Modern life freaks out the clock in your brain
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Researchers have identified the wiring that sets the accuracy of the brain’s biological clock to within a few minutes out of the 1,440 minutes per day. Continue…
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Top Stories - Apr 23, 2013 6:27 - 0 Comments
Did sand in meteorites come from supernova?
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Two tiny grains of silica found in primitive meteorites could be from the same supernova, a massive star that exploded at the end of its life. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 26, 2013 7:52 - 1 Comment
Is the weather getting stormier?
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Researchers sifted through 70 years of hourly precipitation data from 13 US sites to find out if the weather is getting stormier as the climate warms. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 1, 2013 12:08 - 0 Comments
Plants and pollinators falling out of sync
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Using historical records about plants and pollinators, scientists have found that today’s pollination networks aren’t as robust as they were about 100 years ago. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 18, 2013 15:53 - 3 Comments
Cheating amoebae don’t pay the price
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Scientists have found a gene that allows amoebae to pass on more than their fair share of their genes without compromising their overall fitness. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 3, 2012 12:20 - 0 Comments
Team to launch balloon into polar vortex
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS / CALTECH (US) — Scientists are poised to send a two-ton balloon-borne cosmic-ray experiment called Super-TIGER into the high-altitude polar vortex over Antarctica. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 21, 2012 14:51 - 0 Comments
Tiny probes light up to spot signs of disease
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Scientists have designed very small probes that can bind to biomarkers of disease and, when swept by an infrared laser, light up to reveal their location. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 18, 2012 6:38 - 0 Comments
Zinc hints at Moon’s smash-up birth
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Evidence suggests the Moon was born in a flaming blaze of glory when a body the size of Mars collided with the early Earth. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 15, 2012 11:15 - 0 Comments
Scientists build biggest gene circuit yet
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Scientists have made the largest gene circuit ever reported—a step toward programming engineered bacteria to clean, produce biofuel, or fight infection. (more…)
Top Stories - Aug 3, 2012 10:59 - 0 Comments
Planet-hunting scientists vaporize Earth
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY – ST. LOUIS (US) — Scientists have vaporized Earth—a threat usually reserved for hostile aliens—in the search for super-Earths. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 31, 2012 14:27 - 0 Comments
Scientists ‘read’ the minds of monkeys
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — By looking at neuron activity, scientists have been able to effectively read monkeys’ minds as they plan to solve a problem. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 30, 2012 12:01 - 1 Comment
Mega avalanches on Saturn moon puzzle scientists
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Giant icy avalanches on Saturn’s moon Iapetus fall from great heights. The ice reaches high speeds—and then something odd happens. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 5, 2012 15:06 - 0 Comments
Invasive flower sets off chain reaction
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — The chain of interactions triggered by the invasive plant purple loosestrife alters the zooplankton diversity in artificial ponds—and confirms a central tenet of ecology. (more…)
Top Stories - Jun 7, 2012 11:36 - 0 Comments
Without key gene, male flies don’t feel sexy
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Researchers have identified a gene that seems to unleash the fruit fly’s highly stylized and repetitive courtship ritual. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 18, 2012 11:58 - 1 Comment
RNA snippets direct worker bee tasks
WASHINGTON U.- ST. LOUIS (US) — Worker bees’ tasks change as they age, and a new study finds that tiny bits of RNA control this behavior shift. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 27, 2012 9:13 - 0 Comments
Imaging with sound puts down the scalpel
WASHINGTON U.-ST.LOUIS (US) — Photoacoustic tomography is allowing scientists to virtually peel away the top several inches of flesh to see what lies beneath. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 26, 2012 16:46 - 0 Comments
Mariana trench fuels volcanoes and quakes
WASHINGTON U.-ST.LOUIS (US) — A seismic survey of the Mariana trench investigated how water moves through the subduction zone, including related seismic and volcanic activity. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 5, 2012 11:17 - 0 Comments
Signal ‘remodels’ the body from larva to fly
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — New research helps explain how biochemical signals prompt the dramatic body changes in a fruit fly’s lifecycle. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 29, 2012 14:18 - 0 Comments
Like tiny predators, ticks hunt wary prey
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Ticks hunt potential hosts like predators after prey, and those host animals are more wary of parasites than previously thought. (more…)
