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Agencies Must Have Common Approach to Evaluate Pesticide Risk
May 8, 2013 8:19 am | by National Academy of Sciences | News | CommentsWhen determining the potential effects pesticides could pose to endangered or threatened species, the EPA, National Marine Fisheries Service and Fish and Wildlife Service should use a common scientific approach, says a new report.
Chaos Superior to Order for Light Storage
May 8, 2013 8:16 am | by Univ. of York | News | CommentsPhysicists have demonstrated that chaos can beat order- at least as far as light storage is concerned.
NASA to Get 'Green' Spacecraft Propellant
May 8, 2013 8:12 am | by Air Force Office of Scientific Research | News | CommentsIn 2015, NASA will, for the first time, fly a space mission utilizing a radically different propellant— one which has reduced toxicity and is environmentally benign.
Researchers Create Stable ‘Trophy Molecule’
May 8, 2013 8:10 am | by The Univ. of Nottingham | News | CommentsResearchers recently created a stable version of a “trophy molecule” that has eluded scientists for decades. Now they have discovered that the bonding within this molecule is far different than expected.
Metamaterial Doubles up on Invisibility
May 8, 2013 8:07 am | by Stanford Univ. | Videos | CommentsA new material's artificial "atoms" are designed to work with a broad range of light frequencies. With adjustments, the researchers believe it could lead to perfect microscope lenses or invisibility cloaks.
Hopeful Drug Fails to Fight Alzheimer's in Big Study
May 8, 2013 8:05 am | by Associated Press, Marilynn Marchione | News | CommentsBaxter International Inc. says that a blood product it was testing failed to slow mental decline or to preserve physical function in a major study of 390 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.
Sea Level Already a Threat in Caribbean
May 8, 2013 8:03 am | by Associated Press, David McFadden | News | CommentsThe old coastal road in a fishing village at the eastern edge of Grenada sits under a couple of feet of murky saltwater; for fishermen living along the shorelines of the southern Caribbean island, there's nothing theoretical about the threat of rising sea levels.
Cleaner Energy May Cause Warmer Climate
May 7, 2013 12:26 pm | by MIT, Vicki Ekstrom | News | CommentsWhat unintended consequences could cleaner energy sources have on the changing climate?
Shape-Shifting Bat Tongue Inspires Medical Devices
May 7, 2013 12:22 pm | by Inside Science News Service, Ker Than | News | CommentsA bat that uses blood flow to reshape its tongue while feeding could help inspire the development of shape-shifting medical instruments.
Climate, Not Humans, Caused Megafauna Extinction
May 7, 2013 12:18 pm | by Univ. of New South Wales | News | CommentsResearch challenges the claim that humans were primarily responsible for the demise of the gigantic animals- called megafauna- and points the finger instead at climate change.
FDA Calls for Cancer Warnings on Tanning Beds
May 7, 2013 12:00 pm | by Associated Press, Matthew Perrone | News | CommentsIndoor tanning beds would come with new warnings about the risk of cancer and be subject to more stringent federal oversight under a proposal.
Living Patches Heal Damaged Hearts
May 7, 2013 12:00 pm | by Duke Univ. | News | CommentsBiomedical engineers have grown three-dimensional human heart muscle that acts just like natural tissue.
Families with Longevity Have Lower Cognitive Impairment
May 7, 2013 12:00 pm | by American Medical Association | News | CommentsA study examines the relationship between families with exceptional longevity and cognitive impairment consistent with Alzheimer disease.
Wind, Not Water, Formed Mound on Mars
May 7, 2013 7:00 am | by Princeton Univ. | News | CommentsA roughly 3.5-mile high Martian mound that scientists suspect preserves evidence of a massive lake might actually have formed as a result of the Red Planet's famously dusty atmosphere.
Nanorods Shed Light on How Matter Assembles
May 7, 2013 7:00 am | by Paul Scherrer Institute PSI | News | CommentsScientists developed a novel magnetic nanosystem that has allowed the first observation of spontaneous changes in the magnetization direction at room temperature in an artificial system.
