Techno Man
Aerosols from coniferous forests no longer cool the climate as much
Emissions of greenhouse gases have a warming effect on the climate, whereas small airborne particles in the atmosphere, aerosols, act as a cooling mechanism....
Teens sleep 43 more minutes per night after combo of two treatments
Teenagers got 43 more minutes of sleep a night after a four-week intervention that reset their body clocks and helped them go to bed...
True lies: How letter patterns color perceptions of truth
Cause-and-effect statements may seem more true if the initial letters in the words are in alphabetical order because the human brain prefers patterns that...
Tractor overturn prediction using a bouncing ball model could save the lives of farmers
Overturning tractors are the leading cause of death for farmers around the world. In order to reduce the rate of overturned tractors, researchers have...
Light work for superconductors
For the first time researchers successfully used laser pulses to excite an iron-based compound into a superconducting state. This means it conducted electricity without...
Epilepsy: Seizures not forecastable as expected
Epileptic seizures can probably not be predicted by changes in brain wave patterns that were previously assumed to be characteristic precursors.
Cancer: The origin of genetic mutations
In the presence of some disruptive elements, cancer cells are unable to replicate its DNA optimally. While known to be linked to the increase...
Researchers home in on extremely rare nuclear process
A hypothetical nuclear process known as neutrinoless double beta decay ought to be among the least likely events in the universe. Now researchers have...
New fungus-derived antibiotic: Relief in sight for immunocompromised people
Infections that are treatable in healthy people can often be fatal in immunocompromised individuals (people with a weak immune system), and hence, they require...
Bottom-up synthesis of crystalline 2D polymers
Scientists have succeeded in synthesizing sheet-like 2D polymers by a bottom-up process for the first time. A novel synthetic reaction route was developed for...
