding Design Implementation
  
  
• April 3, 2013
  Invasive Crabs Help Cape Cod Marshes
  
  
• April 3, 2013
  Green Pea Galaxies Could Help Astronomers Understand Early Universe
  
  
• April 3, 2013
  Earth Is "Lazy" When Forming Faults Like Those Near San Andreas
  
  
• April 3, 2013
  Diversity Programs Give Illusion of Corporate Fairness, Study Shows
  
  
• April 3, 2013
  CWRU-led Scientists Build Material That Mimics Squid Beak
  
  
• April 3, 2013
  Climate Change Winners: Adélie Penguin Population Expands as Ice Fields Recede
  
  
• April 3, 2013
  Ancient Climate Questions Could Improve Today's Climate Predictions
  
  
• April 2, 2013
  UC Research on Maya Village Uncovers "Invisible" Crops, Unexpected Agriculture
  
  
• April 2, 2013
  Telerobotic System Designed to Treat Bladder Cancer Better
  
  
• April 2, 2013
  Rising Temperature Difference Between Hemispheres Could Dramatically Shift Tropical Rain Patterns
  
  
• April 2, 2013
  Ozone Masks Plants Volatiles, Plant Eating Insects Confused
  
  
• April 1, 2013
  Swirling Secrets: Understanding the Turbulence of Gases in Planet-forming Protoplanetary Disks
  
  
• April 1, 2013
  Streams Stressed by Pharmaceutical Pollution
  
  
• April 1, 2013
  Southern California Sagebrush Better Suited to Climate Change, UCI Study Finds
  
  
• April 1, 2013
  New Models Predict Drastically Greener Arctic in Coming Decades
  
  
• April 1, 2013
  Mines Solar Cell Research Cited in Applied Physics Letters
  
  
• April 1, 2013
  Geckos Keep Firm Grip in Wet Natural Habitat
  
  
• March 31, 2013
  Watching Fluid Flow at Nanometer Scales
  
  
• March 31, 2013
  New Models Predict Drastically Greener Arctic in Coming Decades
  
  
• March 29, 2013
  Climate Change Likely to Worsen Threat of Diarrheal Disease in Botswana, Arid African Countries
  
  
• March 28, 2013
  Volunteers Use Historic U.S. Ship Logbooks to Uncover Arctic Climate Data
  
  
• March 28, 2013
  Theory and Practice Key to Optimized Broadband, Low-loss Optical Metamaterials
  
  
• March 28, 2013
  Penn Researchers Show Stem Cell Fate Depends on "Grip"
  
  
• March 28, 2013
  Opposites Attract: How Cells and Cell Fragments Move in Electric Fields
  
  
• March 28, 2013
  Light May Recast Copper As Chemical Industry "Holy Grail"
  
  
• March 28, 2013
  Gene Discovery May Yield Lettuce That Will Sprout in Hot Weather
  
  
• March 28, 2013
  Even Graphene Has Weak Spots
  
  
• March 27, 2013
  Scripps Scientists Image Deep Magma Beneath Pacific Sea Floor Volcano
  
  
• March 27, 2013
  New System to Restore Wetlands Could Reduce Massive Floods, Aid Crops
  
  
• March 27, 2013
  New Fossil Species From a Fish-eat-fish World When Limbed Animals Evolved
  
  
• March 27, 2013
  Better Than X-rays: A More Powerful Terahertz Imaging System
  
  
• March 26, 2013
  Researchers Find Novel Way Plants Pass Traits to Next Generation
  
  
• March 26, 2013
  Penn Linguistics Researchers Document Philadelphia's Shift to a Northern Accent
  
  
• March 26, 2013
  Mice Show Innate Ability to Vocalize
  
  
• March 26, 2013
  Brief Mindfulness Training May Boost Test Scores, Working Memory
  
  
• March 25, 2013
  Storming the Gates: UNC Research Probes How Pancreatic Cancers Metastasize
  
  
• March 25, 2013
  Museum Exhibit Developed at Harvard SEAS Puts Evolution at Visitors' Fingertips
  
  
• March 25, 2013
  Hybrid Ribbons a Gift for Powerful Batteries
  
  
• March 25, 2013
  Homeowner Associations Can Support Native Species in Suburban Neighborhoods
  
