Guest Post – Page 215 – Shamskm: A site to exchange knowledge and solutions

Is That Study Legitimate? Here’s How to Tell

By Guest PostNovember 6, 2016Scienceevidence based claims, peer review, project goals, scientific studies, scientific validity

Scientific studies are frequently the basis for news stories that seem too good to be true. How does the audience separate fact from fiction? The head of research at the UA explains. (more…)

Klimaschutz in Europa ist ohne Atomkraft möglich

By Guest PostNovember 3, 2016Environmentatomkraft, atomstrom, christian von hirschhausen, claudia kemfert, diw berlin, erneuerbare energien, europa, ivar leidus, klimaschutz, stromproduktion, windmill

Simulationen des DIW Berlin: Erneuerbare Energien können bis 2050 Atomstrom vollständig ersetzen, ohne die Klimaschutzziele oder die Versorgungssicherheit zu gefährden – Atomkraft ist nicht wettbewerbsfähig und wäre auch künftig die teuerste Variante der Stromproduktion (more…)

“That pizza was #delish!” What Do Tweets Say About Our Health?

By Guest PostNovember 3, 2016Healthfood tweets, healthy foods, most tweeted food, twitter messages

(SALT LAKE CITY) – “Coffee” was the most tweeted food in the continental U.S. between mid-2014 to mid-2015 followed by “beer” then “pizza”. Besides hinting at which foods are popular, tweets may reveal something about our health. Communities that expressed positive sentiments about healthy foods were more likely to be healthier overall. (more…)

UCLA physicists discover ‘apparent departure from the laws of thermodynamics’

By Guest PostNovember 2, 2016Scienceabsolute zero, atoms, buffer gas cooling, collisions, eric hudson, ion traps, laws of thermodynamics, particle motion

Ions subjected to buffer gas cooling never truly reach the same temperature as the surrounding gas

According to the basic laws of thermodynamics, if you leave a warm apple pie in a winter window eventually the pie would cool down to the same temperature as the surrounding air. (more…)

A more accurate sensor for lead paint

By Guest PostNovember 2, 2016Sciencecrystal morphology, gel based sensor, home test kits, lead paint test, molecular gel recipe, paint chip

ANN ARBOR — A new molecular gel recipe developed at the University of Michigan is at the core of a prototype for a more accurate lead paint test. (more…)

Vielfalt der Viren in Ozeanen dreimal höher als bislang bekannt

By Guest PostOctober 31, 2016Environmentalexander loy, dna sequenzierungsverfahren, matthew sullivan, meereswasserprobe, mikrobe, oekosystem, ozean, vielfalt der viren

Wechselwirkung von Viren und Mikroorganismen entscheidend für Ökosystem

Ein internationales ForscherInnenteam unter der Leitung von Matthew Sullivan von der Ohio State University (USA) mit Beteiligung von Alexander Loy von der Universität Wien liefert einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Katalogisierung der genetischen Vielfalt der Viren in den Weltmeeren: Insgesamt fanden die WissenschafterInnen über 15.000 verschiedene Virustypen, dreimal mehr als bisher bekannt. Da diese Viren überraschend vielfältigen Einfluss auf die Meeresmikroben nehmen, die wiederum eine wichtige Rolle für das Ökosystem Ozean spielen, haben diese Wechselwirkungen zwischen Viren und Mikroben auch Konsequenzen für das Klima. Die Studie erscheint in der aktuellen Ausgabe der renommierten Fachzeitschrift “Nature”.
(more…)

Bennu: How a Little Asteroid Became a Rock Star

By Guest PostOctober 31, 2016Science1999 rq36, asteroid, bennu, carbonaceous, carl hergenrother, dante lauretta, michael drake, osiris rex mission, rock star, yarkovsky effect

Formerly known as 1999 RQ36, the space rock was chosen by process of elimination as the destination for the UA-led OSIRIS-REx mission, which will pick up a sample of its regolith and return it to Earth for analysis. Launch is little more than two months away. (more…)

Some Bacteria Have Lived in the Human Gut Since Before We Were Human

By Guest PostOctober 31, 2016Healthafrican great apes, andrew moeller, bacteria, bacterial evolutionary trees, bacterial family tree, bacteriodaceae, bifidobacteriaceae, howard ochman, human gut, intestinal microbe, lachnospiraceae

AUSTIN, Texas — Some of the bacteria in our guts were passed down over millions of years, since before we were human, suggesting that evolution plays a larger role than previously known in people’s intestinal-microbe makeup, according to a new study in the journal Science. (more…)

Author Archives: Guest Post