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Countering Caregiver Placebo Effect in Pets
Mar. 12, 2014 — How do you know that your pet is benefiting from its pain medication? A new clinical trial design could help overcome pet owners' unconscious observation bias and determine whether the drugs ... full story -
Bighead Carp: From 5 to 150 Centimeters in 37 Million Years
Mar. 12, 2014 — During excavations in the open lignite-mining pit Na Duong in Vietnam, scientists discovered the world’s oldest bighead carp. With a length of only 5 centimeters, Planktophaga minuta is also the ... full story -
A Plague of Fleas: Tiny Eurasian Exotic Is Upending Watery Ecosystems Across the Northern Great Lakes
Mar. 12, 2014 — The spiny water flea, aka Bythotrephes, is devouring its way through the Great Lakes and into the surrounding inland waters, including Minnesota's Voyageurs National Park, disrupting an entire ... full story -
Racing Cars on Walls Would Be Possible, According to Student Paper
Mar. 12, 2014 — Driving a racing car at an angle of 90 degrees to the ground could be possible with the right track design, new research suggests. Student researchers wanted to investigate this because it has been ... full story -
Acoustic Cloaking Device Hides Objects from Sound
Mar. 11, 2014 — Engineers have demonstrated the world's first three-dimensional acoustic cloak. The new device reroutes sound waves to create the impression that the cloak and anything beneath it are not there. ... full story -
Concerns and Considerations With the Naming of Mars Craters
Mar. 11, 2014 — Recently initiatives that capitalise on the public’s interest in space and astronomy have proliferated, some putting a price tag on naming space objects and their features, such as Mars craters. ... full story -
What's the Upside of Feeling Too Sad for Chocolate?
Mar. 11, 2014 — The instant gratification and the pleasure derived from consuming excessive chocolate and deep-fried foods can lead way to a double-edged sword of negative consequences ranging from weight gain to ... full story -
Cancer Cells Don't Take 'Drunken' Walks Through Body
Mar. 11, 2014 — Biologists have believed that cancers cells spread through the body in a slow, aimless fashion, resembling a drunk who can't walk three steps in a straight line. They now know that's true ... full story -
Bending the Light With a Tiny Chip: Silicon Chip Acts as a Lens-Free Projector, May One Day Fit in Cell Phones
Mar. 11, 2014 — Traditional projectors -- like those used to project a film or classroom lecture notes -- pass a beam of light through a tiny image, using lenses to map each point of the small picture to ... full story -
To Drink or Not to Drink: Decision-Making Center of Brain Identified
Mar. 11, 2014 — Although choosing to do something because the perceived benefit outweighs the financial cost is something people do daily, little is known about what happens in the brain when a person makes these ... full story -
Cosmetic Treatment Can Open Door to Bacteria
Mar. 11, 2014 — Many people have 'fillers' injected into their facial tissue to give them 'bee-stung lips' or to smooth out their wrinkles. Unfortunately, a lot of cosmetic treatment customers ... full story -
Personality Predicts Social Learning in Wild Monkeys: Bold or Anxious Baboons Learn to Solve Tasks from Other Baboons
Mar. 11, 2014 — Baboons learn from other baboons about new food sources -- but only if they are bold or anxious. The results suggest that personality plays a key role in social learning in animals, something ... full story -
Timid Jumping Spider Uses Ant as Bodyguard
Mar. 11, 2014 — Ants are the unlikely guardians of jumping spiders in their battle against aggressive spitting spiders. A timid jumping spider uses the scent of ants as a secret weapon to save itself from becoming ... full story -
Effective Thermal Camouflage and Invisibility Device for Soldiers Created
Mar. 11, 2014 — Scientists have created a thermal illusion device to control thermal camouflage and invisibility using thermotic materials. Every natural object exhibits thermal signatures. However, if these signals ... full story -
Light Pollution Impairs Rainforest Regeneration: Seed-Dispersing Bats Avoid Feeding in Light Polluted Areas
Mar. 10, 2014 — Increasing light pollution in tropical habitats could be hampering regeneration of rainforests because of its impact on nocturnal seed-dispersers. These new findings show that seed-dispersing bats ... full story -
