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Roman Seawater Concrete Holds the Secret to Cutting Carbon Emissions
June 4, 2013 — Scientists analyzed samples from a Roman breakwater submerged in the Bay of Naples for over two millennia, revealing the secrets of crystal chemistry that allow Roman seawater concrete to resist ... > full story -
White-Tailed Deer and the Science of Yellow Snow
June 4, 2013 — New research from wildlife ecologists indicates that white-tailed deer may be making the soil in their preferred winter homes unfit to grow the very trees that protect them ... > full story -
Scientists Create Novel Silicon Electrodes That Improve Lithium-Ion Batteries
June 4, 2013 — Scientists have dramatically improved the performance of lithium-ion batteries by creating novel electrodes made of silicon and conducting polymer hydrogel, a spongy material similar to that used in ... > full story -
Metamaterials: Leading Light Waves Astray
June 4, 2013 — The development of structured synthetic materials with unusual electromagnetic properties, so-called metamaterials, promises to provide access to special physical effects of great technological ... > full story -
Australian Lake Untouched by Climate Change
June 4, 2013 — Researchers have found that a lake on an island off the coast of Queensland, Australia, has been relatively untouched by changes in climate for the past 7000 years, and has so far also resisted the ... > full story -
Dense Hydrogen in a New Light
June 3, 2013 — Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. The way it responds under extreme pressures and temperatures is crucial to our understanding of matter and the nature of hydrogen-rich planets. ... > full story -
New Kind of Antibiotic May Be More Effective at Fighting Tuberculosis, Anthrax, and Other Diseases
June 3, 2013 — Diseases such as tuberculosis, anthrax, and shigellosis -- a severe food-borne illness -- eventually could be treated with an entirely new and more-effective kind of antibiotic, say scientists who ... > full story -
Acceleration of Ocean Denitrification During Deglaciation Documented
June 3, 2013 — As ice sheets melted during the deglaciation of the last ice age and global oceans warmed, oceanic oxygen levels decreased and "denitrification" accelerated by 30 to 120 percent, a new international ... > full story -
New Study Predicts Rising Irrigation Costs, Reduced Yields for U.S. Corn
June 3, 2013 — Simulations predict that in 40 years, yields for corn grown for ethanol will shrink even as climate change increases the need for irrigation, according to a new ... > full story -
Female Moths Use Olfactory Signals to Choose the Best Egg-Laying Sites
June 3, 2013 — Researchers have discovered that the ability of Manduca sexta moths to recognize changes in the profile of volatile compounds released by plants being attacked by Manduca caterpillars allows them to ... > full story
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