A team of researchers is investigating less labor-intensive ways to protect silver artifacts from tarnishing.

NASA's TRMM satellite revealed Hurricane Sandy's heavy rainfall and the storm is expected to couple with a powerful cold front and Arctic air to bring that heavy rainfall to the Mid-Atlantic and northeastern US. Some forecasters are calling this combination of weather factors "Frankenstorm" because of the close proximity to Halloween. However, because Sandy is a woman's name, the storm could be...

NASA's Terra satellite got a good look at Tropical Storm Son-tinh moving through the South China Sea and headed for landfall in Vietnam.

Scientists have succeeded in creating near-atomically flat silicon, of the orientation used by the electronics industry, in a room temperature reaction. The flat silicon might one day serve as the base for new biological and chemical sensors.

Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center describe new findings that help explain the neurocircuitry underlying the fat-burning properties of brown fat.

Using something called "inertial microfluidics," University of Cincinnati researchers are able to continuously and selectively collect rare cells, such as circulating tumor cells, based on their size vs. other biomarkers. This could reduce analysis time and increase selectivity while reducing reliance on antibody-based testing in clinical tests.

Photovoltaic cell efficiency may soon get a big boost, thanks to next-generation antireflection coatings crafted from nanomaterials capable of cutting down on the amount of light reflected away from a cell's surface.

A new paper in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry looks at what motivates some parents to enter their children in high-glitz beauty pageants.

A multidisciplinary team from the University of California, San Diego, is developing an alternate means of precisely tagging breast cancer tumors for removal or targeted destruction.

Researchers at the University of Geneva, in collaboration with the Institut Curie, shed light on the mechanism of the fission of cell membranes. They used an in vitro analysis of the functioning of dynamin, a protein involved in this mechanism.

A study found several benefits in using the radial artery in the arm as the entry point for angioplasty or percutaneous coronary intervention compared to the femoral artery in the leg. Results of the STEMI-RADIAL trial were presented today at the 24th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium. Sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, TCT is the world's...

Rarely tested in patients over the age of 80, a study found that drug-eluting stents exhibited some benefits over bare-metal stents, though both types of stents demonstrated a clinical benefit. Results of the XIMA trial were presented today at the 24th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics scientific symposium. Sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, TCT is the world's...

Growing evidence suggests that there may be a link between diabetes and Alzheimer's disease, but the physiological mechanisms by which diabetes impacts brain function and cognition are not fully understood. In a new study published in Aging Cell, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies show, for the first time, that diabetes enhances the development of aging features that may...

Researchers build nanoscale "bowls" that protect miniature metal catalysts from the harsh conditions of biofuel refining.

Scientists have demonstrated the first solar cell with external quantum efficiency exceeding 100 percent for photons with energies in the solar range.

Lyme disease is a bacterial illness that affects tens of thousands. It can lead to abnormalities in the nervous system, heart and joints. New research into the bacterium's genetic makeup could advance the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of the disease. A preclinical study by scientists at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston appears in the journal PLOS ONE.

Researchers have developed a novel system for examining and measuring nanoscale thermal conductance at the interface between two materials.

The ability of embryonic stem cells to differentiate into different types of cells with different functions is regulated and maintained by a complex series of chemical interactions, which are not well understood. Learning more about this process could prove useful for stem cell-based therapies down the road. New research from a team led by Carnegie's Yixian Zheng zeroes in on the process by which...

Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital have confirmed what many cyclists in Toronto have long believed - that streetcar tracks are involved in nearly one-third of bicycle accidents.

By using a variety of materials not commonly associated with MEMS technology, researchers have created stronger microstructures that can form precise, tall and narrow 3-D shapes -- characteristics that were never before possible in MEMS.

Most physiological functions in mammals are controlled by a daily internal time-keeping system, termed the circadian clock. The transcription of many genes producing detoxifying enzymes is regulated by DBP, a protein that is itself expressed in a highly rhythmic fashion. The group of Ueli Schibler, professor at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, deciphered the molecular basis of how the...

Young adults who are interested in politics are more likely than others to participate in public affairs by speaking out about their political beliefs using Facebook, online blogs and other social media, according to a study performed by researchers from the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University.

Radioactive cesium levels in most kinds of fish caught off the coast of Fukushima haven't declined in the year following Japan's nuclear disaster, a signal that the seafloor or leakage from the damaged reactors must be continuing to contaminate the waters — possibly threatening fisheries for decades, a researcher says.

American actor Woody Harrelson has taken on a new role — saving North American forests. He's involved with a Manitoba company hoping to build a non-wood pulp and paper mill.