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Wood Stress and Woodquakes. How Hard is Your Wood?

23/07/2015

The sound we hear when we listen to wood is analogous to seismic waves released by earthquakes. Examining wood stress, fundamentally, at last....

Luis Lamar, Woods Hood Oceanographic Institution feature size

Pirates (near) the Caribbean? Centuries-Old Shipwreck Discovered

22/07/2015

Our accidental find illustrates the rewards -- and the challenge and uncertainty -- of working in the deep ocean," ...

goby by Carole Baldwin and Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Institution

Meet the Deepwater Goby Fish that Science Missed

22/07/2015

By thoroughly investigating reef ecosystems that lie just below shallow coral reefs, describing new species, documenting depth ranges of new and known species, we are providing the baseline...

What Were the Skies Like Before Fossil Fuels?

21/07/2015

"Life in the ocean has a big effect on clouds," said co-author Dennis Hartmann, a UW professor of atmospheric sciences....

Coaches Can Help Prevent Sports Injuries

20/07/2015

Teaching coaches about the prevention of sports injuries and contact restrictions pays off, say researchers who tracked injury rates among youth football players...

Too Much Telly Gets Your Toddler… Bullied?!

19/07/2015

The toddler 's TV watching habits were reported by their parents and their victimization in grade 6 was self-reported by the children themselves....

Why Do You Notice Human Screams, But Not Jetplanes?

17/07/2015

Screaming really works," Poeppel says. "It is one of the earliest sounds that everyone makes...

Photocatalytic reactor by Fariborz Haghighat

Cleaners that Kill

17/07/2015

Imagine if, in an effort to clean the air more efficiently, you were involuntarily introducing chemicals more dangerous than the ones you were trying to scrub. ...

All About the Self Esteem? Obese Teens in Denial

16/07/2015

an increasing number of overweight adolescents do not consider themselves as obese teens....

Carola Petersen, Hinrich Schulenburg, Kiel University

Highway Slime : Worms Hitchhike on (and in) Slugs

15/07/2015

Worms invaded the guts of slugs, survived and proliferated within the intestines, and were subsequently excreted alive with the slug feces....

Seeking (and finding) the Soft-Bodied Jumping Robot

14/07/2015

By seamlessly blending soft and rigid body parts -- a structural innovation used by animals and insects -- a team of Harvard scientists has created a new kind of durable, soft-bodied jumping robot...

Do Men Feel Threatened By Female Bosses?

13/07/2015

In three experiments, Netchaeva and her co-authors discovered that men feel more threatened when they answer to female bosses....

Can Windfarms Hurt You… With Bass Sounds?

12/07/2015

an international team of experts dealt with the fundamentals of hearing in the lower limit range of the audible frequency range (i.e. infrasound), but also in the upper limit range (i.e. ultrasound)....

Magnetosphere Waves by Credits S. Kavosi/J. Raeder/UNH

Magnetosphere Waves Look Perfectly Surfable

11/07/2015

Magnetosphere waves : two recently published papers highlight these shapely waves at the boundaries of near-Earth space....

Goat Meat, The Meat on the Street, We Love to Eat

10/07/2015

Goat meat is becoming more popular in America, and in large part it's been due to the desire of immigrants to retain the tastes and preferences of their country of origin...

Smartphone App Says ‘Go Home, You’re Drunk’

09/07/2015

The Alcohol Tracker smartphone app enables users to log the number of beers/shots/glasses of wine they have knocked back on a given day which it then tots up for them in units...

Working those Muscles in Artificial Gravity

08/07/2015

For the first time, we're showing there's a symbiosis when one combines the best aspects of exercise, and the best aspects of artificial gravity. ...

Next-Generation Hydrogel Sprayskin : Stretchy Scabs!

07/07/2015

A new protein-based hydrogel sprayskin that, when exposed to light, mimics many of the properties of elastic tissue....

Nobel Laureates Call for Climate Protection

06/07/2015

Without climate protection, our ever-increasing demand for food, water, and energy will eventually overwhelm the Earth's ability to satisfy humanity's needs....

Smokers: What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Smug

05/07/2015

Being around other smokers may be a major reason why cancer survivors are smoking and should be something that is addressed...

Kort Bremer, Hanover Centre for Optical Technologies

Could Your Phone Detect Your Pregnancy?

04/07/2015

Small add-on devices could turn a smartphone's built-in optical components into biosensing technology to monitor diabetes, test for pregnancy, monitor hazardous gases among other applications...

How Does Your Brain Know it’s Summer?

03/07/2015

The brain encodes seasonal changes in daylight duration through GABA activity along with changes in the amount of chloride located inside certain neurons....

Do YOU cover up your cat’s Kill Count?

02/07/2015

Cat owners do not accept that cats are a threat to wildlife, and oppose management strategies...

The Neural Pathway to Deep Sleep : Discovered

01/07/2015

Scientists identify a calcium channel essential for deep sleep ...

It’s Gonna Be a Long Day : NASA Add Extra Time

30/06/2015

"Earth's rotation is gradually slowing down a bit, so leap seconds are a way to account for that,"...

Make Friends and Influence Children – With Veggies

29/06/2015

When Valerie's day included serving green beans she was more likely to be described as "thoughtful", "attentive" and "capable."...

Could Virtual Reality Treat Alcoholism?

28/06/2015

Researchers said they are optimistic about the potential for virtual reality as a therapy for alcohol use disorders....

Iron : Supernova Stardust or Bacteria Burps?

27/06/2015

Ancient microbes were respiring iron just like we respire oxygen. It's a hard thing to wrap your head around...

Want to extend your life expectancy? Wear earplugs

24/06/2015

In London more than 1.6 million people are exposed to daytime road traffic noise levels above 55dB, which the World Health Organization defines as a level of community noise that causes health...