» Science & Physics
- No categories
-
To catch a thief, follow his filthy hands
By Escape The Illusion on March 17, 2010 | No Comments
Unique bacterial profiles give criminals another reason to wear gloves. Bacteria may one day help crime scene investigators catch criminals dirty-handed. Having found previously that everyone’s hands carry a unique bacterial population, researchers at the University of Colorado in Boulder have now... -
Formula for Making Teeth Will Soon Be Found, Research...By Escape The Illusion on March 15, 2010 | No Comments
Each cusp of our teeth is regulated by genes which carefully control the development. A similar genetic puzzle also regulates the differentiation of our other organs and of all living organisms. A team of researchers at the Institute of Biotechnology of the University of Helsinki has developed a com... -
Oldest Measurement of Earth’s Magnetic Field Re...By Escape The Illusion on March 14, 2010 | No Comments
Scientists at the University of Rochester have discovered that the Earth’s magnetic field 3.5 billion years ago was only half as strong as it is today, and that this weakness, coupled with a strong wind of energetic particles from the young Sun, likely stripped water from the early Earth̵... -
South American Cities Moved by Chile’s 8.8 Eart...By Escape The Illusion on March 11, 2010 | No Comments
Parts of South America moved up to ten feet westward during the earthquake. The massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck the west coast of Chile last month moved the entire city of Concepcion at least 10 feet to the west, and shifted other parts of South America as far apart as the Falkland Isla... -
Organs on Demand? New Machine Holds Key to ‘Pri...By Escape The Illusion on March 6, 2010 | No Comments
How often do you think about that little notation on your driver’s license that offers your consent to donate your organs in the event of your death? Perhaps you never think of it, but plenty of researchers around the world do, and the reality is that the two biggest challenges of organ transp... -
A measure for the multiverseBy Escape The Illusion on March 3, 2010 | No Comments
WHEN cosmologist George Ellis turned 70 last year, his friends held a party to celebrate. There were speeches and drinks and canapés aplenty to honour the theorist from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, who is regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on general relativity. But... -
NASA radar finds ice on moon’s north poleBy Escape The Illusion on March 1, 2010 | No Comments
A US radar launched into space aboard an Indian spacecraft has detected craters filled with ice on the moon’s north pole, NASA scientists said Monday. The US space agency’s Mini-SAR radar found more than 40 small craters ranging in size from one to nine miles (1.6 to 15 kilometers), eac... -
Ultrasound Beams Could Destroy Stroke-Causing Blood C...By Escape The Illusion on February 19, 2010 | 2 Comments
Physicians usually rely on surgery or drugs to bust blood clots in the brain that might otherwise cause a stroke, but sound waves might provide a third noninvasive choice. U.S. researchers have begun testing an Israeli ultrasound device to see whether it may prove accurate enough to break up a clot ... -
Even Single-Celled Organisms Feed Themselves in ̵...By Escape The Illusion on February 15, 2010 | No Comments
How does a single-celled organism, one of the simplest life forms on Earth, manage to satisfy its nutritional needs? It is by studying social amoebae, elementary organisms that are distantly related to fungi and plants, that Audrey Dussutour, CNRS researcher at the Centre de Recherche sur la Cogniti...
Recent Comments