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- Astronomy
Cool Cosmos: Orbiting telescope views infrared universe
Astronomers unveiled the first images and spectra taken by the most sensitive and highest-resolution infrared observatory ever sent into space.
By Ron Cowen - Astronomy
Cool Cosmos: Orbiting telescope views infrared universe
Astronomers unveiled the first images and spectra taken by the most sensitive and highest-resolution infrared observatory ever sent into space.
By Ron Cowen - Materials Science
New materials take the heat
Researchers have devised a way to prevent an innovative solar cell material from degrading under high temperatures and prolonged exposure to light.
- Materials Science
New materials take the heat
Researchers have devised a way to prevent an innovative solar cell material from degrading under high temperatures and prolonged exposure to light.
- Materials Science
Drug particle delivers insulin on demand
Injectable polymer nanoparticles could store insulin in the body over several days and release the medication precisely when blood sugar concentrations change.
- Materials Science
Drug particle delivers insulin on demand
Injectable polymer nanoparticles could store insulin in the body over several days and release the medication precisely when blood sugar concentrations change.
- Health & Medicine
Hard mattresses not best for back pain
People sleeping on medium-firm mattresses report less pain than those sleeping on firm mattresses, contradicting a long-held belief that harder is better.
By Nathan Seppa - Health & Medicine
Hard mattresses not best for back pain
People sleeping on medium-firm mattresses report less pain than those sleeping on firm mattresses, contradicting a long-held belief that harder is better.
By Nathan Seppa - Anthropology
Baboons demonstrate social proficiency
Wild baboons exhibit a richer, more complex social life than scientists have often assumed, according to two new studies.
By Bruce Bower - Anthropology
Baboons demonstrate social proficiency
Wild baboons exhibit a richer, more complex social life than scientists have often assumed, according to two new studies.
By Bruce Bower -
Warning issued for trauma debriefing
Efforts to get survivors of a variety of life-threatening situations to vent their emotions in debriefing sessions may do no good, or even cause harm in some cases, a research review finds.
By Bruce Bower -
Warning issued for trauma debriefing
Efforts to get survivors of a variety of life-threatening situations to vent their emotions in debriefing sessions may do no good, or even cause harm in some cases, a research review finds.
By Bruce Bower