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Cotton is Eco-Friendly Way to Clean Up Oil Spills
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by ACS | News | CommentsScientists are reporting that unprocessed, raw cotton may be an ideal, ecologically friendly way to clean up oil spills as it has an amazing ability to sop up oil.
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X-Rays Can Read Fragile Rolled-Up Historical Documents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Sciences Research Council | News | CommentsPioneering X-ray technology is making it possible to read fragile rolled-up historical documents for the first time in centuries.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.
