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The Nocebo Effect: Media Reports May Trigger Symptoms of a Disease
May 6, 2013 — Expectation of negative effects can increase likelihood of experiencing symptoms, new research ... > full story -
Reversal of the Black Widow Myth: Some Male Spiders Prefer to Eat Old Females Rather Than Mate With Them
May 6, 2013 — The Black Widow spider gets its name from the popular belief that female spiders eat their male suitors after mating. However, a new study has shown that the tendency to consume a potential mate is ... > full story -
Invisible Pattern Can Put a Stop to Counterfeit Designer Clothing
May 6, 2013 — There is now a way to differentiate between designer clothing and knockoffs. Researchers have produced a thread with unique optical properties, which can be used to create invisible patterns in ... > full story -
Microwave Oven Cooks Up Solar Cell Material
May 6, 2013 — Metallurgists used an old microwave oven to produce a nanocrystal semiconductor rapidly using cheap, abundant and less toxic metals than other semiconductors. They hope it will be used for more ... > full story -
New Kind of Cosmic Flash May Reveal Birth of a Black Hole
May 3, 2013 — According to an astrophysicist, a new kind of cosmic flash may reveal something never seen before: the birth of a black ... > full story -
Human Brain Cells Developed in Lab, Grow in Mice
May 3, 2013 — A key type of human brain cell developed in the laboratory grows seamlessly when transplanted into the brains of mice, researchers have discovered, raising hope that these cells might one day be used ... > full story -
Monkey Math: Baboons Show Brain's Ability to Understand Numbers
May 3, 2013 — Opposing thumbs, expressive faces, complex social systems: it's hard to miss the similarities between apes and humans. Now a new study with a troop of zoo baboons and lots of peanuts shows that a ... > full story -
Injectable Nano-Network Controls Blood Sugar in Diabetics for Days at a Time
May 3, 2013 — In a promising development for diabetes treatment, researchers have developed a network of nanoscale particles that can be injected into the body and release insulin when blood-sugar levels rise, ... > full story -
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Hearing the Russian Meteor, in America: Sound Arrived in 10 Hours, Lasted 10 More
May 3, 2013 — How powerful was February's meteor that crashed into Russia? Strong enough that its explosive entry into our atmosphere was detected almost 6,000 miles away in Lilburn, Ga., by infrasound sensors -- ... > full story -
Boom in Jellyfish: Overfishing Called Into Question
May 3, 2013 — Will we soon be forced to eat jellyfish? Since the beginning of the 2000s, these gelatinous creatures have invaded many of the world's seas, like the Japan Sea, the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, ... > full story
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