  
• March 22, 2013
  NSF Grant Boosts Research on Proteins That Affect Fertility
  
  
• March 22, 2013
  Nerve Regeneration Research and Therapy May Get Boost From New Discovery
  
  
• March 21, 2013
  Scientists Reveal Quirky Feature of Lyme Disease Bacteria
  
  
• March 21, 2013
  Penn Researchers Attach Lyme Disease Antibodies to Nanotubes, Paving Way for Diagnostic Device
  
  
• March 21, 2013
  New Technique Could Help Designers Predict How Legged Robots Will Move on Granular Media Like Sand
  
  
• March 21, 2013
  Huge and Widespread Volcanic Eruptions Triggered the End-Triassic Extinction
  
  
• March 21, 2013
  Global Nitrogen Availability Consistent for Past 500 Years, Linked to Carbon Levels
  
  
• March 21, 2013
  Breakthrough Could Lead to Cheaper, More Sustainable Chemical Production
  
  
• March 21, 2013
  ASU Biodesign Institute Scientists Develop Innovative Twists to DNA Nanotechnology
  
  
• March 20, 2013
  Thin Films of Nickel and Iron Oxides Yield Efficient Solar Water-splitting Catalyst
  
  
• March 20, 2013
  Some Alaskan Trout Use Flexible Guts for the Ultimate Binge Diet
  
  
• March 20, 2013
  Scripps Scientists Discover "Lubricant" for Earth's Tectonic Plates
  
  
• March 20, 2013
  Humanoid Robot Helps Train Children With Autism
  
  
• March 19, 2013
  Wireless, Implanted Sensor Broadens Range of Brain Research
  
  
• March 19, 2013
  Tenfold Boost in Ability to Pinpoint Proteins in Cancer Cells
  
  
• March 19, 2013
  Brain-mapping Increases Understanding of Alcohol's Effects on First-year College Students
  
  
• March 18, 2013
  Slabs of Ancient Tectonic Plate Still Lodged Under California, Researchers Find
  
  
• March 18, 2013
  Physicists Use 3-D Printing to Test Complex Qualities of Shapes Made Via Computer
  
  
• March 18, 2013
  Oregon Researchers Synthesize Negative-charge Carrying Molecular Structures
  
  
• March 18, 2013
  Ocean Plankton Sponge Up Nearly Twice the Carbon Currently Assumed
  
  
• March 18, 2013
  Male Lions Use Ambush Hunting Strategy
  
  
• March 18, 2013
  Electrons Are Not Enough: Cuprate Superconductors Defy Convention
  
  
• March 18, 2013
  DNA Catalysts Do the Work of Protein Enzymes
  
  
• March 18, 2013
  Difficulty in Recognizing Faces in Autism Linked to Performance in a Group of Neurons
  
  
• March 14, 2013
  Researchers Divide Enzyme to Conquer Genetic Puzzle
  
  
• March 14, 2013
  Researchers Building Stronger, Greener Concrete With Biofuel Byproducts
  
  
• March 14, 2013
  NYU Physicists Part of Team Behind New Finding Supporting Discovery of the Higgs Boson
  
  
• March 14, 2013
  Know Thyself: How Mindfulness Can Improve Self-knowledge
  
  
• March 13, 2013
  Predictability: The Brass Ring for Synthetic Biology
  
  
• March 13, 2013
  NIST Mechanical Micro-drum Used As Quantum Memory
  
  
• March 13, 2013
  Events in the Future Seem Closer Than Those in the Past
  
  
• March 13, 2013
  Carnivores, Livestock and People Manage to Share Same Space Study Finds
  
  
• March 13, 2013
  Bursts of Star Formation in the Early Universe
  
  
• March 13, 2013
  "Nuisance" Data Lead to Surprising Star-birth Discovery
  
  
• March 12, 2013
  The Nose's Unheralded Neighbor
  
  
• March 12, 2013
  Infants Prefer Individuals Who Punish Those Not Like Themselves, Yale Researchers Find
  
  
• March 12, 2013
  Fluorescent Light Revealed As Gauge of Coral Health
  
  
• March 12, 2013
  Computer Model May Help Athletes and Soldiers Avoid Brain Damage and Concussions
  
  
• March 12, 2013
  Astronomers Observe Planets Around Another Star Like Never Before
  
