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Physicists Develop Low-Power Polariton Laser
May 21, 2013 7:00 am | by Stanford Univ., Thomas Sumner | News | CommentsA new laser system would use a hundredth of the power used by conventional lasers and could one day be used in many places from consumer goods to quantum computers.
Sunken WWII Ships May Pollute U.S. Waters
May 21, 2013 7:00 am | by Associated Press, Seth Borenstein | News | CommentsA new government report details 87 shipwrecks that could pollute U.S. waters with oil. Most were sunk during World War II.
40 Tips for a Safer Lab
May 21, 2013 7:00 am | by Laboratory Safety Institute | News | CommentsThe Laboratory Safety Institute has published new safety guidelines with 40 suggestions for safer labs.
Multitasking Neurons Key to Complex Brain Functions
May 20, 2013 12:07 pm | by MIT, Anne Trafton | News | CommentsNeurons that can multitask greatly enhance the brain’s computational power, study finds.
Boycott of Vaccine Causes Measles Surge a Decade Later
May 20, 2013 12:05 pm | by Associated Press, Maria Cheng | News | CommentsMore than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of a vaccine scare that raised the specter of autism. Now, health officials are scrambling to catch up and stop a growing epidemic of the contagious disease.
Honeybees Trained to Find Land Mines
May 20, 2013 12:02 pm | by Associated Press, Darko Bandic, Dusan Stojanovic | News | CommentsCroatian researchers are training honeybees to find unexploded mines littering their country and the rest of the Balkans.
High SPF Ratings on Sunscreen are Misleading
May 20, 2013 11:59 am | by Associated Press, Matthew Perrone | News | CommentsNew sunscreen labels on store shelves are designed to make the products more effective and easier to use. But, many sunscreens continue to carry SPF ratings that some experts consider misleading and potentially dangerous.
Technique Helps ID Dangerous Bootleg Booze
May 20, 2013 11:56 am | by Univ. of St Andrews | News | CommentsUsing a laser, scientists can now carry out detailed analysis of a spirit sample no bigger than a teardrop and can even confirm whether it is toxic or not.
Half the Mice on Russian Space Capsule Survive
May 20, 2013 11:53 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsA Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals returned to Earth after spending a month in space for what scientists said was the longest experiment of its kind. Fewer than half of the 53 mice and other rodents survived the flight.
Bright Explosion Seen on the Moon
May 20, 2013 7:00 am | by NASA | Videos | CommentsFor the past eight years, NASA astronomers have been monitoring the Moon for signs of explosions caused by meteoroids hitting the lunar surface. They've just seen the biggest explosion in the history of the program.
Ginger Compounds May Treat Asthma
May 20, 2013 7:00 am | by American Thoracic Society | News | CommentsResearch shows that purified components of ginger may have properties that help asthma patients breathe more easily.
Stress Makes Glass Stronger
May 20, 2013 7:00 am | by Inside Science News Service, Sophie Bushwick | News | CommentsAlterations to the usual glass production process, such as putting the material under stress, can introduce effects that linger even after the material hardens.
Coffee May Lower Risk of Liver Disease
May 20, 2013 7:00 am | by Mayo Clinic | News | CommentsRegular consumption of coffee is associated with a reduced risk of primary sclerosing cholangitis, an autoimmune liver disease.
Agriculture in China Pre-Dates Rice
May 20, 2013 7:00 am | by Univ. of Leicester | News | CommentsArchaeologist used new analysis techniques to shatter conventional ideas of how agriculture emerged.
Sleep Apnea Linked to Alzheimer’s
May 20, 2013 7:00 am | by American Thoracic Society | News | CommentsA new study looking at sleep-disordered breathing and markers for Alzheimer’s disease risk in cerebrospinal fluid and neuroimaging adds to the growing body of research linking the two.
