Sparks literally fly when a sperm and an egg hit it off. The fertilized mammalian egg releases from its surface billions of zinc atoms in "zinc sparks," one wave after another, a Northwestern University-led interdisciplinary ...
Biochemistry
Dec 15, 2014
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A Dutch privacy watchdog on Monday ordered Google to make changes to the way it handles users' personal data or face fines of up to 15 million euros ($18.7 million).
Internet
Dec 15, 2014
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Traditional genomic, proteomic and other screening methods currently used to characterize drug mechanisms are time-consuming and require special equipment, but now researchers led by chemist Vincent Rotello at the University ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 15, 2014
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The rate at which carbon emissions warmed Earth's climate almost 56 million years ago resembles modern, human-caused global warming much more than previously believed, but involved two pulses of carbon to the atmosphere, ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2014
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New research into an Icelandic eruption has shed light on how the Earth's crust forms, according to a paper published today in Nature.
Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2014
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Advocates of biotech crops and those who favor traditional farming practices such as crop diversity often seem worlds apart, but a new study shows that these two approaches can be compatible. An international team led by ...
Biotechnology
Dec 15, 2014
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When someone you know is wearing an unfamiliar hat, you might not recognize them. Georgia Institute of Technology researchers are using just such a disguise to sneak biomaterials containing peptide signaling molecules into ...
Materials Science
Dec 15, 2014
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The top 10 video games of 2014, according to Lou Kesten:
Software
Dec 15, 2014
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Cervical cancer is, in many ways, a shining example of how successful the war on cancer can be. Thanks largely to the advent of Pap smear screening, U.S. cervical cancer deaths decreased dramatically, by more than 60 percent, ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 15, 2014
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Squid, what is it good for? You can eat it and you can make ink or dye from it, and now a Penn State team of researchers is using it to make a thermoplastic that can be used in 3-D printing.
Materials Science
Dec 15, 2014
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