Note how the rails show high levels of deformation whilst the surrounding ground shows comparatively little. Notice also how the big kink on the left side has pushed the ballast aside and into the track side ditch This has happened on the right side too, but to a lesser extent. The right side bend nearest the camera has pushed the ballast towards the camera — via AGU blogosphere
Researchers have shown a class of drugs used to treat heart problems and hypertension also reduces the risk of an osteoporosis fracture by about half — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Peruvian archaeologists have discovered six mummified dogs, all dating from the 15th century and apparently presented as religious offerings, at a major pre-Columbian site just south of Lima — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The new title for world’s biggest testicles (relative to body weight) goes to the tuberous bushcricket, a type of katydid, according to a new study — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A group of Australian researchers say they have unlocked the secret of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), a condition that kills about 150 Australians a year — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory have fabricated transparent thin films capable of absorbing light and generating electric charge over a relatively large area. The material, described in the journal Chemistry of Materials, could be used to develop transparent solar panels or even windows that absorb solar energy to generate electricity — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Researchers in Switzerland have created mini-versions of the Big Bang – the explosion which scientists say gave birth to the universe almost 14 billion years ago — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Most of the robotic arms now in use by some amputees are of limited practicality; they have only two to three degrees of freedom, allowing the user to make a single movement at a time. And they are controlled with conscious effort, meaning the user can do little else while moving the limb.
A new generation of much more sophisticated and lifelike prosthetic arms, sponsored by the Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), may be available within the next five to 10 years. Two different prototypes that move with the dexterity of a natural limb and can theoretically be controlled just as intuitively — with electrical signals recorded directly from the brain — are now beginning human tests — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Scientists are celebrating the unexpected emergence of an endangered orchid, saved from the blade of a bulldozer on the New South Wales central coast — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Tiny changes to an alarm
protein which responds to infections may explain why some with HIV can control their condition without drugs — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Differences in the brain structure of people carrying an autism gene
may offer clues to how the condition develops, say US scientists — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Wounding yourself can be bad enough, but having to regularly remove the dressing to check for infection can be painful and can also compound things by exposing the wound and giving germs the chance to enter. Now researchers have developed a new material for dressings and plaster that changes color if an infection arises, making it possible to check wounds without changing the dressing — via redwolf.newsvine.com
For the first time, scientists have discovered a boa constrictor that reproduces by virgin birth.
Intriguingly, these giant female serpents only gave birth in this fatherless manner in years when males were present, researchers added — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The record-holder for the smallest frog in the world apparently makes up for its miniature size by packing a wallop of poison, research reveals.
With a body that’s only 10 millimeters long, the Mount Iberia frog (Eleutherodactylus iberia) from Cuba currently holds the Guinness World Record for smallest frog — via redwolf.newsvine.com
More than 24 years after he discovered it, Australian astronomer Malcolm Hartley is about to finally see the comet he found up close and personal — via redwolf.newsvine.com
New wonder drugs to treat deadly skin cancers are a breakthrough that could benefit up to 10,000 Australians a year, a top specialist says.
While they are not yet a cure, clinical trials reportedly found that at least two new drugs from the US could significantly prolong the lives of skin cancer sufferers — via The Sydney Morning Herald
German scientists have invented an implant that has allowed blind people to see within days of it being inserted — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Luminous cells from jellyfish can be used to diagnose cancers deep inside the body, scientists have said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A team of Australian scientists has discovered a protein that can kill rogue cancer-causing cells and which they hope will lead to new drugs targeting cancer and other immune system diseases — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Archaeologists on Orkney are investigating what is thought to be a 5,000-year-old tomb complex — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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