Social status promotes faster wound healing in wild baboons
Turns out it's not bad being top dog, or in this case, top baboon.
Turns out it's not bad being top dog, or in this case, top baboon.
Plants & Animals
May 21, 2012
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Imagine charging your phone as you walk, thanks to a paper-thin generator embedded in the sole of your shoe. This futuristic scenario is now a little closer to reality. Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence ...
Bio & Medicine
May 13, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Taking advantage of the force generated by magnetic repulsion, researchers have developed a new technique for measuring the adhesion strength between thin films of materials used in microelectronic devices, ...
Condensed Matter
Apr 12, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nerve gases are colorless, odorless, tasteless and deadly. While today's soldiers carry masks and other protective gear, they don't have reliable ways of knowing when they need them in time. That could change, ...
Materials Science
Mar 13, 2012
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A new power scheme for cardiac pacemakers turns to an unlikely source: vibrations from heartbeats themselves.
General Physics
Mar 2, 2012
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Cells trying to keep pace with constantly changing environmental conditions need to strike a fine balance between maintaining their genomic integrity and allowing enough genetic flexibility to adapt to inhospitable conditions. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 29, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It is widely held that coral bleaching occurs when temperatures and solar radiation are high, overwhelming antioxidant defenses in the algal endosymbionts and their coral hosts. Little understood are the ...
Environment
Aug 26, 2011
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Nuclear power is a major component of our nation's long-term clean-energy future, but the technology has come under increased scrutiny in the wake of Japan's recent Fukushima disaster. Indeed, many nations have called for ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 26, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The development of a new measurement technology under a research project funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the National Science Foundation is probing the structure of composite and ...
Biochemistry
Mar 4, 2011
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Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and researchers from Stanford University have developed a novel combination of elements that yields a unique nanostructure material for packaging. This advance should allow longer ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 24, 2011
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