Smokers would quit with electronic cigarettes
One third of smokers say, in a University of Canterbury survey, they would use a nicotine electronic cigarette to quit now, if it was available.
Smokers sampled...
Stressed proteins can cause blood clots for hours
Physicists probe stress-induced changes in clot-forming protein
HOUSTON — (March 5, 2013) — New research from Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and...
Lessons from cockroaches could inform robotics
ANN ARBOR—Running cockroaches start to recover from being shoved sideways before their dawdling nervous system kicks in to tell their legs what to do,...
NASA puts new spin on black holes
Scientists in the US have successfully used a new NASA telescope to help improve our understanding of how black holes and galaxies evolve. Using...
Mobile phones can make us healthier, researcher tells AAAS audience
More than 6 billion people worldwide (including almost 400 million in the United States) now carry mobile phones, which could be used to enhance...
Bioengineers print ears that look and act like the real thing
Cornell bioengineers and physicians have created an artificial ear that looks and acts like a natural ear, giving new hope to thousands of children...
Hydropower and Geothermal Growth Slows
Hydropower and geothermal technologies are some of the oldest and longest-standing renewable sources of energy in use today. In 2011, the total capacity and use...
Cheap organic materials for spintronics and quantum computing discovered
University of Utah engineers demonstrated it is feasible to build the first organic materials that conduct electricity on their edges, but act as an...
NASA Launches New Earth Observation Satellite to Continue 40-Year Legacy
NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) roared into space at 1:02 p.m. EST (10:02 a.m. PST) Monday aboard an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg...
Photonics: Breakthroughs in Military and solar technology
By creating a material that slows light, engineers open new possibilities in solar energy, military technology and other fields of research
BUFFALO, N.Y. – University...