Earth & Environment - Sep 14, 2010 10:53 - 0 Comments

Cuckoo bees’ history book needs a rewrite

CORNELL (US)—The evolutionary history of the bee family Apidae—which has the largest number of species and includes honeybees—may need a major revision, according to a new study. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Sep 13, 2010 13:52 - 0 Comments

Elephants go nocturnal to avoid humans

CORNELL (US)—Dynamite explosions don’t bother elephants, but nearby human activity causes them to dramatically change their behavior. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Sep 9, 2010 11:39 - 0 Comments

Helping African farmers help themselves

CORNELL (US)—Two efforts led by researchers at Cornell University aim to improve soil health and advance plant breeding on small farms in Africa to lessen food insecurity, hunger, and poverty. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Sep 8, 2010 10:04 - 1 Comment

Beetle bearing down on ash trees

CORNELL (US)—The emerald ash borer has the potential to devastate ash trees in the Northeast and is already taking a toll in western New York just over a year since its arrival in the state. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Sep 1, 2010 9:09 - 1 Comment

Cigarette smoking: Unsafe at any level

CORNELL (US)—Exposure to even low-levels of cigarette smoke may put people at risk for future lung disease, including lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a new study. (more…)

Society & Culture - Aug 31, 2010 12:24 - 2 Comments

Men who earn less, cheat more

CORNELL (US)—Men who aren’t the primary breadwinners in a relationship are more likely to be unfaithful, according to a new study. But, it’s not about the money, says the lead researcher. It’s about sexual identity. (more…)

Science & Technology - Aug 24, 2010 12:02 - 1 Comment

Oxide goes from dull to dreamy

CORNELL (US)—There’s nothing particularly exciting about the oxide compound europium titanate—until it’s sliced nanometers thin and physically stretched on a specially designed template. (more…)

Science & Technology - Aug 24, 2010 10:54 - 0 Comments

Is the moon (still) shrinking?

CORNELL (US)—The highest-resolution images ever taken of the moon have revealed clifflike formations called scarps that suggest the lunar surface shrank within the last 1 billion years—and possibly more recently than that. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Aug 20, 2010 15:23 - 0 Comments

Aphid immunity shaped by friendly bacteria

CORNELL (US)—Conventional thinking says that animal immune systems have evolved to defend against harmful microorganisms, but what role do friendly bacteria play in shaping animal immunity? (more…)

Society & Culture - Aug 18, 2010 15:43 - 2 Comments

Committed relationships ease stress

U. CHICAGO (US)—Being married has often been associated with improving people’s health. Now a new study suggests that having that long–term bond also alters hormones in a way that reduces stress. (more…)

Science & Technology - Aug 18, 2010 13:50 - 2 Comments

How to find a pulsar with your home PC

CORNELL (US)—Three people on two continents have discovered a lone pulsar approximately 17,000 light years away in the constellation Vulpecula. And they did it using their home computers. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Aug 16, 2010 16:41 - 1 Comment

How to reduce CO2 emissions by 12 percent

CORNELL (US)—If every bit of biomass that could be collected sustainably were converted to biochar and the gas produced in the conversion process used for energy, new research suggests that greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans could be reduced by 12 percent annually. (more…)

Science & Technology - Aug 10, 2010 11:04 - 0 Comments

Affordable, stable fuel cells from platinum

CORNELL (US)—Researchers have discovered that platinum nanoparticles could be the catalyst that make fuel cells more stable, cost-effective, and more resistant to carbon monoxide poisoning. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Aug 9, 2010 13:44 - 0 Comments

Ladybugs gobble up ‘fearless’ aphids

CORNELL (US)—Aphids that are raised on plants genetically engineered to emit a compound that warns of a predator, become so accustomed to the chemical they no longer respond to it—even when a predator is really present. (more…)

Science & Technology - Aug 4, 2010 11:51 - 0 Comments

Thank your neck for a better brain

CORNELL/NYU (US)—By deciphering the genetics in humans and fish, scientists now believe that the neck—the lowly body part between head and shoulders—gave humans so much freedom of movement that it played a major role in the evolution of the human brain. (more…)

Science & Technology - Aug 4, 2010 10:23 - 0 Comments

NASA telescope spots buckyballs in space

CORNELL (US)—Researchers using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope’s Infrared Spectrograph have detected fullerenes, or buckyballs—carbon structures long thought to be likely features of the interstellar medium, but never before observed. (more…)

Science & Technology - Aug 3, 2010 16:11 - 0 Comments

No moon rings around Saturn’s Rhea

CORNELL (US)—Something unknown is causing a strange, symmetrical structure in the charged-particle environment around Rhea, Saturn’s second-largest moon. But contrary to 2008 reports, it’s not a system of rings. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jul 27, 2010 10:43 - 1 Comment

Can ‘me, me, me’ be good for workplace ‘we’?

CORNELL (US)—Employees with an inflated ego may be self-aggrandizing, self-indulgent, and self-absorbed, but they may actually be good for the workplace—if anyone can stand to be around them. (more…)

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