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Seahorse Heads have a ‘No Wake Zone’ That’s Made for Catching Prey

By Guest PostDecember 1, 2013Nature3d holography techniques, austin, bahamas, brad gemmell, catching prey, copepods, dwarf seahorse, ed buskey, hippocampus zosterae, jian sheng, marine food web, method, no wake zone, pipefish, pivot feeding, sea dragons, seahorse heads, seahorse nostrils, small crustaceans, source of energy, syngnathid family, texas tech university, university of texas

AUSTIN, Texas — Seahorses are slow, docile creatures, but their heads are perfectly shaped to sneak up and quickly snatch prey, according to marine scientists from The University of Texas at Austin.

“A seahorse is one the slowest swimming fish that we know of, but it’s able to capture prey that swim at incredible speeds for their size,” said Brad Gemmell, research associate at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute, which is part of the College of Natural Sciences. (more…)

The real killer behind cancer

By Guest PostDecember 1, 2013Healthaggressive therapy, akhouri sinha, anticancer research, behind cancer, bloodstream, bones, cancer positive, cancer surgery, immune system, lymph node, metastasis, metastatic cancer cells, metastatic disease, original tumor, pathologist, pelvic lymph node, prostate cancer, prostate cancer patients, real killer, researcher, solid organ cancer, staging cancer, university of minnesota

This story is short. Not much is known about metastasis.

And that’s the point. (more…)

Biogas power plants: Renewable energy-producers of the future

By Guest PostDecember 1, 2013Environmentanaerobic digester, biogas power plants, biogas production, biological fermentation, renewable energy producers

When Michigan State University’s Wolfgang Bauer travels past unused farmland in Michigan, he sees untapped energy resources and opportunities for tremendous economic development. (more…)

Researchers Integrate Single-Crystal BFO onto a Silicon Chip, Open Door to Smart Devices

By Guest PostDecember 1, 2013Sciencebismuth ferrite, data, electronic functions, jay narayan, john prater, magnetic field, magnetic field strength, north Carolina, s rao, silicon chip, single crystal bfo, smart devices, state university, substrate

Researchers from North Carolina State University have for the first time integrated a material called bismuth ferrite (BFO) as a single crystal onto a silicon chip, opening the door to a new generation of multifunctional, smart devices.

BFO has both ferromagnetic and ferroelectric properties, meaning that it can be magnetized by running an electric current through the material. Potential applications for BFO include new magnetic memory devices, smart sensors and spintronics technologies. (more…)

Summary of results from the 3rd National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles

By Guest PostNovember 30, 2013Health, Sexattitude, british population, dame anne johnson, lifestyles, natsal survey, professor kaye wellings, sex live, sexual attitudes, sexual behaviour, sexual problem, sexual well being, the lancet

Results published in The Lancet give the most detailed picture yet of the British population’s sex lives over the last 10 years, as part of the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal) survey.

Led by UCL in partnership with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and NatCen Social Research, over 15,000 adults aged 16-74 participated in interviews between September 2010 and August 2012. (more…)

Die Revolution des Kleinen Prinzen

By Guest PostNovember 30, 2013Politicsamerika, asien, China, deng theorie, deng xiaoping, erziehung durch arbeit, europa, laojia systems, new york, plenum, revolution, shanghai, singapur, umweltschutz, xi jinping, zhu rongji

Parteichef Xi Jinping hat zehn Jahre Zeit, seine ehrgeizigen Reformziele zu verwirklichen. Zum Wohl Chinas und der Welt.

Kaum vom 3. Plenum des 18. Zentralkomitees der KP im November verabschiedet, nehmen die chinesischen Reformen langsam Gestalt an. Chinesische Kommentatoren vergleichen schon jetzt 3/18 mit 3/11. Hinter den in China beliebten Kurzformeln verbirgt sich stets Wichtiges. Am 3. Plenum des 11. Parteitages nämlich setzte im Dezember 1978 der grosse Revolutionär und Reformer Deng Xiaoping die Wirtschafts-Reform in Bewegung. Dies nach dreissig Jahren Maoismus, einer grossen Hungersnot 1958-69 (45 Millionen Tote), der Katastrophe der Grossen Proletarischen Kulturrevolution 1966-76, nach einer Zeit allgemeiner, kollektivierter und egalitärer Armut. Der Rest ist Geschichte. (more…)

The Era of Neutrino Astronomy has Begun

By Guest PostNovember 30, 2013Scienceactive galactic nuclei, antarctic ice, askaryan radio array, astronomy, astrophysicists, black holes, cosmic neutrinos, data collection, era, extraterrestrial neutrinos, francis halzen, Galaxy, gamma ray, gregory sullivan, high energy particles, ice, icecube neutrino observatory, kara hoffman, magnetic fields, massless particles, mysterious phenomena, neutrino astronomy, neutrino detector, new age, nsf, origin and cause, solar system, south pole, statistically significant signal, stream to earth, telescope, teraelectronvolts, tev, university of maryland, vladimir papitashvili

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Astrophysicists using a telescope embedded in Antarctic ice have succeeded in a quest to detect and record the mysterious phenomena known as cosmic neutrinos – nearly massless particles that stream to Earth at the speed of light from outside our solar system, striking the surface in a burst of energy that can be as powerful as a baseball pitcher’s fastball. Next, they hope to build on the early success of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory to detect the source of these high-energy particles, said Physics Professor Gregory Sullivan, who led the University of Maryland’s 12-person team of contributors to the IceCube Collaboration.

“The era of neutrino astronomy has begun,” Sullivan said as the IceCube Collaboration announced the observation of 28 very high-energy particle events that constitute the first solid evidence for astrophysical neutrinos from cosmic sources. (more…)

Dreyfus Award

By Guest PostNovember 30, 2013Sciencedreyfus award, liquid fuel, renewable energy, synthetic liquid fuels

UD’s Rosenthal receives postdoctoral award in environmental chemistry

Chemist Joel Rosenthal, whose work in renewable energy focuses on the use of solar energy to convert carbon dioxide into synthetic liquid fuels, has been awarded a highly competitive grant to add a postdoctoral researcher to his lab. (more…)

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