Outside the Body Our Memories Fail Us
Mar. 10, 2014 — New research demonstrates for the first time that there is a close relationship between body perception and the ability to remember. For us to be able to store new memories from our lives, we need to ... full story -
A Shocking Diet: Researchers Describe Microbe That 'Eats' Electricity
Mar. 10, 2014 — Researchers have shown that the commonly found bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris can use natural conductivity to pull electrons from minerals located remotely in soil and sediment while remaining ... full story -
Computer System Simulates the Behavior of Tax Evaders
Mar. 10, 2014 — Researchers have developed a computer model which, in different situations, simulates the behavior of taxpayers when faced with the possibility of committing tax evasion. The simulator analyzes the ... full story -
Scents and Sustainability: Renewable Sources for Artificial Scents and Flavors
Mar. 10, 2014 — Fresh banana, a waft of flowers, blueberry: the scents in some labs are a little sweeter than most. Researchers are engineering bacteria to make esters -- molecules widely used as scents and ... full story -
Smokers' Brains Biased Against Negative Images of Smoking
Mar. 10, 2014 — What if the use of a product influenced your perception of it, making you even more susceptible to its positive aspects and altering your understanding of its drawbacks? This is precisely what ... full story -
Dropped Your Toast? Five-Second Food Rule Exists, New Research Suggests
Mar. 10, 2014 — Food picked up just a few seconds after being dropped is less likely to contain bacteria than if it is left for longer periods of time, according to new research. The findings suggest there may be ... full story
- Countering caregiver placebo effect in pets
- Bighead carp: From 5 to 150 centimeters in 37 million years
- A plague of fleas: Tiny Eurasian exotic is upending watery ecosystems across the northern Great Lakes
- Racing cars on walls would be possible, according to student paper
- Acoustic cloaking device hides objects from sound
- Concerns and considerations with the naming of Mars craters
- What's the upside of feeling too sad for chocolate?
- Cancer cells don't take 'drunken' walks through body
- Bending the light with a tiny chip: Silicon chip acts as a lens-free projector, may one day fit in cell phones
- To drink or not to drink: Decision-making center of brain identified
- Cosmetic treatment can open door to bacteria
- Personality predicts social learning in wild monkeys: Bold or anxious baboons learn to solve tasks from other baboons
- Timid jumping spider uses ant as bodyguard
- Effective thermal camouflage and invisibility device for soldiers created
- Light pollution impairs rainforest regeneration: Seed-dispersing bats avoid feeding in light polluted areas
- Outside the body our memories fail us
- A shocking diet: Researchers describe microbe that 'eats' electricity
- Computer system simulates the behavior of tax evaders
- Scents and sustainability: Renewable sources for artificial scents and flavors
- Smokers' brains biased against negative images of smoking
- Dropped your toast? Five-second food rule exists, new research suggests
- Employers routinely discriminate against stammerers
- Weirdness in cosmic web of the universe: Faint strings of galaxies in 'empty' space arranged in way never before seen
- The dark side of fair play: Why would evolution let spite stick around?
- Blue paint on Japanese bullet trains can inhibit bacterial growth
- Smartphones become 'eye-phones' with low-cost devices
- Nasal filter looks promising for allergy sufferers
- Teen elephant mothers die younger but have bigger families
- Public could virtually 'travel' to space for $90 through new project
- Squeezing light into metals: Engineers control conductivity with inkjet printer
- Preschoolers can outsmart college students at figuring out gizmos
- Birds display lateralization bias when selecting flight paths
- Fighting for survival in the gut: Unravelling the hidden variation in bacteria
- Icy wreckage discovered in nearby planetary system
- 'Seeing' bodies with sound (no sight required)
- Some people really just don't like music
- Are you smarter than a 5-year-old? Preschoolers can do algebra
- Storing extra rocket fuel in space for future missions?
