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Image of the Week: Astronauts Fix ISS
May 14, 2013 7:00 am | by NASA | News | CommentsExpedition 35 Flight Engineers completed a spacewalk at 2:14 p.m. EDT May 11, 2013 to inspect and replace a pump controller box on the International Space Station.
Rewriting Darwin’s Sinking-Island Theory
May 13, 2013 2:18 pm | by MIT, Genevieve Wanucha | News | CommentsNew study helps resolve a dispute over the origins of coral-reef formations.
Non-Destructive Method Measures at Atomic Scale
May 13, 2013 2:14 pm | by ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences | News | CommentsResearchers reported the observation of a highly fragile and volatile body through a new quantum-mechanical measurement technique.
Catalyst Preserves Fresh Fruit
May 13, 2013 2:10 pm | by Angewandte Chemie | News | CommentsPlatinum nanoparticles on a support made of special mesoporous silicon dioxide can stop ethylene from breaking down fruit.
Eating Insects is Good for You And the World
May 13, 2013 2:08 pm | by Associated Press, Frances D'Emilio | News | CommentsEdible insects are being promoted as a low-fat, high-protein food for people, pets and livestock.
Silk is Better than Kevlar
May 13, 2013 2:04 pm | by Northeastern Univ. | News | CommentsAt seven times the toughness of Kevlar, a silk produced by the Caerostris darwini spider of Madagascar is more robust than any other material. Now, it can be produced at an industrial scale.
Project Will Track City Carbon Footprints
May 13, 2013 2:00 pm | by Associated Press, Alicia Chang | News | CommentsA budding effort has begun to track the carbon footprints of megacities, urban hubs with over 10 million people, which are increasingly responsible for human-caused global warming.
This Week @ NASA, May 13, 2013
May 13, 2013 12:00 pm | by NASACast | Podcasts | Commentsxalan://gov.nasa.build.Utils1
Quantum Dots Yield Colors to Dye For
May 13, 2013 8:29 am | by Univ. of Illinois at Chicago | News | CommentsResearchers developed a way to introduce precisely four copper ions into quantum dots. This opens up possibilities for fine-tuning their optical properties and producing spectacular colors.
Blood Protein Reverses Heart Aging in Mice
May 13, 2013 8:28 am | by Harvard Univ. | News | CommentsScientists have identified a protein in the blood of mice and humans that may prove to be the first effective treatment for the form of age-related heart failure that affects millions of Americans.
Researchers Find Four Gene Risks for Testicular Cancer
May 13, 2013 8:25 am | by Perelman School of Medicine at the Univ. of Pennsylvania | News | CommentsA new study looking at the genomes of more than 13,000 men identified four new genetic variants associated with an increased risk of testicular cancer.
Telescopes Help Study Atmospheres of Far-Off Worlds
May 13, 2013 8:21 am | by NASA | Videos | CommentsA breakthrough for direct imaging of exoplanets: ground-based telescopes have begun taking infrared pictures of the planets posing near their stars in family portraits.
Lab Safety: Must We Learn from our Mistakes?
May 13, 2013 8:19 am | by Brendan Kenny | Blogs | CommentsLooking at recent laboratory accidents and tragedies, it seems that chemists are still learning lab safety the hard way. By analyzing these students’ mistakes, many chemists can avoid these types of occurrences in the future.
Cilia Find Has Implications for Hearing, Vision, Kidney Disease
May 13, 2013 8:16 am | by Johns Hopkins | News | CommentsExperiments unearthed clues about which protein signaling molecules are allowed into hollow, hair-like “antennae,” called cilia, that alert cells to critical changes in their environments.
