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When Water Speaks: Solvents Make Catalysts More Efficient
February 21, 2013 — Why certain catalyst materials work more efficiently when they are surrounded by water instead of a gas phase is unclear. Chemists have now gleaned some initial answers from computer simulations. ... > full story -
Researchers Coat Spinal Polymer Implants With Bioactive Film to Improve Bonding With Bone
February 19, 2013 — Researchers have for the first time successfully coated polymer implants with a bioactive film. The discovery should improve the success rate of such implants -- which are often used in spinal ... > full story -
Microbes Team Up to Boost Plants' Stress Tolerance
February 17, 2013 — While most farmers consider viruses and fungi potential threats to their crops, these microbes can help wild plants adapt to extreme conditions, according to a ... > full story -
Shifting Sands: Force Is the Key to Granular State-Shifting
February 17, 2013 — Ever wonder why sand can both run through an hourglass like a liquid and be solid enough to support buildings? It's because granular materials -- like sand or dirt -- can change their behavior, or ... > full story -
Climate Change's Costly Wild Weather Consequences
February 17, 2013 — Atmospheric scientists show concern about how climate change is increasing the number of severe weather ... > full story -
A Quantum Dot Energy Harvester
February 14, 2013 — A new type of nanoscale engine has been proposed that would use quantum dots to generate electricity from waste heat, potentially making microcircuits more efficient. The engines would be microscopic ... > full story -
Stopping Cold: Scientists Turn Off the Ability to Feel Cold
February 12, 2013 — Neuroscientists have isolated chills at a cellular level, identifying the sensory network of neurons in the skin that relays the sensation of ... > full story -
Sunlight Stimulates Release of Climate-Warming Gas from Melting Arctic Permafrost
February 11, 2013 — Ancient carbon trapped in Arctic permafrost is extremely sensitive to sunlight and, if exposed to the surface when long-frozen soils melt and collapse, can release climate-warming carbon dioxide gas ... > full story -
Protein 'Filmed' While Unfolding at Atomic Resolution
February 11, 2013 — Whether Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s or Huntington’s Chorea – all three diseases have one thing in common: They are caused by misfolded proteins that form insoluble clumps in the ... > full story -
New Way to Identify Which El Niño Events Will Have Biggest Impact on U.S. Winter Weather
February 8, 2013 — Weather forecasters have long known that El Niño events can throw seasonal climate patterns off kilter, particularly during winter months. Now, new research suggests that a different way to ... > full story
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