The meeting between a Neanderthal and one of the first humans, which we used to picture in our minds, did not happen on the Iberian Peninsula. That is the conclusion reached by an international team of researchers from the ...
Archaeology
Apr 14, 2014
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Why do environmental pollutants accumulate in the cold polar regions? This may not only be due to the fact that many substances are less volatile at low temperatures, as has been long suspected, but also to their extremely ...
Environment
Apr 14, 2014
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The substance ivermectin has been used for more than thirty years all over the world to combat parasites like roundworms, lice and mites in humans, livestock and pets. The active ingredient belongs to the chemical group of ...
Ecology
Apr 14, 2014
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Personal data for as many as 900 Canadian taxpayers was stolen after being made vulnerable by the "Heartbleed" bug, officials in Ottawa said on Monday.
Security
Apr 14, 2014
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"Yay, it's Nick! How can I help?" Thanks for asking, Cortana. And thanks for making the Windows phone software better, Microsoft.
Software
Apr 14, 2014
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Indoor air quality (IAQ) influences the health and well-being of people but for the last 20 years there has been a growing concern about pollutants in closed environments, the difficulty in identifying them and their critical ...
Engineering
Apr 14, 2014
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Hand scanning has become an alternative payment method for people in a city in southern Sweden, researchers at Lund University said Monday.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 14, 2014
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The research group including AIMR and NIMS developed a new advanced system, combining a super-resolution microscope and a deposition chamber for growing oxide thin films. With this system, they successfully observed for the ...
Nanophysics
Apr 14, 2014
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In a world first, a Curtin University physicist used data from the International Space Station to map coastal bathymetry (underwater terrain).
Earth Sciences
Apr 14, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A bright blue tadpole appears to swim through the inky blackness of space. Known as IRAS 20324+4057 but dubbed "the Tadpole", this clump of gas and dust has given birth to a bright protostar, one of the earliest ...
Astronomy
Apr 14, 2014
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