 A potted history of milk August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans were processing cattle milk in pottery vessels more than two thousand years earlier than previously thought, according to new research from the University of Bristol. | |
 Hunting the elusive L-function August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There was a lot of excitement last month about ‘L-functions’. A PhD student in the Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol, Ce Bian, in collaboration with his supervisor, Dr Andrew ... | |
Hot peppers really do bring the heat August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Chili peppers can do more than just make you feel hot, reports a study in the August 1 Journal of Biological Chemistry; the active chemical in peppers can directly induce thermogenesis, the process by which cells convert ... | |
Humans' response to risk can be unnecessarily dangerous, study August 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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The traffic light ahead of you is turning yellow. Do you gun the engine and speed through the intersection, trusting that others will wait for their green, or do you slow down and wait your turn? | |
Scientists a step closer to producing fuel from bacteria August 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Scientists at the University of Sheffield have shown how bacteria could be used as a future fuel. The research, published in the journal Bioinformatics, could have significant implications for the environment and the ... | |
 Duck-billed dinosaurs outgrew predators to survive August 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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With long limbs and a soft body, the duck-billed hadrosaur had few defenses against predators such as tyrannosaurs. But new research on the bones of this plant-eating dinosaur suggests that it had at least ... | |
Tuning in to a new language on the fly: Effects of context and seasonality on songbird brain August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Research conducted at Rutgers University has shown that exposure to a changed acoustic and social environment can rewire the way the brain processes sounds. Beginning in the cochlea of the inner ear, nerve cells of the auditory ... | |
 Arctic Map plots new 'gold rush' August 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Researchers at Durham University have drawn up the first ever 'Arctic Map' to show the disputed territories that states might lay claim to in the future. | |
 Spiders Who Eat Together, Stay Together August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to work together and capture larger prey has allowed social spiders to stretch the laws of nature and reach enormous colony sizes, UBC zoologists have found. | |
 Multi-tasking maggots in superbug showdown August 05, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Scientists at Swansea University (Wales, UK) have discovered a new type of antibiotic in maggot secretions that can tackle up to 12 different strains of MRSA, as well as E. coli and C. difficile. The research ... | |
 Entomologists play matchmakers for cerambycid beetles August 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cerambycid beetles, also known as long-horned beetles, can cause severe damage to standing trees, logs and lumber. How then might they be promptly detected and their numbers swiftly controlled? ... | |
 Booger is back: Woman receives 5 cloned puppies August 05, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Booger is back. An American woman received five puppies Tuesday that were cloned from her beloved late pitbull, becoming the inaugural customer of a South Korean company that says it is the world's ... | |
Memory, depression, insomnia -- and worms? August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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Researchers have spent decades probing the causes of depression, schizophrenia and insomnia in humans. But a new study may have uncovered key insights into the origins of these and other conditions by examining a most unlikely ... | |
 Scientists discover 'Planet of the Apes' August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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The world's population of critically endangered western lowland gorillas received a huge boost today when the Wildlife Conservation Society released a census showing massive numbers of these secretive great ... | |
 US woman cuddles clones of beloved former pet pit bull August 05, 2008 | User rating: 2.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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An America woman blinked back tears of joy Tuesday as she cuddled puppies cloned in South Korea from her beloved former pit bull terrier. | |
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