Antarctica: Return of the Weddell polynya supports Kiel climate model
Aerial view of the polynya in the Southern Ocean.
Credit: Jan Lieser, ACE CRC, Australia
Currently, winter has still a firm grip on Antarctica. At this...
Green tea ingredient may ameliorate memory impairment, brain insulin resistance, and obesity
Green tea.
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A study published online in The FASEB Journal, involving mice, suggests that EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate), the most abundant catechin and...
The hormone that could be making your dog aggressive discovered
Why do some dogs get aggressive?
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For some dog owners, a leisurely walk can turn stressful the moment their canine companion...
Genes that separate humans from fruit flies found
What makes us so different to a sea urchin? Sea urchins have just one NCoR gene, while humans have two.
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Genes...
Insecticides damage bee socialization and learning skills, study reports
Bees.
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The effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on bees has been widely covered in the news recently, with laboratory-based studies...
New chemical reaction could eventually yield new fuels and medications
A new technique created by Brian Shao, Alex Bagdasarian, Stasik Popov and Hosea Nelson (from left) allows complex molecules to be assembled in fewer...
Sensing with a twist: A new kind of optical nanosensor uses torque for signal...
Schematic (animated) of torsional optomechanical resonator for sensing and frequency mixing.
Credit: Jianguo Huang
The world of nanosensors may be physically small, but the demand is...
Hackers could use brainwaves to steal passwords, study finds
Portrait of young man with EEG headset on. (Stock image)
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Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham suggest that brainwave-sensing...
A fresh look at older data yields a surprise near the Martian equator
A new paper suggests hydrogen—possibly water ice—in the Medusa Fossae area of Mars, which is in an equatorial region of the planet to the...
