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Canada Wants to Lead in Science, Technology, Innovation
May 22, 2013 7:00 am | by The Science, Technology and Innovation Council | News | CommentsA report tracks the progress Canada is making in science and technology and identifies areas where Canada must devote greater attention to enhancing performance.
Drought Increases Use of Drugs to Make Meatier Cattle
May 22, 2013 7:00 am | by Associated Press, Roxana Hegeman | News | CommentsCattle feeders in the U.S. are coping with reduced herds and high corn costs in part by increasing their use of growth-inducing drugs designed to bulk up animals.
Experiment to Examine the Beginnings of the Universe
May 21, 2013 12:25 pm | by NASA | News | CommentsWhen did the first stars and galaxies form in the universe? How brightly did they burn their nuclear fuel? Scientists will seek to gain answers to these questions with the launch of the Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRIment (CIBER).
Beef, Oysters, Soy Supplement Fights Brain Disorders
May 21, 2013 12:21 pm | by Tel Aviv Univ. | News | CommentsA nutritional supplement— produced from beef, oysters and soy— delays advancement of Parkinson's and Familial Dysautonomia.
Meat Leftovers Can Make Nutritious Ice Cream
May 21, 2013 12:21 pm | by European Research Media Center, Youris.com | News | CommentsFood industries are now turning meat leftovers into high-protein content ingredients for food supplements, or to be added to processed food, including ice cream.
Drug Side Effects Are Inevitable
May 21, 2013 12:17 pm | by Georgia Tech | News | CommentsA new study of proteins suggests that the number of unique pockets– sites where small molecule pharmaceutical compounds can bind to proteins– is surprisingly small, meaning drug side effects may be impossible to avoid.
Seabed Pebbles are So Loud They Interfere with Experiments
May 21, 2013 12:15 pm | by Inside Science News Service, Joel Shurkin | News | CommentsSince there is increasing interest in harnessing the currents and tides for energy, scientists need to know as much about the environment as they can, but the noise of gravel on the seafloor is so loud it's getting in the way of studies.
Research Makes Quantum Encryption Practical
May 21, 2013 12:12 pm | by MIT, Larry Hardesty | News | CommentsA team that proposed a new, more-practical scheme for using quantum physics to secure data transmission has now demonstrated it experimentally.
NYU Researchers Took Bribes from Chinese Group
May 21, 2013 8:52 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsThree New York Univ. researchers from China divulged results from a U.S.-funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent and other expenses, federal prosecutors say.
Method Improves Carbon-Fiber Composites for Airplanes
May 21, 2013 7:00 am | by MIT, Jennifer Chu | News | CommentsResearchers have produced carbon fibers coated in carbon nanotubes without degrading the underlying fiber's strength.
Coca-Cola Aided Study Examines At-Home Recycling
May 21, 2013 7:00 am | by Univ. of Exeter | News | CommentsA new study aims to understand why recycling rates are so low in Great Britain and France, despite people expressing strong beliefs towards environmental behaviors.
Compressed Air Stores Green Energy
May 21, 2013 7:00 am | by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | News | CommentsCompressed air energy storage plants could help save the Northwest's abundant wind power— which is often produced at night when winds are strong and energy demand is low— for later, when demand is high and power supplies are more strained.
Image of the Week: The Aurora Borealis
May 21, 2013 7:00 am | by U.S. Air Force | News | CommentsThis image shows the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, shining above Bear Lake, Alaska.
Researchers Make 3D Images Without a Camera
May 21, 2013 7:00 am | by Univ. of Glasgow | Videos | CommentsPhysicists have found a way to make sophisticated 3D images without using conventional digital cameras. Their system uses simple, cheap detectors that have just a single pixel to sense light instead of the millions of pixels used in the imaging sensors of digital cameras.
Foldable Electronics Possible with Inkjet-Printed Graphene
May 21, 2013 7:00 am | by Northwestern Univ. | News | CommentsResearchers have developed a graphene-based ink that is highly conductive and tolerant to bending, and they have used it to inkjet-print graphene patterns that could be used for extremely detailed, conductive electrodes.