  
• March 12, 2013
  Americans and Religion Increasingly Parting Ways
  
  
• March 12, 2013
  "I Don't Want to Pick!" Preschoolers Know When They Aren't Sure
  
  
• March 11, 2013
  Untangling Life's Origins
  
  
• March 11, 2013
  Tiny Piece of RNA Keeps "Clock" Running in Earliest Stages of Life
  
  
• March 11, 2013
  Study Shows How One Insect Got Its Wings
  
  
• March 11, 2013
  Study Predicts Lag in Summer Rains Over Parts of U.S. and Mexico
  
  
• March 11, 2013
  Remote Clouds Responsible for Climate Models' Glitch in Tropical Rainfall
  
  
• March 11, 2013
  Neural "Synchrony" May Be Key to Understanding How the Human Brain Perceives
  
  
• March 11, 2013
  Monsoon Failure Key to Long Droughts in Southwest
  
  
• March 11, 2013
  Ground-level Ozone Falling Faster Than Model Predicted
  
  
• March 11, 2013
  Device May Lead to Quicker, More Efficient Diagnostics
  
  
• March 10, 2013
  Glaciers Contribute Significant Iron to North Atlantic Ocean
  
  
• March 10, 2013
  Astronomers Conduct First Remote Reconnaissance of Another Solar System
  
  
• March 8, 2013
  Sing a New Song: Computer Scientists Use Music to Lure Students to STEM Majors
  
  
• March 8, 2013
  Home Toxic Home
  
  
• March 8, 2013
  Genetic Study of House Dust Mites Demonstrates Reversible Evolution
  
  
• March 7, 2013
  Tracking Sediments' Fate in Largest-ever Dam Removal
  
  
• March 7, 2013
  The Future of Ion Traps
  
  
• March 7, 2013
  Reconstruction of Earth Climate History Shows Significance of Recent Temperature Rise
  
  
• March 7, 2013
  New Form of Animal Communication Discovered
  
  
• March 7, 2013
  Long Predicted Atomic Collapse State Observed in Graphene
  
  
• March 7, 2013
  Engineer Aims to Reduce Blood Vessel Stent Complications
  
  
• March 7, 2013
  Dual Systems Key to Keeping Chromosomes Intact
  
  
• March 7, 2013
  Disease Knowledge May Advance Faster With CRISPR Gene Probing Tool
  
  
• March 6, 2013
  Researchers Explain a Key Developmental Mechanism for the First Time in Plants
  
  
• March 6, 2013
  Researchers Discover Workings of Brain's "GPS System"
  
  
• March 6, 2013
  One Region, Two Functions: Brain Cells' Multitasking Key to Understanding Overall Brain Function
  
  
• March 6, 2013
  Killing Cancer Cells With Acid Reflux
  
  
• March 6, 2013
  Hidden Layer of Genome Unveils How Plants May Adapt to Environments Throughout the World
  
  
• March 6, 2013
  CSI: Milky Way
  
  
• March 5, 2013
  The Making of Antarctica's Hidden Fjords
  
  
• March 5, 2013
  Stressed-out Tadpoles Grow Larger Tails to Escape Predators
  
  
• March 5, 2013
  Stressed Proteins Can Cause Blood Clots for Hours
  
  
• March 5, 2013
  Seniors Who Play Video Games Report Better Sense of Emotional Well-being
  
  
• March 5, 2013
  New Spectroscopy Method Could Lead to Better Optical Devices
  
  
• March 5, 2013
  New Evidence That Comets Could Have Seeded Life on Earth
  
  
• March 5, 2013
  Does the Villainous "Selfish" Gene Undermine Genome's Police?
  
  
• March 4, 2013
  Vortex Loops Could Untie Knotty Physics Problems
  
  
• March 4, 2013
  USF and KAUST Chemists Develop Efficient Material for Carbon Capture
  
  
• March 4, 2013
  New Research Confirms Plight of Bumblebees, Persistence of Other Bees in Northeast
  
  
• March 4, 2013
  MIT Researchers Develop Solar-to-fuel Roadmap for Crystalline Silicon
  
  
• March 4, 2013
  Improved Synchronicity: Preventive Care for the Power Grid
  
  
• March 4, 2013
  "True Grit" Erodes Assumptions About Evolution
  
  
• March 3, 2013
  Man-made Material Pushes the Bounds of Superconductivity
  
  
• March 3, 2013
  Early Warning System Provides Four-month Forecast of Malaria Epidemics in Northwest India
  
