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Coral Records Suggest El Nino Activity Rises Above Background
January 3, 2013 By examining a set of fossil corals that are as much as 7,000 years old, scientists have dramatically expanded the amount of information available on the El Nino-Southern Oscillation, a Pacific Ocean ... > full story -
Power Spintronics: Producing AC Voltages by Manipulating Magnetic Fields
January 3, 2013 Scientists are putting a new spin on their approach to generating electrical current by harnessing a recently identified electromotive force known as spinmotive force, which is related to the field ... > full story -
How Computers Push on the Molecules They Simulate
January 3, 2013 Simulations are essential to test theories and explore what's inaccessible to direct experiment. Digital computers can't use exact, continuous equations of motion and have to slice time into chunks, ... > full story -
Astrophysicists Make Stellar Discovery About Galaxies Far, Far Away
January 3, 2013 Astrophysicists have shed new light on how galaxies formed in the early universe. The discovery suggests that the current model for galaxy formation and evolution needs to be ... > full story -
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Laws of Geo-Engineering to Mitigate Global Warming?
January 2, 2013 A law professor believes the legal ramifications of geo-engineering need to be thought through now and a global governance structure put in place soon to oversee these efforts to fight climate ... > full story -
New Method for Uncovering Side Effects Before a Drug Hits the Market
January 2, 2013 Side effects are a major reason that drugs are taken off the market and a major reason why patients stop taking their medications, but scientists are now reporting the development of a new way to ... > full story -
Toward Reducing the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of the Internet and Telecommunications
January 2, 2013 Amid growing concern over the surprisingly large amount of greenhouse gas produced by the Internet and other telecommunications activities, researchers are reporting new models of emissions and ... > full story -
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Political Action the Biggest Swing Factor in Meeting Climate Targets
January 2, 2013 The most important factor affecting the likelihood of limiting climate change to internationally agreed targets is when people start to do something about it, according new ... > full story -
Natural Relationship Between Carbon Dioxide Concentrations and Sea Level Documented
January 2, 2013 By comparing reconstructions of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and sea level over the past 40 million years, researchers have found that greenhouse gas concentrations similar to the ... > full story -
Tool to Evaluate Genome Sequencing Method Developed
January 2, 2013 Advances in bio-technologies and computer software have helped make genome sequencing much more common than in the past. But still in question are both the accuracy of different sequencing methods ... > full story
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