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Pocket Test Measures Fifty Things in a Drop of Blood
December 19, 2012 — A new device about the size of a business card could allow health care providers to test for insulin and other blood proteins, cholesterol, and even signs of viral or bacterial infection all at the ... > full story -
Paper Waste Used to Make Bricks
December 19, 2012 — Researchers have mixed waste from the paper industry with ceramic material used in the construction industry. The result is a brick that has low thermal conductivity meaning it acts as a good ... > full story -
Analysis of Marcellus Flowback Finds High Levels of Ancient Brines
December 18, 2012 — Brine water that flows back from gas wells in the Marcellus Shale region after hydraulic fracturing is many times more salty than seawater, with high contents of various elements, including radium ... > full story -
Ants Aquaplaning on a Pitcher Plant: Venezuelan Pitcher Plant Uses Wettable Hairs to Make Insects Slip Into Its Deadly Traps
December 18, 2012 — Researchers have discovered that an insect-trapping pitcher plant in Venezuela uses its downward pointing hairs to create a 'water slide' on which insects slip to their ... > full story -
Here's Your Chances for a White Christmas and a Dry New Year's Eve in the U.S.
December 18, 2012 — Climatologists have examined 50 years of weather data and calculated the chances for a white Christmas and a dry New Year’s Eve for various cities throughout the United ... > full story -
Botany Experiment Will Try out Zero Gravity Aboard Space Station
December 18, 2012 — Gravity: It’s the law in these parts. But to reach the stars, humans may have to learn to live outside the ... > full story -
pH Measurements: How to See the Real Face of Electrochemistry and Corrosion?
December 18, 2012 — For several decades antimony electrodes have been used to measure the acidity/basicity -- and so to determine the pH value. Unfortunately, they allow for measuring pH changes of solutions only at a ... > full story -
Consequences of Abandoning Alpine Meadows: Scrubs Now Encroaching on Land That Had Been Cultivated for Centuries
December 18, 2012 — Agriculture is increasingly vanishing from the Alps. Land that was cultivated for centuries is now being abandoned and scrubs are encroaching on it. This affects not only the landscape, but also the ... > full story -
Density of Invasive Reed, Phragmites Australis, Mapped in Great Lakes
December 17, 2012 — Scientists have used satellite technologies to map the location and density of Phragmites australis, an invasive species of reed, in the coastal wetlands of all five Great ... > full story -
Farm Soil Determines Environmental Fate of Phosphorus
December 17, 2012 — Brazil's soybean yields have become competitive with those of the United States and Argentina, but the soil demands a lot of phosphorus, which is not renewable. In the United States, meanwhile, ... > full story
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