Wednesday, 19 December 2012

Science Blog (in this message: 10 new items)

Science Blog (in this message: 10 new items)

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For power and status, dominance and skill trump likability

Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:57 PM PST

Finding the next Barack Obama or Warren Buffett might be as simple as looking at who attracts the most eyes [...]

Curbing car travel could be as effective as cutting calories

Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:27 AM PST

Those considering how to maintain a healthy weight during holiday festivities, or looking ahead to New Year's resolutions, may want [...]

Digested formula, but not breast milk, is toxic to cells

Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:26 AM PST

Free fatty acids created during the digestion of infant formula cause cellular death that may contribute to necrotizing enterocolitis, a [...]

Sensors Let Users Monitor Pollution on Smart Phones

Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:25 AM PST

Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego have built a small fleet of portable pollution sensors that allow [...]

Liquid Metal Creates Wires That Stretch 8x Original Length

Posted: 18 Dec 2012 08:45 AM PST

Researchers from North Carolina State University have created conductive wires that can be stretched up to eight times their original [...]

Popular TV chefs less healthy than TV dinners

Posted: 18 Dec 2012 08:35 AM PST

Recipes created by popular television chefs contain significantly more energy, protein, fat, and saturated fat and less fibre per portion [...]

Lasting Benefits After Certain Epilepsy Brain Surgeries

Posted: 18 Dec 2012 08:32 AM PST

Brain surgery for certain difficult forms of epilepsy often reduces or eliminates seizures for more than 15 years after the [...]

How hepatitis C virus reprograms human liver cells

Posted: 18 Dec 2012 08:24 AM PST

In a new paper, researchers outline the critical role the microRNA known as miR-122, plays in the life cycle of [...]

Women earn more if they don’t compete with men

Posted: 18 Dec 2012 08:14 AM PST

Women earn less money than men the more the sexes share the same occupations, a large-scale survey of 20 industrialised [...]

How white dwarfs mimic black holes

Posted: 18 Dec 2012 08:11 AM PST

A remarkable observation by astronomers from the University of Southampton has been published in one of the world's foremost astrophysics [...]