New Laser-patterning Technique turns metals into dupermaterials
By zapping ordinary metals with femtosecond laser pulses researchers from the University of Rochester in New York have created extraordinary new surfaces that efficiently absorb light, repel water and...
View ArticleNext-generation sequencing offers insight into how species adapt to climate...
Next-generation sequencing allows for the creation and analysis of vast amounts of data about populations and their responses to shifting environmental conditions, including climate change. These data...
View ArticleOxytocin improves social behavior in mice with autism
Olga Peñagarikano and colleagues show in a mouse model of autism that oxytocin can markedly improve social behavior, a benefit that can become long-lasting with early treatment. Oxytocin, a hormone...
View ArticleChronic infection shortens lives and telomeres in birds
Great reed warblers with chronic and mild malaria infections have shorter lives and fewer offspring than uninfected birds, according to a new study by Muhammad Asghar and colleagues. Infected warblers...
View ArticleBefore tools, a human-like hand in hominins?
The first stone tools don’t appear in the archaeological record until about 2.6 million years ago, but researchers have discovered that Australopithecus africanus as well as other, younger hominins...
View ArticleGamma-ray sources detected in large magellanic cloud
The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) Collaboration has identified three sources of high-energy gamma rays in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) galaxy: a pulsar wind nebula, a supernova...
View ArticleSpecial Issue -- Rosetta Begins Its Comet Tale
This special issue of Science highlights new data from the Rosetta spacecraft, which is currently in close orbit around the Jupiter family comet known as 67P. The spacecraft, which receives funding...
View ArticleHemin improves adipocyte morphology and function by enhancing proteins of...
Obesity has escalated in every segment of the population including children, adolescences and adults. In obesity, impaired lipid and glucose metabolism are implicated in the conundrum of...
View ArticleStudy reveals how a cancer-causing virus blocks human immune response
Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of California at San Francisco have revealed how a type of cancer-causing virus outwits the human body's immune response. The...
View ArticleEffects of head injuries in historic Denmark
A study finds an increased risk of early death in men from medieval and early modern Denmark with cranial vault injuries and provides an estimate of the long-term health effects of traumatic brain...
View ArticleClimate and politics in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
A paleoclimate record from the Cuenca Oriental, Mexico, suggests that an arid period between 500 and 1150 CE may have contributed to both the rise and fall of the city of Cantona, according to a...
View ArticleOptical nanoscale antennas
According to a study, nanoscale antennas can enhance the rate of spontaneous emission of optical energy from semiconductors. Just as radio antennas extract electrical signals from electromagnetic...
View ArticleAlso of interest from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
According to a study, electrocortical activity in Broca’s area of the brains of 16 people reading sentences during neurosurgery under local anesthesia correlated with the sound frequencies of the...
View ArticleTargeted biopsy technique associated with increased detection of high-risk...
Among men undergoing biopsy for suspected prostate cancer, targeted magnetic resonance/ultrasound fusion biopsy, compared with a standard biopsy technique, was associated with increased detection of...
View ArticleSurvey indicates willingness of general population to donate tissue samples...
A survey of nearly 1,600 individuals found that the majority were willing to donate tissue samples and medical information to a biobank for research and that most were willing to donate using a...
View ArticleExperimental digital quantum simulation of dynamics of interacting fermion...
Quantum simulation algorithm is used in efficient simulations of quantum systems. Recently, researchers realized experimentally digital quantum simulation of temporal-spatial dynamics of interacting...
View ArticleDisease may impact choice of biomaterial for implants
Disease can have profound effects on the way a biomaterial performs in the body, a new study shows. Taking this into account, the researchers developed a model for selecting biomaterials tailored to...
View ArticleIdentifying credit card users with a few bits of data
It only takes a few bits of information -- things like where you bought coffee on Monday, or maybe where you returned a pair of shoes on Tuesday -- to re-identify you within an anonymized set of...
View ArticleWhy do numbers ascend from left to right?
A new study shows that newborn chicks associate low numerical values with space to their left and higher numerical values with space to their right. The finding suggests that chicks may utilize the...
View ArticleAir circulation limited by earth’s water cycle
If global warming leads to a more intense hydrological cycle, as many models have predicted, it may also reduce the circulation of Earth’s atmosphere, according to a new study. This finding suggests...
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