  
• March 1, 2013
  Volcanic Aerosols, Not Pollutants, Tamped Down Recent Earth Warming, Says CU-Boulder Study
  
  
• March 1, 2013
  Living Through a Tornado Does Not Shake Optimism
  
  
• March 1, 2013
  How Do Bacteria Clog Medical Devices? Very Quickly
  
  
• March 1, 2013
  A Nanogel-based Treatment for Lupus
  
  
• February 28, 2013
  Walking in the Footsteps of 19th and 20th Century Naturalists
  
  
• February 28, 2013
  Modified Bacteria Turn Waste Into Fat for Fuel
  
  
• February 28, 2013
  Mineral Diversity Clue to Early Earth Chemistry
  
  
• February 28, 2013
  Discoveries Suggest Icy Cosmic Start for Amino Acids and DNA Ingredients
  
  
• February 28, 2013
  Brown Unveils Novel Wireless Brain Sensor
  
  
• February 28, 2013
  "Defective" Virus Surprisingly Plays Major Role in Spread of Disease
  
  
• February 27, 2013
  Silver Nanoparticles May Adversely Affect Environment
  
  
• February 27, 2013
  Rice Builds Nanotube Photodetector
  
  
• February 27, 2013
  Researcher finds faster, more efficient technique for creating high-density ceramics
  
  
• February 27, 2013
  New Insight Into How People Choose Insurance Plans
  
  
• February 25, 2013
  Two Vortex Trails With One Stroke
  
  
• February 24, 2013
  Laser Mastery Narrows Down Sources of Superconductivity
  
  
• February 24, 2013
  A New Look at High-temperature Superconductors
  
  
• February 22, 2013
  Lessons From Cockroaches Could Inform Robotics
  
  
• February 22, 2013
  Genomic Detectives Crack the Case of the Missing Heritability
  
  
• February 21, 2013
  Student Loans Help Women More Than Men in Reaching Graduation
  
  
• February 21, 2013
  Researchers Propose New Way to Probe Earth's Deep Interior
  
  
• February 21, 2013
  Researchers "Nanoweld" by Applying Light to Aligned Nanorods in Solid Materials
  
  
• February 21, 2013
  Penn Researchers Develop Protein "Passport" That Helps Nanoparticles Get Past Immune System
  
  
• February 20, 2013
  Tool Boosts Success of Online Collaborations by Redistributing the Burdens of Leadership
  
  
• February 20, 2013
  New Injectable Hydrogel Encourages Regeneration and Improves Functionality After a Heart Attack
  
  
• February 20, 2013
  Molecules Assemble in Water, Hint at Origins of Life
  
  
• February 20, 2013
  Genome-wide Imaging Study Identifies New Gene Associated With Alzheimer's Plaques
  
  
• February 19, 2013
  That's the Way the Droplets Adhere
  
  
• February 19, 2013
  New Approach Alters Malaria Maps
  
  
• February 19, 2013
  Mutant Champions Save Imperiled Species From Almost-certain Extinction
  
  
• February 19, 2013
  Lake-effect Snow Sometimes Needs Mountains
  
  
• February 19, 2013
  Computer Modeling Reveals How Surprisingly Potent the Hepatitis C Drug Works
  
  
• February 19, 2013
  Climate Change Effect on Plant Communities Is Buffered by Large Herbivores, New Research Suggests
  
  
• February 18, 2013
  The Role of Goop: Research Shows Pollution Doesn't Change the Rate of Droplet Formation
  
  
• February 18, 2013
  Researchers Coat Spinal Polymer Implants With Bioactive Film to Improve Bonding With Bone
  
  
• February 18, 2013
  New Supercomputer to Aid Genomics Research
  
  
• February 18, 2013
  Ancient Fossilized Sea Creatures Yield Oldest Biomolecules Isolated Directly From a Fossil
  
  
• February 17, 2013
  Dopants Dramatically Alter Electronic Structure of Superconductor
  
  
• February 17, 2013
  "Snooze Button" on Biological Clocks Improves Cell Adaptability
  
  
• February 16, 2013
  Malawi's Bountiful Harvests and Healthier Children
  
  
• February 15, 2013
  New Material Interface Improves Functioning of Non-silicon-based Electronic Devices
  