- IT security for the daily life: Withdrawing money at cash machines with 'Google Glass'
- Robotic prosthesis turns drummer into a three-armed cyborg
- Testis size matters for genome evolution
- Hey, boss! Lose yourself to dance, know yourself better
- New research could help make 'roll-up' digital screens a reality for all
- Elephant age estimated from voice: A powerful conservation tool?
- Pumping iron: A hydrogel actuator with mussel tone
- New dinosaur found in Portugal, largest terrestrial predator from Europe
- Save money and the planet: Turn your old milk jugs into 3-D printer filament
- Bioinspired, sponge-like shrinking gel steers tooth, tissue formation
- Key enzyme found in disease-causing bacteria responsible for heart valve disease
- Hop leaves -- discarded in beer brewing -- have substances that could fight dental diseases
- A wristband for a different kind of cause ... environmental health
- Shadows of Petra awaken its astronomical orientation
- Computer reads text written in the air and other innovations
- A lower ratio between index, ring fingers is associated with higher risk of developing severe osteoarthritis in the knee, says study
- Opening a casino linked with lower rate of overweight children in that community
- What bat brains might tell us about human brains
- Young children form first impressions from faces
- 'Dimer molecules' aid study of exoplanet pressure, hunt for life
- Silk-based surgical implants could offer a better way to repair broken bones
- Drinking buddies deny copying alcoholic drink orders
- Bright pulses of light could make space veggies more nutritious
- Spiral galaxy spills blood and guts
- Muscle-controlling neurons know when they mess up, according to research
- Rats, frosting helping find genetic causes of binge-eating
- Transparent, color solar cells fuse energy, beauty
- Physics in 3-D? That's nothing: Try 0-D
- IVF the next step in live-donor uterus transplant project
- Boron, discovered in 1808, gets a nano refresh
- Solution to planet-clogging plastics? Fully compostable bioplastic made from shrimp shells used to make objects
- Doggy agility: are emotions thwarting performance?
- What makes flying snakes such gifted gliders?
- Elastic glass: 'Fore! ' heads up, wide use of more flexible metallic glass coming your way
- Fish bioluminescence: Distinctive flashing patterns might facilitate fish mating
- Native American city on the Mississippi was America's first 'melting pot'
- Voters using smartphones made fewer errors in mock election
- Virtual bees help to unravel complex causes of colony decline
- Aggression, rule-breaking common among Taiwanese teenagers who have early sex
- 30,000 year-old giant virus found in Siberia
- Not even freezing cold stops invasive species in high altitudes
- Complex plant behavior? In fight against parasites, Barberry sacrifices seeds depending on survival chance
- Do bedroom televisions contribute to youth obesity?
- Large mammals were the architects in prehistoric ecosystems
- Want to save water? Toilets have greatest impact
- A new renewable energy source? Device captures energy from Earth's infrared emissions to outer space
- Electronics based on a two dimensional electron gas
- Greater music dynamics in shoebox-shaped concert halls
- Think it’s safe to type a quick text while walking? Think again
- Yosemite bears and human food: Study reveals changing diets over past century
- Usain Bolt's superhuman speed would give him the power of flight on Saturn's moon Titan
- How ancient Greek plays allow us to reconstruct Europe's climate
- Black hawks downed: Bird threat to U.S. military helicopters revealed
- World-class orchestras judged by sight not sound
- Relativity shakes a magnet: New principle for magnetic recording
- It slices, it dices, and it protects the body from harm: 3-D structure of enzyme that helps defend against bacteria
- Frequent childhood nightmares may indicate an increased risk of psychotic traits
- Worm-like mite species discovered: A species from this 'extremophile' family hasn't been described for 40 years
- Peat soils as gigantic batteries
- Shaky hand, stable spoon: Device helps essential tremor patients
- New fast and furious black hole found
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