Walking on water may seem like a miracle to humans, but it is a ho-hum for the water strider and scientists who already solved the mystery of that amazing ability. Now researchers in Korea are reporting a long-sought explanation ...
Dec 10, 2007
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Researchers in Australia report development of a new type of gold nanoparticle that destroys the parasite responsible for toxoplasmosis, a potentially serious disease acquired by handling the feces of infected cats or eating ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 10, 2007
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The gradual loss of dopamine neurons is a hallmark of many neurodegenerative diseases - Parkinson’s Disease chief among them. Stem cell biology and regenerative medicine offer novel therapies for the restoration of dopamine ...
Dec 10, 2007
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Photonic crystal fibre’s ability to create broad spectra of light, which will be the basis for important developments in technology, has been explained for the first time in an article in the leading science journal Nature ...
General Physics
Dec 10, 2007
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Britain's secretary of business reportedly is backing a plan to have wind farms power all homes in the United Kingdom within 13 years.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 10, 2007
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Rare whooping cranes have appeared in an Illinois county for the first time since the 1800s.
Dec 10, 2007
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