A 1998 study that unleashed a major health scare by linking childhood autism to a triple vaccine was an elaborate fraud
, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Researchers have observed a new kind of extremely light and stable gel in a suspension of clay at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France. The so-called equilibrium gel, predicted 4 years ago by physicists, could lead to improved drug-delivery systems and other novel microscopic devices — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Researchers are creating a new type of solar cell designed to self-repair like natural photosynthetic systems in plants by using carbon nanotubes and DNA, an approach aimed at increasing service life and reducing cost — via desertjeeper49.newsvine.com
Peter Jalowiczor is a gas worker from South Yorkshire, England. He’s also the discoverer of four giant exoplanets, according to the University of California’s Lick-Carnegie Planet Search Team. But he’s not an astronomer and he doesn’t even have a telescope — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Wildlife officials in the US are trying to determine what caused more than 1,000 black birds to die and fall from the sky over an Arkansas town — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A mouse that tweets like a bird has been produced by Japanese scientists in a genetically engineered ‘evolution’ which they hope will shed light on the origins of human language — via redwolf.newsvine.com
If Satan plays miniature golf, this is his favorite hole. A ball struck at A, in any direction, will never find the hole at B — even if it bounces forever.
The idea arose in the 1950s, when Ernst Straus wondered whether a room lined with mirrors would always be illuminated completely by a single match.
Straus’ question went unanswered until 1995, when George Tokarsky found a 26-sided room with a dark
spot; two years later D Castro offered the 24-sided improvement above. If a candle is placed at A, and you’re standing at B, you won’t see its reflection anywhere around you — even though you’re surrounded by mirrors — via Futility Closet
A simple rubber device that replicates complex bird songs has been developed by a team of US researchers — via redwolf.newsvine.com
— via Pharyngula
Some examples of ancient rock art in Western Australia maintain their vivid colors because they are alive, researchers have found.
Scientists at the University of Queensland have discovered that colorful bacteria and fungi have colonized the rock paintings, the BBC reported Monday.
Researcher Jack Pettigrew and his colleagues studied 80 rock artworks in 16 locations in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.
They found some of the oldest examples showed signs of life, but no paint.
The team dubbed the phenomenon living pigments
— via vanessa-wilson73.newsvine.com
The creatures have self-honing teeth which allow them to chomp through stone, carving out hideaways on rocky shores.
Scientists have now learned how the urchins keep their teeth razor-sharp and believe that technology based on the same principle could create everlasting bladed tools — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Sydney researchers are getting ready to conduct human trials next year of a smart chip, which, when implanted in the spinal cord, can measure and stop pain signals from travelling to the brain — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A new study has found that changes in a blood protein could be linked to the development of Alzheimer’s disease — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A group of British schoolchildren may be the youngest scientists ever to have their work published in a peer-reviewed journal. In a new paper in Biology Letters, 25 8- to 10-year-old children from Blackawton Primary School report that buff-tailed bumblebees can learn to recognize nourishing flowers based on colors and patterns — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Contrary to the belief of many scientists (as well as many members of the public), new research confirms that Africa has two — not one — species of elephant. Scientists from Harvard Medical School, the University of Illinois, and the University of York in the United Kingdom used genetic analysis to prove that the African savanna elephant and the smaller African forest elephant have been largely separated for several million years — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This is Part II of our interview with ethnobotanist and explorer Wade Davis where we discuss technology, culture and the slippery concept of human nature — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Anthropologist and explorer Wade Davis recently gave a talk at Medellín’s fantastic science museum Parque Explorer and myself and science journalist Ana María Jaramillo managed to grab some of his time to discuss altered states of consciousness and cultural diversity — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Cystic fibrosis patients could benefit from a new experimental drug being trialed in the United States — via redwolf.newsvine.com
In research that further bridges the biological and digital world, scientists at the University of California, San Francisco have created bacteria that can be programmed like a computer — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Metamaterials that can bend light in nearly any direction may hold the key to future military camouflage based on the chameleon-like photosensitive skin of the squid. Marine biologists collaborating with engineers and scientists at Rice University will develop the new metamaterial with a $6 million grant from the Office of Naval Research — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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