  
• February 15, 2013
  Force Is the Key to Granular State-shifting
  
  
• February 14, 2013
  Tough, Light and Strong: Lessons From Nature Could Lead to the Creation of New Materials
  
  
• February 14, 2013
  Researchers Invent "Acoustic-assisted" Magnetic Information Storage
  
  
• February 14, 2013
  MOND Used to Predict Key Property in Andromeda's Satellites
  
  
• February 14, 2013
  Math Helps Detect Gang-related Crime and Better Allocate Police Resources
  
  
• February 14, 2013
  Forget About Leprechauns, Engineers Are Catching Rainbows
  
  
• February 14, 2013
  A Microbial Biorefinery Provides New Insight Into How Bacteria Regulate Genes
  
  
• February 13, 2013
  Video Study Shows Which Fish Clean Up Coral Reefs, Showing Importance of Biodiversity
  
  
• February 13, 2013
  Team Creates MRI for the Nanoscale
  
  
• February 13, 2013
  Stopping Cold: USC Scientists Turn Off the Ability to Feel Cold
  
  
• February 13, 2013
  Penn Geologists Quantify, Characterize Sediment Carried by Mississippi Flood to Louisiana's Wetlands
  
  
• February 13, 2013
  Long Noncoding RNAs Control Development of Fat Cells
  
  
• February 13, 2013
  Journey to the Limits of Spacetime
  
  
• February 13, 2013
  Engineers Show Feasibility of Superfast Materials
  
  
• February 13, 2013
  CU-Boulder Amphibian Study Shows How Biodiversity Can Protect Against Disease
  
  
• February 12, 2013
  Southwest Regional Warming Likely Cause of Pinyon Pine Cone Decline, Says CU Study
  
  
• February 12, 2013
  Size of Lunch Dictates Force of Crunch
  
  
• February 12, 2013
  HIPPO Global-scale Air Chemistry Dataset Now Available
  
  
• February 12, 2013
  Flu Outbreaks Modeled by New Study of Classroom Schedules
  
  
• February 12, 2013
  "Get Off My Lawn": Song Sparrows Escalate Territorial Threats--With Video
  
  
• February 11, 2013
  Tree Die-off Triggered by Hotter Temperatures
  
  
• February 11, 2013
  Rice University Lab Shows How Blood Vessels Regroup After Stroke
  
  
• February 11, 2013
  One-two Punch Strategy Against Bacteria and Cancer
  
  
• February 11, 2013
  Large, Ancient Landslides Delivered Preferred Upstream Habitats for Coho Salmon
  
  
• February 11, 2013
  Carnegie Mellon Analysis Shows Online Songwriters Seek Collaborators With Complementary Skills
  
  
• February 8, 2013
  Visualizing Biological Networks in 4-D
  
  
• February 7, 2013
  Unique Peptide Could Treat Cancers, Neurological Disorders, and Infectious Diseases
  
  
• February 7, 2013
  The Deep Roots of Catastrophe
  
  
• February 7, 2013
  Salmon May Use Magnetic Field As a Navigational Aid
  
  
• February 7, 2013
  Research Could Ensure That Crowd Work Becomes a Career Option, Not a Dead End
  
  
• February 7, 2013
  Placental Mammal Diversity Exploded After Age of Dinosaurs
  
  
• February 7, 2013
  New Evidence Suggests Comet or Asteroid Impact Was Last Straw for Dinosaurs
  
  
• February 7, 2013
  Largest-ever Study of Mammalian Ancestry Completed by Renowned Research Team
  
  
• February 6, 2013
  X-rays Reveal Uptake of Nanoparticles by Soya Bean Crops
  
  
• February 6, 2013
  Volcano Location Could Be Greenhouse-icehouse Key
  
  
• February 6, 2013
  Sensing the Light, But Not to See
  
  
• February 6, 2013
  Scientists Identify Genetic Mechanism That Contributed to Irish Famine
  
  
• February 6, 2013
  Preserving Biodiversity Can Be Compatible With Intensive Agriculture
  
  
• February 6, 2013
  Nitrogen From Pollution, Natural Sources Causes Growth of Toxic Algae, Study Finds
  
  
• February 6, 2013
  Insect Research Heads Down Path to Start-up Company With NSF I-Corps Program
  
