The effectiveness of permethrin, an important mosquito-fighting insecticide, may be impaired by global warming, according to a recent study. People involved in mosquito-control efforts should take temperature into account when …read more Source:: Science
Day: November 30, 2015
Retinal nerve cells grown in the lab
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A method to efficiently turn human stem cells into retinal ganglion cells, the type of nerve cells located within the retina that transmit visual signals from the eye to the …read more Source:: Science
Climate can grind mountains faster than they can be rebuilt
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For the first time, researchers have attempted to measure all the material leaving and entering a mountain range over more than a million years, and discovered that erosion caused by …read more Source:: Science
Looking Back 3.8 Billion Years Into the Root of the ‘Tree of Life’
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Researchers are tapping information found in the cells of all life on Earth, and using it to trace life’s evolution. …read more Source:: Science
Strolling salamanders provide clues on how animals evolved to move from water to land
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Around 390 million years ago, the first vertebrate animals moved fromwater onto land, necessitating changes in their musculoskeletal systems to permit aterrestrial life. Forelimbs and hind limbs of the first …read more Source:: Science
Bonobos documented for first time using ancient pre-agricultural tools, breaking bones, and using spears as attack weapons
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Biologists have documented groups of bonobos performing complex actions to extract food — a characteristic that has hitherto been regarded as an exclusive evolutionary advantage of archaic pre-humans. …read more Source:: Science
Runaway ice loss in Antarctica
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By studying rocks at different elevations beside the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, scientists have concluded that a period of rapid glacier thinning occurred in the recent geological past, and persisted …read more Source:: Science
Hypersonic rocket engine could revolutionize space flight
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Oxfordshire-based Reaction Engines are developing a new aerospace engine class that combines both jet and rocket technologies. They call it the greatest advance in propulsion since the jet engine; potentially …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Japanese scientists create touchable holograms
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A group of Japanese scientists have created touchable holograms, three dimensional virtual objects that can be manipulated by human hand. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
China plans to launch carbon-tracking satellites into space
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China plans to launch satellites to monitor its greenhouse gas emissions as the country, estimated to be the world’s top carbon emitter, steps up its efforts to …read more Source:: UKScienceNews