science
Left-handed people are more likely to have a slender face
Slender faces are also associated with overbites and left-handedness.
Credit: Courtesy of Philippe Hujoel
Individuals with a slender lower face are about 25 percent more likely...
Innovative ‘Smart Scar-Care’ pad to create a ‘scar-less’ world
The “Smart Scar-Care” pad designed by Professor Cecilia Li-Tsang in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, PolyU, serves the dual functions of reinforcing pressure and...
Ice cave in Transylvania yields window into region’s past
Panoramic view of an ice cliff inside the Sc?ri?oara Ice Cave, where the research was done.
Credit: Gigi Fratila & Claudiu Szabo
Ice cores drilled from...
Solar system: New insights into ring system
Visualization was constructed from simulation of Chariklo's double ring.
Credit: Shugo Michikoshi, Eiichiro Kokubo, Hirotaka Nakayama, 4D2U Project, NAOJ
A team of researchers in Japan modeled...
The world’s fastest film camera: When light practically stands still
The new camera was developed for filming chemistry and physics occurring at extreme speeds.
Credit: Image courtesy of Lund University
Forget high-speed cameras capturing 100,000 images...
Success in the 3-D bioprinting of cartilage
This is Stina Simonsson.
Credit: Elin Lindström Claessen
A team of researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy has managed to generate cartilage tissue by printing stem cells using...
Study revises the development, evolutionary origin of the vertebrate brain
Researchers identify a new region, named DiMes, which is an homologous region to the one in a common ancestor for vertebrates.
Credit: University of Murcia;...
Testosterone makes men less likely to question their impulses
Does testosterone make men feel more right? (stock image)
Credit: © Romolo Tavani / Fotolia
Hotheaded, impulsive men who shoot first and ask questions later are...
Bonobos may be better representation of last common ancestor with humans...
A new study examining the muscular system of bonobos provides firsthand evidence that the rare great ape species may be more closely linked to...
Engineers investigate a simple, no-bake recipe to make bricks from Martian...
This is a brick made of Martian soil simulant compacted under pressure. The brick was made without any additional ingredients and without baking.
Credit: Jacobs...
Gender differences in depression appear at age 12
The analysis, based on existing studies that looked at more than 3.5 million people in more than 90 countries, confirmed that depression affects far...
