The #1 Product Resource for the Laboratory Market
Geophysical Methods Help Find Secret Graves
May 14, 2013 12:47 pm | by American Geophysical Union | News | CommentsIt's hard to convict a murderer if the victim can't be found. And the best way to hide a body is to bury it. Researchers are developing new tools to find those clandestine graves.
Sequester Cuts Impact Volcano Monitoring
May 14, 2013 12:45 pm | by Associated Press, Rachel D'Oro | News | CommentsScientists monitoring Alaska's volcanoes have been forced to shut down stations and forgo repairs of seismic equipment amid ongoing federal budget cuts— moves that could mean delays in getting vital information to airline pilots and emergency planners.
Bubbles Cut Drag in Fluidic Chips
May 14, 2013 12:42 pm | by Univ. of Twente | News | CommentsResearchers have given the first demonstration of how the drag exerted on liquids flowing through tiny “fluidic chips” is affected by the introduction of diminutive gas bubbles.
New Options for Breast Cancer Surgery
May 14, 2013 12:40 pm | by Associated Press, Marilynn Marchione | News | CommentsNew approaches are dramatically changing the way breast cancer operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better cosmetic results.
Wind Farms Never Prosecuted for Eagle Deaths
May 14, 2013 12:38 pm | by Associated Press, Dina Cappiello | News | CommentsThe government has prosecuted oil companies when birds drown in their waste pits, power companies when birds are electrocuted by their power lines but has never fined or prosecuted a wind-energy company when birds hit their fans.
Hips Have 'Fishy' Origins
May 14, 2013 12:35 pm | by Monash Univ. | News | CommentsNew research has revealed that the evolution of the complex, weight-bearing hips of walking animals from the basic hips of fish was a much simpler process than previously thought.
This Week @ NASA, May 14, 2013
May 14, 2013 12:00 pm | by NASACast | Podcasts | Commentsxalan://gov.nasa.build.Utils1
Sun Lets Off First X-Class Flare of 2013
May 14, 2013 8:19 am | by NASA | Videos | CommentsThis week the sun emitted the first X-class solar flare of 2013. "X-class" denotes the most intense flares.
Depressed People's Body Clocks are Altered at Cell Level
May 14, 2013 7:00 am | by Univ. of Michigan Medical School | News | CommentsA finding of disrupted brain gene orchestration gives first direct evidence of circadian rhythm changes in depressed brains and opens door to better treatment.
Tiny Bones Hold Huge Human Evolution Clues
May 14, 2013 7:00 am | by Texas A&M Univ. | News | CommentsThe tiniest bones in the human body– the bones of the middle ear– could provide huge clues about our evolution and the development of modern-day humans.
Restorative Gel May Be Key to Reversing Paralysis
May 14, 2013 7:00 am | by Tel Aviv Univ. | News | CommentsResearchers have invented a method for repairing damaged peripheral nerves.
Bed Rest May Be Detrimental to Pregnancy
May 14, 2013 7:00 am | by Associated Press, Lauran Neergaard | News | CommentsNew research is raising fresh concern that an age-old treatment for troubled pregnancies— bed rest— doesn't seem to prevent premature birth, and might even worsen that risk.
Researchers Watch Real-Time Charging of a Lithium-Air Battery
May 14, 2013 7:00 am | by MIT, David Chandler | News | CommentsImaging revealed what happens during battery charging and could lead to improved batteries for electric cars.
Supercomputers Can Fight Car Recalls
May 14, 2013 7:00 am | by Associated Press, Tom Krisher | News | CommentsGeneral Motors Co. says a new supercomputing data center and a fledgling shift to bring software development in-house should help it limit the size of future safety recalls.
Sperm Gives More DNA than Believed
May 14, 2013 7:00 am | by Chinese Academy of Sciences | News | CommentsChinese scientists have revealed that the DNA methylome of sperm, not oocytes, will be inherited by offspring.
