After decades of laboring under other theories that never seemed to add up, a team led by biologist Rama Singh has concluded that what causes menopause in women is men.

Biology - Other

Jun 13, 2013 3.3 / 5 (22) 21 |

Astronomers using the new Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array have imaged a region around a young star where dust particles can grow by clumping together. This is the first time that such a dust ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Jun 06, 2013 4.6 / 5 (15) 4 |

(Phys.org) —Astronomers expect that stars like the Sun will blow off much of their atmospheres into space near the ends of their lives. But new observations of a huge star cluster made using ESO's Very ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

May 29, 2013 4.7 / 5 (12) 1 |

A new study published yesterday suggests that the short-term warming due to increasing greenhouse gases may be less than previously feared. However, when we look at the bigger picture, we still find that cli ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

May 21, 2013 4.9 / 5 (11) 12

Researchers working to design new materials that are durable, lightweight and environmentally sustainable are increasingly looking to natural composites, such as bone, for inspiration: Bone is strong and ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Jun 17, 2013 5 / 5 (9) 1 |

(Phys.org) —Improved satellite measurements and computer simulations of ice sheets are creating a more accurate picture of the current and future rise in global sea level, according to an international ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jun 06, 2013 4.5 / 5 (8) 4 |

Many animals – from locusts to fish – live in groups and swarm, but scientists aren't sure why or how this behavior evolved. Now a multidisciplinary team of Michigan State University scientists has used ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 05, 2013 4.9 / 5 (7) 1 |

In the tropics at heights more than 10 miles above the surface, the prevailing winds alternate between strong easterlies and strong westerlies roughly every other year. This slow heartbeat in the tropical ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

May 22, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 0 |

Systems such as a beating heart or a power grid that depend on the synchronized movement of their parts could fall prey to an invisible and chaotic tug-of-war known as a "chimera." Sharing its name with the fire-breathing, ...

Physics - General Physics

Jun 17, 2013 4.3 / 5 (6) 1 |

The Hubble Space Telescope is going to be used to settle an argument. It's a conflict between computer models and what astronomers are seeing in a group of stars in 47 Tucanae.

Space & Earth - Astronomy

May 30, 2013 4.8 / 5 (4) 3

How do immune cells manage to sort through vast numbers of similar-looking proteins within the body to detect foreign invaders and fight infections? McGill researchers used computational tools to examine what kind of solutions ...

Physics - General Physics

Jun 07, 2013 3.2 / 5 (5) 1 |

Trace gases and aerosols are major factors influencing the climate. With the help of highly complex installations, such as MIPAS on board of the ENVISAT satellite, researchers try to better understand the ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

May 22, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

Scientists at the Florida State University Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) who developed a unique computer model with a knack for predicting hurricanes with unprecedented accuracy are forecasting a season o ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jun 04, 2013 3.8 / 5 (4) 1

Scientists discover highly asymmetric and branched patterns are the result of physical forces and local instabilities; research has important implications for understanding biofilms and multicellular systems.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jun 11, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a method for creating "nano-volcanoes" by shining various colors of light through a nanoscale "crystal ball" made of a synthetic ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Jun 13, 2013 4.7 / 5 (3) 0 |