The United States may lose its leadership role in space to other countries unless it makes research and development funding and processes—especially in nanotechnology—a renewed and urgent priority, according to a new ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 16, 2012
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NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is now almost seven years into its 9.5-year journey across the solar system to explore Pluto and its system of moons. Just over two years from now, in January 2015, New Horizons will begin encounter ...
Space Exploration
Oct 16, 2012
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University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists have identified what they think is the ancestral trait that allowed for the evolution of air breathing in vertebrates. They will present their research at the 42nd annual meeting ...
Evolution
Oct 16, 2012
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Hailed by some as the "end of race as we know it" and the beginning of a "post-racial" America, the 2008 election of Barack Obama sparked a measurable bump in feelings of political empowerment among black Americans.
Social Sciences
Oct 16, 2012
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The Carnegie Institution for Science and the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) have been granted United States Patent 8,283,329, entitled, "Genetic inhibition of double-stranded RNA." The patent, issued on ...
Biotechnology
Oct 16, 2012
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(AP)—Fast-moving Hurricane Rafael was barreling past Bermuda on Monday night, driving gusty winds and pelting rain as its center traveled east of the storm-hardened British Atlantic territory.
Earth Sciences
Oct 16, 2012
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Multinational corporations that choose not to disclose geographic earnings are more likely to engage in income-shifting activities, says a study from UofT's Rotman School.
Economics & Business
Oct 16, 2012
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Should European farmers pay for pollination provided by bees? Should city dwellers in Brazil pay for the abundant rain generated over the Amazonian forest? And if mangroves are a shield against tsunamis, shouldn't seaside ...
Ecology
Oct 16, 2012
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Crude oil extraction could be improved significantly and accessible domestic oil reserves could be expanded with an economical CO2 thickener being developed by University of Pittsburgh engineers, thanks to a $1.3 million ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 16, 2012
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Viewer impressions of political candidates are heavily weighted to the content of their speech rather than the body language, a new study published in the Journal of Communication has found. The research, conducted by a trio ...
Social Sciences
Oct 16, 2012
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