January 16, 2012 Archives

Week of January 16, 2012 Archives

Monday, January 16

Evolution Is Written All Over Your Face

Univ. of California-Los Angeles

Extra DNA Helps Cells Guard Blood-Brain Barrier

Whitehead Institute

'Nourishing Gene' May Allow Better Crop Seed Yield

Univ. of Warwick

Keeping an Eye on 200 Million Objects in Universe

Univ. of Arizona

Tuesday, January 17

Can Math Model Explain Serial Killer Patterns?

MIT Technology Review

'Virtual' Autopsies Just Can't Replace the Real Thing

Science Codex

Predicting Out-of-This-World Ice Crystals

Cornell University

Copper Collisions Create Much Strangeness

Physics World

Wednesday, January 18

Were Sumerians Drinking Beer or Something Else?

Max Planck Society

LED Lights Extend Meat Shelf-Life

Kansas State University

Fruit Flies Navigate Using Polarized Light

University of Washington

Subconscious Mind Influences Our Fears

University of Exeter

Thursday, January 19

More Than Half of New Species Found Are Insects

Arizona State Univ.

Ancient Popcorn Discovered in Peru

Smithsonian Institution

Satellite Galaxy Is Smallest Object Seen at Such Distance

UC-Davis

Gas Hydrates: Extract Methane, Deposit CO2?

Pac. Northwest Nat'l Lab

Friday, January 20

On Accepting Evolution, Gut Feeling Trumps Fact

The Ohio State Univ.

Pigeons: Much More Than Just Flying Tree Rats

Science Codex

Biodiversity Crisis Worse than Climate Change

Univ. of Copenhagen

To Jump or Not To Jump: Why We Chicken Out

Futurity