Scientists since the early '90s have seen the potential for cleaning up contaminated sites by growing plants able to take up nasty groundwater pollutants through their roots. Then the plants break certain kinds of pollutants ...
Oct 15, 2007
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An ecologist at Washington University in St. Louis has discovered that after ponds dry up through drought in a region, when they revive, the community of species in each pond tends to be very similar to one another, like ...
Oct 15, 2007
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A British research team from the University of Plymouth is developing a new method of tracking changes in Arctic sea ice over the past 1,000 years.
Earth Sciences
Oct 15, 2007
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A final decision is expected this week regarding the launch date for space shuttle Discovery's next mission to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Oct 15, 2007
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In a long-standing enigma of economics and psychology, humans tend to immediately value an item they've just been given more highly than the maximum amount they would have paid if they had acquired it themselves. This tendency, ...
Oct 15, 2007
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Scientists studying biological systems at the molecular level now have a new hybrid technique to probe the dynamics of the Holliday junction. The Holliday junction is a four-stranded DNA structure that forms during a process ...
Oct 15, 2007
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IBM scientists have measured distribution of electrical charges in tubes of carbon that measure less than 2 nanometers in diameter, 50,000 times thinner than a strand of human hair. The technique provides a better understanding ...
Nanophysics
Oct 15, 2007
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Universal Music plans to launch a new mobile music service where all songs will be free, according to a recent article in BusinessWeek. To be called "Total Music," the concept would include iPod alternatives that come with ...
Mirrors hold the hopes of the 2007 University of Michigan Solar Car Team. The storied student organization with more than 100 members has a potentially game-changing car design for the upcoming Panasonic World Solar Challenge, ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 15, 2007
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The sun’s rays give life, but also take it away. Singlet oxygen, a byproduct of the photosynthetic process by which certain cells convert sunlight into energy, is a highly toxic and reactive substance that tears cells apart. ...
Oct 15, 2007
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