  
• February 6, 2013
  India Joined With Asia 10 Million Years Later Than Previously Thought
  
  
• February 6, 2013
  Going Along Means Getting Along--and That's Not Always Good, Baylor Study Finds
  
  
• February 6, 2013
  Forecasting a Supernova Explosion
  
  
• February 5, 2013
  UT Dallas Researchers Pushing the Boundaries of Virtual Reality
  
  
• February 5, 2013
  Using Single Quantum Dots to Probe Nanowires
  
  
• February 5, 2013
  Recreating Natural Complex Gene Regulation
  
  
• February 5, 2013
  Next-gen E-readers: Improved "Peacock" Technology Could Lock in Color for High-res Displays
  
  
• February 5, 2013
  Newly Discovered Plant Structure May Lead to Improved Biofuel Processing
  
  
• February 5, 2013
  Mitochondrial Mutations: When the Cell's Two Genomes Collide
  
  
• February 5, 2013
  Evidence That at Least One Mammal Can Smell in Stereo
  
  
• February 5, 2013
  Biologists Map Rare Case of Fitness-reducing Interaction in Nuclear, Mitochondrial DNA
  
  
• February 5, 2013
  Achilles Heel: Popular Drug-carrying Nanoparticles Get Trapped in Bloodstream
  
  
• February 4, 2013
  New Study Shows That Gases Work With Particles to Promote Cloud Formation
  
  
• February 4, 2013
  Grooming Helps Insects Keep Their Senses Sharpened
  
  
• February 4, 2013
  Cargo Container Research to Improve Buildings' Ability to Withstand Tsunamis
  
  
• February 4, 2013
  Avoiding a Cartography Catastrophe
  
  
• February 1, 2013
  Plant Scientists at CSHL Demonstrate New Means of Boosting Maize Yields
  
  
• January 31, 2013
  The Effective Collective: Grouping Could Ensure Animals Find Their Way in a Changing Environment
  
  
• January 31, 2013
  Social Networking: Gen Xers Connect Online As Often As They Socialize in Person
  
  
• January 31, 2013
  Scientist Says Ozone Thinning Has Changed Ocean Circulation
  
  
• January 31, 2013
  Protein Origami: Quick Folders Are the Best
  
  
• January 31, 2013
  Ozone Depletion Trumps Greenhouse Gas Increase in Jet-stream Shift
  
  
• January 31, 2013
  NYU Physicists Shine a Light on Particle Assembly
  
  
• January 31, 2013
  Novel Materials Shake Ship Scum
  
  
• January 31, 2013
  New Geology Study Raises Questions About Long-held Theories of Human Evolution
  
  
• January 31, 2013
  Mutant Gene Gives Pigeons Fancy Hairdos
  
  
• January 31, 2013
  Flat Boron by the Numbers
  
  
• January 31, 2013
  Empathy and Age
  
  
• January 31, 2013
  Cyclone Did Not Cause 2012 Record Low for Arctic Sea Ice
  
  
• January 30, 2013
  UCI Team Finds New Target for Treating Wide Spectrum of Cancers
  
  
• January 30, 2013
  Rutgers Physics Professors Find New Order in Quantum Electronic Material
  
  
• January 30, 2013
  Reconcilable Differences: Study Uncovers the Common Ground of Scientific Opposites
  
  
• January 30, 2013
  Good Mood Helps Boost Brain Power in Older Adults
  
  
• January 29, 2013
  Researchers Find a Better Way to Culture Central Nervous Cells
  
  
• January 29, 2013
  Research Unlocks Mystery Surrounding the Harnessing of Fusion Energy
  
  
• January 29, 2013
  Penn Research Shows Mechanism Behind Wear at the Atomic Scale
  
  
• January 29, 2013
  Cornell Engineers Solve a Biological Mystery and Boost Artificial Intelligence
  
  
• January 28, 2013
  Study Finds Significant Microorganism Populations in Middle and Upper Troposphere
  
  
• January 28, 2013
  One In, Two Out: Simulating More Efficient Solar Cells
  
  
• January 28, 2013
  New Look at Cell Membrane Reveals Surprising Organization
  
  
• January 28, 2013
  Bioinspired Fibers Change Color When Stretched
  
  
• January 27, 2013
  Rice Technique Points Toward 2-D Devices
  
  
• January 27, 2013
  Cities Affect Temperatures for Thousands of Miles
  
  
• January 27, 2013
  ASU Scientists Unravel the Mysteries of Spider Silk
  
  
• January 24, 2013
  Virginia Tech Computer Scientists Develop New Way to Study Molecular Networks
  
