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Air Pollution and Noise Pollution Increase Cardiovascular Risk
May 20, 2013 Both fine-particle air pollution and noise pollution may increase a person’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to new ... > full story -
Slow Earthquakes: It's All in the Rock Mechanics
May 20, 2013 Earthquakes that last minutes rather than seconds are a relatively recent discovery, according to an international team of seismologists. Researchers have been aware of these slow earthquakes, only ... > full story -
Earth's Iron Core Is Surprisingly Weak
May 20, 2013 Researchers have used a diamond anvil cell to squeeze iron at pressures as high as 3 million times that felt at sea level to recreate conditions at the center of Earth. The findings could refine ... > full story -
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Archaeological Genetics: It's Not All as Old as It at First Seems
May 20, 2013 Genomic analyses suggest that patterns of genetic diversity which indicate population movement may not be as ancient as previously believed, but may be attributable to recent ... > full story -
Lovelorn Frogs Bag Closest Crooner
May 20, 2013 What lures a lady frog to her lover? Good looks, the sound of his voice, the size of his pad or none of the above? After weighing up their options, female strawberry poison frogs (Oophaga pumilio) ... > full story -
Why We Need to Put the Fish Back Into Fisheries
May 19, 2013 Overfishing has reduced fish populations and biodiversity across much of the world’s oceans. In response, fisheries are increasingly reliant on a handful of highly valuable shellfish. However, ... > full story -
Engineered Microbes Grow in the Dark
May 19, 2013 Scientists have engineered a strain of photosynthetic cyanobacteria to grow without the need for ... > full story -
Bacteria Use Hydrogen, Carbon Dioxide to Produce Electricity
May 19, 2013 Researchers have engineered a strain of electricity-producing bacteria that can grow using hydrogen gas as its sole electron donor and carbon dioxide as its sole source of ... > full story -
Roots of Future Tropical Rainfall: Sea Level Influenced Tropical Climate During the Last Ice Age
May 19, 2013 How will rainfall patterns across the tropical Indian and Pacific regions change in a future warming world? Climate models generally suggest that the tropics as a whole will get wetter, but the ... > full story -
Heat-Related Deaths in Manhattan Projected to Rise: Killing Season May Push Into Spring and Fall
May 19, 2013 Researchers say deaths in Manhattan linked to warming climate may rise some 20 percent by the 2020s, and, in some worst-case scenarios, 90 percent or more by the 2080s. Higher winter temperatures may ... > full story
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