Imagine if oil spills could be completely cleaned up soon after a marine accident. And this could be made possible thanks to none other than warrior microorganisms who attacked and completely broke down the oil. The latter ...
Environment
Sep 11, 2014
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Investigations into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 have revealed the aircraft's cockpit was punctured by a number of "high-energy objects".
Other
Sep 11, 2014
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Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution, first published in 1859, offered a bold new explanation for how animals and plants diversified and still serves as the foundation underpinning all medical and biological research today. ...
Evolution
Sep 11, 2014
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In a joint project, scientists optimized the electrical power of capacitors which will store and release energy charges.
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 11, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A patient sometimes waits days to receive a diagnosis after a trip to the doctor's office or a patient testing service center. And for those suffering from time-sensitive health conditions, like heart attacks ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 11, 2014
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Plastics are made of polymers, which are a challenge for scientists to study. Their chainlike strands of thousands of atoms are tangled up in a spaghetti-like jumble, their motion can be measured at many time scales and they ...
Polymers
Sep 11, 2014
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A hiatus in global warming ongoing since 2001 is due to a combination of a natural cooling phase, known as multidecadal variability (MDV) and a downturn of the secular warming trend. The exact causes of the latter, unique ...
Environment
Sep 11, 2014
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Soil organisms react more sensitive to marketable pesticides when exposed in dry soil and at enhanced temperatures. Both conditions may occur more often in the future due to climate change. Singularly and combined these factors ...
Environment
Sep 11, 2014
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Low income households could increase their savings by over 25 per cent if bank accounts with a regular lottery prize for depositors were introduced in Australia, University of Sydney economists have found.
Economics & Business
Sep 11, 2014
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(Phys.org) —For the first time, scientists have turned human skin cells into transplantable white blood cells, soldiers of the immune system that fight infections and invaders. The work, done at the Salk Institute, could ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 11, 2014
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