  
• January 24, 2013
  Using Twitter to Track the Flu: A Better Way to Screen the Tweets
  
  
• January 24, 2013
  Organic Ferroelectric Molecule Shows Promise for Memory Chips, Sensors
  
  
• January 24, 2013
  Newly Discovered "Scarecrow" Gene Might Trigger Big Boost in Food Production
  
  
• January 24, 2013
  Maglev Tissues Could Speed Toxicity Tests
  
  
• January 24, 2013
  Love Triumphs Over Hate to Make Exotic New Compound
  
  
• January 24, 2013
  Immune Cell Suicide Alarm Helps Destroy Escaping Bacteria
  
  
• January 24, 2013
  False Beliefs Persist, Even After Instant Online Corrections
  
  
• January 24, 2013
  "Cool" Kids in Middle School Bully More, UCLA Psychologists Report
  
  
• January 23, 2013
  Warmer Soils Release Additional CO₂ Into Atmosphere; Effect Stabilizes Over Longer Term
  
  
• January 23, 2013
  Scientists Underestimated Potential for Tohoku Quake. Now What?
  
  
• January 23, 2013
  Researchers Create Self-healing, Stretchable Wires Using Liquid Metal
  
  
• January 23, 2013
  Parasites of Madagascar's Lemurs Expanding With Climate Change
  
  
• January 23, 2013
  Owl Monkeys Who "Stay True" Reproduce More Than Those With Multiple Partners, Penn Study Finds
  
  
• January 23, 2013
  Motion Control Keeps Electric Car's Four Wheels--and Four Motors--on the Road
  
  
• January 23, 2013
  Modifications of a Nanoparticle Can Change Chemical Interactions With Cell Membranes
  
  
• January 23, 2013
  Learn to be More Understanding by Watching The Bachelor (This Season, Anyway)
  
  
• January 23, 2013
  Deep Ice Cores Show Past Greenland Warm Period May Be "Road Map" for Continued Warming of Planet
  
  
• January 23, 2013
  Cornell Bioengineers Discover the Natural Switch That Controls Spread of Breast Cancer Cells
  
  
• January 23, 2013
  Controlled Crumpling of Graphene Forms Artificial Muscle
  
  
• January 23, 2013
  Children’s Complex Thinking Skills Begin Forming Before They Go to School
  
  
• January 23, 2013
  Cells "Flock" to Heal Wounds
  
  
• January 22, 2013
  In the Land of the Free, Interdependence Undermines Americans' Motivation to Act
  
  
• January 22, 2013
  Circadian Rhythms Can Be Modified for Potential Treatment of Disorders
  
  
• January 22, 2013
  Antibacterial Agent Used in Common Soaps Found in Increasing Amounts in Freshwater Lakes
  
  
• January 21, 2013
  Study Finds Linchpin of Skin Response to UVA Light
  
  
• January 21, 2013
  Microbiologists Eavesdrop on the Hidden Lives of Microbes
  
  
• January 18, 2013
  UGA Researchers Invent New Material for Warm-white LEDs
  
  
• January 18, 2013
  Penn Physicists Help Show Math Behind Growth of "Coffee Rings"
  
  
• January 17, 2013
  They Hunt, They Kill, They Cheat: Single-celled Algae Shed Light on Social Lives of Microbes
  
  
• January 17, 2013
  Study Provides New Insights on Drought Predictions in East Africa
  
  
• January 17, 2013
  Novel Technique Reveals Dynamics of Telomere DNA Structure
  
  
• January 17, 2013
  Is Athleticism Linked to Brain Size?
  
