A North Carolina State University researcher has discovered the youngest known supernova in our galaxy. Estimated at a mere 140 years old, this celestial whippersnapper is at least 200 years younger than the next oldest known ...
Astronomy
May 14, 2008
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A vast array of physical and biological systems across the earth are being affected by warming temperatures caused by humans, says a new analysis of information not previously assembled all in one spot. The effects on living ...
Earth Sciences
May 14, 2008
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A team composed of Harvard students and alumni was among the winners of the World Bank’s Lighting Africa 2008 Development Marketplace competition, held in Accra, Ghana from May 6 to 8, 2008. The innovation, microbial fuel ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 14, 2008
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The 2004 presidential candidates reached out to voters across the political aisle – but not in a genuinely conciliatory spirit, according to a new analysis which says that George W. Bush and John Kerry sought to peel away ...
Other
May 14, 2008
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CSIRO mathematician Dr Bob Anderssen knows a thing or two about the good life. He does the maths that makes it good.
Mathematics
May 14, 2008
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Can robots and humans work safely together? This issue will be addressed thanks to a research grant of over £1 million from the European Commission (EC).
Other
May 14, 2008
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Scientists from Durham University will use robots to explore the depths of the Atlantic Ocean to study the growth of underwater volcanoes that build the Earth’s crust.
Earth Sciences
May 14, 2008
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University of California, San Diego electrical engineers have created experimental solar cells spiked with nanowires that could lead to highly efficient thin-film solar cells of the future.
Nanomaterials
May 14, 2008
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Scientists of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena succeeded in capturing syntrophic (means "feeding together") microorganisms that ...
May 14, 2008
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It’s a paradox that has confounded evolutionary biologists since Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859: Since parasites depend on their hosts for survival, why do they harm them?
May 14, 2008
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