By Alton Parrish. The amount of debris in the ocean is growing exponentially, becoming more and more hazardous and harmful to marine life and therefore also to our ocean food source. Measuring and tracking the movements of such debris [...]

    By Alton Parrish. A multi-university team of engineers has developed what could be a promising solution for charging smartphone batteries on the go — without the need for an electrical cord. Incorporated directly into a [...]

  By Alton Parrish.   The spread of antibiotic-resistance to one of the most pristine locations in Asia is linked to the annual human pilgrimages to the region, new research has shown. Experts from Newcastle University, UK, and [...]

  By Alton Parrish.   One of science’s strongest dogmas is that complex life on Earth could only evolve when oxygen levels in the atmosphere rose to close to modern levels. But now studies of a small sea sponge fished out [...]

    By Harvard University. Toxic chemicals may be triggering the recent increases in neurodevelopmental disabilities among children—such as autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and dyslexia—according to a new study [...]

  By Alton Parrish.   Vladimir Dinets, a research assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, is the first to thoroughlystudy the tree-climbing and -basking behavior When most people envision crocodiles, they think of them [...]

   By Alton Parrish. Scientists have solved a major problem with the current standard model of cosmology identified by combining results from the Planck spacecraft and measurements of gravitational lensing in order to deduce the mass of [...]

  By Alton Parrish. A new study analyses the risk factors and excess mortality among heroin and cocaine consumers admitted totreatment in Spain. The results reveal that the fatality rate among consumers of both drugs is 14.3 times higher [...]

  By Alton Parrish. Water supply is the most pressing environmental issue facing the United States according to a survey of policy makers and scientists revealed in a new publication in BioScience by researchers at the University of York [...]

  By Alton Parrish. The same physics that gives tornadoes their ferocious stability lies at the heart of new University of Washington research, and could lead to a better understanding of nuclear dynamics in studying fission, superconductors [...]

  By University of Pennsylvania.   University of Pennsylvania paleontologists has characterized a new dinosaur based on fossil remains found in northwestern China. The species, a plant-eating sauropod namedYongjinglong datangi, roamed [...]

  By University of Liverpool. Scientists at the University of Liverpool have shown that deep sea fault zones could transport much larger amounts of water from the Earth’s oceans to the upper mantle than previously thought. An arc volcano [...]

  By University of California Los Angeles. Why did life forms first begin to get larger and what advantage did this increase in size provide? UCLA biologists working with an international team of scientists examined the earliest communities [...]

    By Alton Parrish. An odd concept for anyone raised on the idea of robots as clunky metal machines or toys designed to make life easier or more fun, but a new EU-funded research project introduces the idea of robots as platforms [...]

Posted by Alton Parrish. Measurement technology continues to show its potential for quantum information Until recently measuring a 27-dimensional quantum state would have been a time-consuming, multistage process using a technique called quantum [...]

  By Frank Palatnick. ‘ Third Element In chemistry the third element is ‘ Lithium ‘. It was found in 1817 by a Swedish chemist. Lithium can be found in most organic compound as well as trace amounts in human beings. It [...]

    Posted by Alton Parrish. Researchers from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) have announced that they have measured the distances to galaxies more than six billion light-years away to an unprecedented accuracy [...]

  By Alton Parrish. Although few people live in the Western tropical Pacific Ocean region, the remote waters there affect billions of people by shaping climate and air chemistry worldwide.Next week, scientists will head to the region to [...]

By Alton Parrish. Medical implants, complex interfaces between brain and machine or remotely controlled insects: Recent developments combining machines and organisms have great potentials, but also give rise to major ethical concerns. In [...]

  By Alton Parrish.   Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Antares rocket launched from Pad 0A at the Wallops Flight Facility, Va. to send the company’s Cygnus cargo ship on a its first supply mission to the International Space [...]