  
• January 17, 2013
  Global Plant Diversity Still Hinges on Local Battles Against Invasives, Study Suggests
  
  
• January 17, 2013
  Dietary Shifts Driving Up Phosphorus Use
  
  
• January 16, 2013
  Researchers Create Method for More Sensitive Electrochemical Sensors
  
  
• January 16, 2013
  Marginal Lands Are Prime Fuel Source for Alternative Energy
  
  
• January 15, 2013
  Researchers Create Flexible, Nanoscale "Bed of Nails" for Possible Drug Delivery
  
  
• January 15, 2013
  Momma Knows Best When It Comes to Panda Survival
  
  
• January 15, 2013
  Don't Read My Lips! Body Language Trumps the Face for Conveying Intense Emotions
  
  
• January 14, 2013
  Scientists Find "Bipolar" Distribution of Marine Bacteria, Refuting Idea that "Everything is Everywhere"
  
  
• January 14, 2013
  Salmon Runs Boom, Go Bust Over Centuries
  
  
• January 14, 2013
  Potential Harvest of Most Fish Stocks Largely Unrelated to Abundance
  
  
• January 14, 2013
  New Robotic Fish Glides Indefinitely
  
  
• January 14, 2013
  Impaired Coordination of Brain Activity in Autism Involves Local, As Well As Long-range, Signaling
  
  
• January 14, 2013
  CU-led Study Shows Pine Beetle Outbreak Buffers Watersheds From Nitrate Pollution
  
  
• January 11, 2013
  Nearby Dwarf Galaxy and Possible Protogalaxy Discovered
  
  
• January 10, 2013
  Lack of Guidelines Create Ethical Dilemmas in Social Network-based Research
  
  
• January 10, 2013
  Astronomers Find Massive Supply of Fresh Gas Around Modern Galaxies
  
  
• January 10, 2013
  A Snapshot of Pupfish Evolution
  
  
• January 10, 2013
  A Rock Is a Clock: Physicist Uses Matter to Tell Time
  
  
• January 10, 2013
  A Cloudy Mystery
  
  
• January 9, 2013
  Whales' Foraging Strategies Revealed by New Technology
  
  
• January 9, 2013
  Study Shows Cognitive Benefit of Lifelong Bilingualism
  
  
• January 9, 2013
  Next-Generation Adaptive Optics Brings Remarkable Details to Light in Stellar Nursery
  
  
• January 9, 2013
  Mapping the Milky Way: Radio Telescopes Give Clues to Structure, History
  
  
• January 9, 2013
  Magma in Mantle Has Deep Impact
  
  
• January 9, 2013
  Low Extinction Rates Made California a Refuge for Diverse Plant Species
  
  
• January 8, 2013
  Faulty Behavior
  
  
• January 8, 2013
  Earth-size Planets Common in Galaxy
  
  
• January 8, 2013
  DNA Prefers to Dive Headfirst Into Nanopores
  
  
• January 8, 2013
  Counting the Twists in a Helical Light Beam
  
  
• January 7, 2013
  Within "Habitable Zone," More Planets Than We Knew
  
  
• January 7, 2013
  Study Reveals Ordinary Glass' Extraordinary Properties
  
  
• January 7, 2013
  Penn Study Shows Mountains Are Only Minor Contributors to Erosion and Climate Regulation
  
  
• January 7, 2013
  Penn Researchers Show New Level of Control Over Liquid Crystals
  
  
• January 7, 2013
  New Compound Overcomes Drug-resistant Staph Infection in Mice
  
  
• January 7, 2013
  Massive Outburst in Neighbor Galaxy Surprises Astronomers
  
  
• January 7, 2013
  Detecting Dusty Clouds and Stars in Our Galaxy
  
  
• January 7, 2013
  Captive Hyenas Outfox Wild Relatives
  
  
• January 4, 2013
  Waste Removal in Worms Reveals New Mechanism to Regulate Calcium Signaling
  
  
• January 4, 2013
  Research Update: Jumping Droplets Help Heat Transfer
  
  
• January 3, 2013
  Unconventional Visualization Method Wins Jury Prize at Media Festival
  
  
• January 3, 2013
  How Computers Push on the Molecules They Simulate
  
  
• January 3, 2013
  First Meteorite Linked to Martian Crust
  
  
• January 3, 2013
  Coral Records Suggest that Recent El Nino Activity Rises Above Noisy Background
  
  
• January 2, 2013
  Researchers Develop Tool to Evaluate Genome Sequencing Method
  
  
• January 2, 2013
  Bonobos Will Share With Strangers Before Acquaintances
  
  
• January 2, 2013
  Biologists Unlock "Black Box" to Underground World
  
  
• January 2, 2013
  ALMA Shows How Young Star and Planets Grow Simultaneously
  
  

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