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Injected Nanogel Can Help Fight Diabetes
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by MIT, Anne Trafton | News | CommentsA single injection of nanogel can maintain normal blood-sugar levels for an average of 10 days in mice with Type 1 diabetes.
Artificial Forest Splits Water
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | News | CommentsResearchers have reported the first fully integrated nanosystem for artificial photosynthesis.
Crowd-Sourcing Helps Monitor Japan's Radiation
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by Univ. of Southampton | News | CommentsResearchers have designed a new tool to intelligently combine nuclear radioactivity data in Japan. The technology harnesses the power of crowd-sourced radiation data.
Earth's Iron Core is Shockingly Weak
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by Stanford Univ. | News | CommentsMineral physicists have determined that the iron in Earth's inner core is about 40 percent as strong as previously believed.
First Evidence for Extraterrestrial High-Energy Neutrinos
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison | News | CommentsA massive telescope in the Antarctic ice has reported the detection of 28 extremely high-energy neutrinos that might have their origin in cosmic sources.
Parasites ‘Talk’ to Each Other
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute | Videos | CommentsMalaria parasites can “talk” to each other– a social behavior to ensure the parasite’s survival and improve its chances of being transmitted to other humans.
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.
