Lest you think you're at the top of the evolutionary heap, looking down your highly evolved nose at the earth's lesser creatures, Marlene Zuk has a message for you: When it comes to evolution, there is no ...

Biology - Evolution

Apr 12, 2013 5 / 5 (9) 2

(Phys.org) —Cornell researchers have created a pore in "Cornell Dots" – brightly glowing nanoparticles nicknamed C-Dots – that can carry medicine. This new and improved nanoscale courier may help light ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Apr 12, 2013 4.8 / 5 (5) 0 |

Smartphones that can be folded to fit in your pocket and video displays that roll up and down like a window blind are the future of new technology, according to a joint report by the RSC and four other major chemical societies.

Chemistry - Materials Science

Apr 12, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) —To make better mind maps, a group of French scientists – building on prototypes developed at the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF) – have produced the world's first ...

Technology - Engineering

Apr 12, 2013 5 / 5 (8) 2 |

Nanowires and nanotubes, slender structures that are only a few billionths of a meter in diameter but many thousands or millions of times longer, have become hot materials in recent years. They exist in many ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Apr 11, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

Activists warned Thursday that wild populations of Southeast Asia's striking Tokay Gecko were in danger of being over-hunted for use in traditional medicine in China and other countries.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 11, 2013 not rated yet 1

Proteins are vital parts of living organisms, performing a variety of essential functions such as DNA replication, catabolizing reactions, and responding to stimuli. The complete set of proteins expressed in an organism at ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Apr 10, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Hunter-gatherers living in glacial conditions produced pots for cooking fish, according to the findings of a pioneering new study led by the University of York which reports the earliest direct evidence for the use of ceramic ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Apr 10, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Mention a breakthrough involving "gumbo" technology in this city, and people think of a new twist on The Local Dish, the stew that's the quintessence of southern Louisiana cooking. But scientific presentations at a meeting ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Apr 10, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Scientists have recently decoded the genome of the Western Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta bellii, one of the most widespread, abundant and well-studied turtles in North America. This freshwater turtle is ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 10, 2013 2 / 5 (1) 0

According to the World Health Organization, more than two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. And it's not just humans who are packing on the pounds. Our furry companions are plagued by an obesity ...

Biology - Other

Apr 10, 2013 not rated yet 0

New research shows how the interaction between Atlantic salmon and the ISA virus leads to the development and spreading of the influenza-like disease ISA in fish. The new findings may be of interest to research ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 10, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) —Increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere are causing oceans to become more acidic. This situation poses a threat to marine organisms with shells made of calcium carbonate, ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 09, 2013 3.5 / 5 (6) 18 |