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Frogs Used for Pregnancy Tests Carry Deadly Fungus
May 16, 2013 12:05 pm | by Inside Science News Service, Chris Gorski | News | CommentsAfrican frogs once imported to laboratories and hospitals around the world may have carried with them a devastating fungal infection thought to be responsible for a rapid, global, decline in amphibians.
Indonesia Extends Forest-Clearing Ban
May 16, 2013 12:04 pm | by Associated Press | News | CommentsIndonesia has approved a two-year extension to a landmark ban on clearing primary rainforests and peatlands.
Health Workers Catch SARS-Like Virus from Patients
May 16, 2013 12:01 pm | by Associated Press, Mike Stobbe | News | CommentsA deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS can apparently spread from person-to-person as health care workers fell ill after contact with infected patients in eastern Saudi Arabia.
NASA Says Kepler's Days are Numbered
May 16, 2013 11:58 am | by Associated Press, Alicia Chang | News | CommentsNASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope is broken, potentially jeopardizing the search for other worlds where life could exist outside our solar system.
Cells Can Be Living Calculators
May 16, 2013 11:54 am | by MIT, Anne Trafton | News | CommentsEngineers have transformed bacterial cells into living calculators that can compute logarithms, divide and take square roots, using three or fewer genetic parts.
X-Rays Can Read Fragile Rolled-Up Historical Documents
May 16, 2013 11:53 am | by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | News | CommentsPioneering X-ray technology is making it possible to read fragile rolled-up historical documents for the first time in centuries.
China Probes High-Altitude Atmosphere
May 16, 2013 7:00 am | by Chinese Academy of Sciences | News | CommentsChinese scientists have conducted an experiment in the high-altitude atmosphere and near-Earth space with the launch of a sounding rocket.
Guidelines Help Forests Fight Climate Change
May 16, 2013 7:00 am | by Univ. of Alberta | News | CommentsResearchers have developed guidelines that are being used by the timber industry and government foresters to get a jump on climate change when planting trees.
Oldest Evidence of Split Between Old World Monkeys, Apes
May 16, 2013 7:00 am | by Ohio Univ. | News | CommentsTwo fossil discoveries from the East African Rift reveal new information about the evolution of primates.
Clouds Hide Orion's Fiery Ribbon
May 16, 2013 7:00 am | by European Southern Observatory | News | CommentsA dramatic new image of cosmic clouds in the constellation of Orion reveals what seems to be a fiery ribbon in the sky.
Hardware Makes Frequency-Hopping Radios Practical
May 16, 2013 7:00 am | by MIT, Larry Hardesty | News | CommentsNew hardware could lead to wireless devices that identify and exploit unused transmission frequencies, using radio spectrum much more efficiently.
Stem Cells Recovered from Cloned Human Embryos
May 16, 2013 7:00 am | by Associated Press, Malcolm Ritter | News | CommentsScientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes.
Shale Gas Drilling Hasn't Harmed Water in Arkansas
May 16, 2013 7:00 am | by Duke Univ. | News | CommentsA new study found no evidence of groundwater contamination from shale gas production in Arkansas.
Scientist of the Week: Yaroslav Urzhumov
May 16, 2013 7:00 am | by Lily Barback, Associate Editor | News | CommentsYaroslav Urzhumov, from Duke Univ., and a team used a 3D printer to make an invisibility cloak.
Three Billion-Year-Old Water Holds Clues to Life
May 16, 2013 7:00 am | by Univ. of Manchester | News | CommentsScientists have discovered ancient pockets of water, which have been isolated deep underground for billions of years and contain abundant chemicals known to support life.
