Wind turbines are an increasingly popular way to generate clean energy with large-scale wind farms springing up all over the…
Month: October 2010
Cheek Swab May Detect Lung Cancer
Early detection is critical for improving cancer survival rates. Yet, one of the deadliest cancers in the United States, lung…
Ship sewage banned in Baltic Sea
Ship sewage will no longer be allowed to foul the Baltic Sea. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) on Friday agreed…
Oldest Evidence for Dinosaurs in Tiny Footprints
The earliest known fossils associated with dinosaurs have been identified in 250-million-year-old rocks from Poland.The fossils — footprints made by…
“Hidden” Language Found in Remote Indian Tribe
A “hidden” language has been documented in an isolated hill tribe in a northeastern Indian region considered a “black hole”…
Tube-Nosed Bat & other Rare Species Found
This tube-nosed fruit bat is just one of the roughly 200 species encountered during two scientific expeditions to Papua New…
Body organs can send status updates to your cellphone
For cardiac patients such as myself, too much excitement can be a shocking experience. If my heart rate gets too…
First frictionless superfluid created
CHILL them enough and some atoms creep up walls or stay still while the bowl they sit in rotates, thanks…
Ice “Tsunamis” Detected in Saturn Ring
The gravitational pull of Saturn‘s largest moon, Titan, causes giant, circling “tsunamis” of icy particles in one of the planet’s…
Scientists develop new technique to reattach teeth using stem cells
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have for the first time developed and successfully tested a new approach…