News
- Climate
Chinese carbon dioxide emissions eclipse efficiency gains
A boost in manufacturing and construction in China led to an increase in carbon dioxide emissions that outstripped any gains from increased energy efficiency.
- Earth
Buckyballs do antimicrobial magic
A new study shows that soccer-ball–shaped carbon nanoparticles can prevent biofilm from gunking up water filters.
- Physics
When the ink hits the page
Scientists investigate the physics of the most printable ink and find the most viscous inks don’t make the grade.
- Archaeology
Horse domestication traced to ancient central Asian culture
New lines of evidence indicate that horses were domesticated for riding and milking more than 5,000 years ago by members of a hunter-gatherer culture in northern Kazakhstan.
- Health & Medicine
Chemotherapy drug may in fact strengthen some cancer cells
Research shows a standard drug for treating brain cancer can actually make some cells more aggressive.
- Tech
Watching Earth for 25 years
The Landsat 5 satellite launched in 1984 with a mission to orbit and image Earth's surface for three years. Still in orbit, the satellite has continuously documented changes in landscape.
- Health & Medicine
New drug shows benefits against nasty asthma
An experimental drug called mepolizumab prevents some emergency asthma attacks in people who no longer benefit from normal doses of steroids.
- Astronomy
These cosmic gluttons may be tight
Researchers may have discovered the most tightly bound pair of supermassive black holes known, an indication that two massive galaxies have merged.
- Agriculture
Gut bacteria ally with Bt
A new study finds that a particular microbe makes caterpillars susceptible to the insecticide.
- Ecosystems
Fish shrinkage reversible, but better hurry
In an experiment, scientists show that, although it takes generations, fish can rebound from evolutionary pressures created by selective harvesting, which has pushed some populations to become small and slow-growing.
- Paleontology
Dinosaur handprints reveal birdlike arm anatomy
Inward-facing palms evolved much earlier than previously recognized, a new study finds.
- Health & Medicine
Popular acid blockers, anticlotting drug don’t mix
Acid-blocking drugs commonly prescribed to cardiac patients upon hospital discharge seem to interfere with an anticlotting drug.
