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Researchers Develop Tool to Assist Areas of Infectious Disease Outbreaks
April 10, 2013 Researchers have developed a simple new tool to help governments worldwide decide whether to screen airplane passengers leaving or arriving from areas of infectious disease ... > full story -
Overcoming a Major Barrier to Medical and Other Uses of 'Microrockets' and 'Micromotors'
April 10, 2013 An advance in micromotor technology akin to the invention of cars that fuel themselves from the pavement or air is opening the door to new medical and industrial uses for these tiny devices, ... > full story -
Snowflakes Falling on Cameras: What Snow Looks Like in Midair
April 10, 2013 University of Utah researchers developed a high-speed camera system that spent the past two winters photographing snowflakes in 3-D as they fell – and they don’t look much like those ... > full story -
Neutrons Help Explain Ozone Poisoning and Links to Thousands of Premature Deaths Each Year
April 9, 2013 Scientists have helped explain how ozone causes severe respiratory problems and thousands of cases of premature death each year by attacking the fatty lining of our ... > full story -
Urban Grass Might Be Greener, but That Doesn't Mean It's 'Greener'
April 9, 2013 New research explores how efforts to keep urban lawns looking green and healthy might negate the soil's natural ability to store atmospheric ... > full story -
Spring Rains Bring Life to Midwest Granaries but Foster Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone'
April 9, 2013 The most serious ongoing water pollution problem in the Gulf of Mexico originates not from oil rigs, as many people believe, but rainstorms and fields of corn and soybeans a thousand miles away in ... > full story -
Polluting Plastic Particles Invade the Great Lakes
April 9, 2013 Floating plastic debris -- which helps populate the infamous "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" in the Pacific Ocean -- has become a problem in the Great Lakes, the largest body of fresh water in the ... > full story -
Exposure to Air Pollution During Pregnancy Linked to Increased Incidence of Specific Pediatric Cancers
April 9, 2013 Increased exposure to traffic-related air pollution during pregnancy was associated with a higher incidence of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and two rare childhood cancers, according to a new ... > full story -
Remaining Martian Atmosphere Still Dynamic
April 8, 2013 Mars has lost much of its original atmosphere, but what's left remains quite active, recent findings from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity indicate, scientists report. Evidence has strengthened that Mars ... > full story -
A Warming World Will Further Intensify Extreme Precipitation Events, Research Shows
April 8, 2013 As the globe warms from rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, more moisture in a warmer atmosphere will make the most extreme precipitation events more intense, new research ... > full story
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