Harvest biofuel algae with microbubbles
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Thanks to microbubble technology, harvesting algae for use as a biofuel could become easier and more affordable. Continue…
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Science & Technology - Nov 11, 2011 13:48 - 0 Comments
Whiskers’ key role in reptile-mammal split
U. SHEFFIELD (US) — New research comparing rats and mice with marsupials suggests moveable whiskers were an important milestone in the evolution of mammals from reptiles. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 4, 2011 11:15 - 1 Comment
Bone med: Mixed blessing for breast cancer
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — A drug commonly used to protect bone boosts disease-free survival in postmenopausal breast cancer patients—but may have an adverse effect on younger women. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 19, 2011 12:21 - 2 Comments
Gel shines bright to spot bacteria
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Polymers that light up in the presence of bacteria could offer a new way to quickly detect infected wounds. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 14, 2011 11:39 - 0 Comments
Fossils show early love of sun and sex
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Fossils found on remote lochs on the west coast of Scotland are illuminating the key moment in evolutionary time when life made the leap to land. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 24, 2011 12:13 - 1 Comment
Solar waves in UK-size magnetic hole
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Massive waves in giant magnetic holes on the surface of the Sun have been discovered for the first time. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 24, 2011 13:48 - 0 Comments
Mutation’s inside role in deafness
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — A mutation of a specific microRNA appears to prevent development of the auditory sensory hair cells in the inner ear, leading to hearing loss and deafness. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 11, 2010 13:50 - 0 Comments
Deaf adults have highly tuned vision
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Children born deaf are slower to react to objects in their peripheral vision than hearing people, but teens and adults who have been deaf since birth react faster than their hearing peers. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 28, 2010 13:01 - 0 Comments
Fruit fly embryo in focus
U. SHEFFIELD (US) — This image of a fruit fly embryo was taken when it was only 20 hours old and about the size of a needle’s eye. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 20, 2010 12:27 - 0 Comments
Edit brain to treat Parkinson’s
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Removal of part of the brain could help sufferers of Parkinson’s disease regain smooth initiation of movement. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 23, 2010 12:19 - 1 Comment
Why cuckoos crack early
U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—How is a cuckoo chick able to hatch in advance of its nest mates—an advantage that allows them to brutally evict the others? (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 21, 2010 13:35 - 1 Comment
Is climate change helping marmots bulk up?
U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—Longer summers brought on by climate change are giving mountain marmots an earlier wake-up call from hibernation, allowing them more time to gain weight and reproduce, according to a new study. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 23, 2010 11:47 - 0 Comments
Physicists record Sun’s good vibrations
U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—Solar physicists have recorded the musical sounds created by longitudinal vibrations within the Sun’s atmosphere—and revealed that the sounds are caused by the movement of giant magnetic loops in the solar corona. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 22, 2010 13:07 - 1 Comment
Effort in Philippines to grow robust rice
U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—An effort to use modern molecular tools to produce a more efficient and higher-yielding form of rice to ease the threat of hunger for the poor is under way in the Philippines. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 10, 2010 14:21 - 0 Comments
English summers heating up earlier
U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—The onset of summer-like temperatures in England has been advancing since the mid 1950s, a new study shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 3, 2010 11:39 - 0 Comments
Microbe ‘housekeepers’ clean up seaside
SHEFFIELD (UK)—Marine life could be protected from the lethal effects of plastic pollution by coastal microbes that interact with waste in the seabed. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 10, 2010 13:39 - 2 Comments
Eggshells preserve elephant bird DNA
Like an outsized ostrich, Aepyornis stood nearly 3m high and its eggs are the largest bird eggs ever known, with a capacity of 11 litres—equivalent to 180-240 chicken eggs or seven ostrich eggs. Most of the birds appear to have died out before AD 1000, when a lost civilization emerged in the south of Madagascar. (Courtesy: U. Sheffield)
Science & Technology - Mar 8, 2010 13:18 - 0 Comments
Mega-tsunamis stoke up solar atmosphere
U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—Physicists from the University of Sheffield are scheduled to reveal their recent discovery of transition region quakes on the Sun. The finding could shed light on solar mega-tsunamis. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 1, 2010 12:28 - 1 Comment
Online access to a world of grass
U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—GrassPortal, a new online resource for scientists and the public, will allow any of the world’s 11,000 species of grasses to be defined by its geographical range, climate preferences, and evolutionary relationships to other species. (more…)
