Lebanon's southern city of Sidon is best known for its Crusader castle and ancient market, but a more modern landmark has marred its Mediterranean shoreline for decades—a towering "mountain" of trash.
Environment
Dec 11, 2014
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An ageing population means that increasing numbers of people – predominantly women – need to spend time caring for elderly relatives. These carers experience high levels of stress; and if they are also in work, their ...
Social Sciences
Dec 11, 2014
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The LICARA guidelines are geared towards small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from all branches of industry, and help weigh up the pros and cons of nanomaterials and make decisions on their use. The guidelines also do ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 11, 2014
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Galvanic replacement reactions provide an elegant way of transforming solid nanoparticles into complex hollow morphologies. Conventionally, galvanic replacement is studied by stopping the reaction at different stages and ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 11, 2014
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A walking molecule, so small that it cannot be observed directly with a microscope, has been recorded taking its first nanometre-sized steps.
Nanophysics
Dec 11, 2014
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From the International Space Station, Expedition 42 Commander Barry Wilmore took this photograph of the Great Lakes and central U.S. on Dec. 7, 2014, and posted it to social media.
Space Exploration
Dec 11, 2014
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Cloudy tap water may have a greater effect for California's rural immigrants than merely leaving behind a bad taste, according to a new policy brief released by the Center for Poverty Research at the University of California, ...
Environment
Dec 11, 2014
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When the time comes for Wisconsin's organic farmers to decide which crops to plant next year, they'll have a tasty new variety of sweet corn—with a particularly sweet name—among their choices.
Biotechnology
Dec 11, 2014
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It's a cliché to say it takes a village to raise a child, but it's a cliché some creatures have taken to heart.
Ecology
Dec 11, 2014
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At Japan's National Institute for Materials Science, Senior Researcher Kazunori Sugiyasu and co-workers (Polymer Materials Unit, Advanced Key Technologies Division) developed a method for preprogramming the timing of molecules ...
Materials Science
Dec 11, 2014
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