Sunday, March 15, 2009

Tiny Brain Region Key To Fear Of Rivals And Predators

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A piece of the brain's hypothalamus (shown in middle of the above model) is key to animals' fear of territorial rivals and predators...

Metamaterial Revolution: The New Science of Making Anything Disappear

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A metamaterial sends rays of light cascading around a ball, rendering it invisible, in this schematic. David Schurg From Discover: Engineer...
Saturday, March 14, 2009

Thrill Seekers Lack Brakes In The Brain

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From ScienCentral: New research gives a possible explanation for why some of us are thrill seekers and others like to play it safe. The stud...

Technique Disables Plutonium's Use in Bombs

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Keeping Nuke Fuel Safe: Scientists report that adding the element Americium, a synthetic compound used in commercial smoke detectors and ind...

Global Hurricane Activity Has Decreased To The Lowest Level In 30 Years.

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(Click the Above Image to Enlarge) Figure: Global 24-month running sum time-series of Accumulated Cyclone Energy updated through March 12, 2...

Why Is Obama Going Gray?

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Barack Obama in January 2008, a few days after he became president. Credit: White House From Live Science: News reports today point out that...

Solar Panels In The Sahara 'Could Power The Whole Of Europe'

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A solar power plant in the Mojave Desert. (Solar Systems/AP) From Times Online: All of Europe’s energy needs could be supplied by building a...

Old Age Begins At 27: Scientists Reveal New Research Into Ageing

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Photo: Getting old already? 27-year-old singer Beyonce Knowles is already past her mental peak according to new research From The Daily Mail...

'Peking Man' Older Than Thought; Somehow Adapted To Cold

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Darryl Granger, a Purdue professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, stands with the accelerator mass spectrometer used in a study that det...

Brain Scans Can Read Memories

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From Live Science: Humans create memories of locations in physical or virtual space as they move around – and it all shows up on brain scans...
Friday, March 13, 2009

Physicists Get Closer To Finding The 'God Particle'

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Photo: Emeritus professor at the University of Edinburgh, British Peter Higgs, seen here on April 7, 2008, smiles during a press conference...

Scientist: Warming Could Cut Population to 1 Billion

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Photo: Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, spoke several times at the climate conferen...

Physicist Develops Battery Using New Source Of Energy

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The top is a graphic representation of the overall device structure. The diameter is roughly that of a human hair. The bottom is a magnified...

Want To Rewire Your Brain? Study Music

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Studying music can change the way a brain is wired, new research finds. (ABC News Photo Illustration) From ABC News: All Those Hours at the...

Happy 20th Birthday, World Wide Web

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TIM BERNERS-LEE (2001) © LE FEVRE COMMUNICATIONS The Mind Behind The Web -- Scientific American Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web ...

Friday The 13th Strikes Again -- Two Months In A Row

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Traditionally an omen of ill fortune, a black cat crosses a Palermo, Italy, street in an undated photo. Unlike its feline fellow resident of...

Unlocking The Secrets And Powers Of The Brain

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From Discover: Last November, DISCOVER and the National Science Foundation launched a series of events to explore the biggest questions in s...

Brain Scans Can Read Memories

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From Live Science: Humans create memories of locations in physical or virtual space as they move around – and it all shows up on brain scans...

International Space Station Evacuated for Debris: The Law of Space Collisions

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The International Space Station (Photo by NASA/National Geographic/Getty Images) From Popular mechanics: This morning, the three astronaut r...
Thursday, March 12, 2009

Artificial Photosynthesis: Turning Sunlight Into Liquid Fuels Moves A Step Closer

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Under the fuel through artificial photosynthesis scenario, nanotubes embedded within a membrane would act like green leaves, using incident ...