Brooke Miller : Science World Report

Sep 28, 2012 07:15 AM EDT

Good News: Salt Cedars are Shedding Leaves, May Take More Years for Extermination

It was noticed that the salt cedar along the waterways of the southern and eastern Panhandle were getting leafless and dying at a faster rate. And an entomologist from Texas A & M AgriLife Research provided a reason for the process of defoliation.

Sep 28, 2012 07:06 AM EDT

Snap and Capture Mechanism of Sundew Plant Traps Insects

Generally restricted to sunny, wet environment the carnivorous plants are distributed worldwide. They display a complex mechanism in order to survive in habitats that are poor in nutrients. Trapping systems help them to attract, kill, and digest small prey animals.

Sep 28, 2012 06:45 AM EDT

After the Rock Show Curiosity Sees Old Streambed on Mars

After touching the Martian rock with its robotic arm for the first time on Sept 22, NASA's Curiosity has detected a stream that once ran vigorously across the area of Mars where the rover is driving. Prior to this there was evidence for the presence of water on Mars but the images provided by Curio...

Sep 28, 2012 06:42 AM EDT

HIV Drug Efavirenz Causes Memory Decline

Victims of HIV highly rely on number of medication to suppress the virus. A few of them even take drugs for decades. Till date most of the researchers were blinded with the assumption that the disease causes damage to the brain, but the new Johns Hopkins research suggest that the drug efavirenz may ...

Sep 28, 2012 06:41 AM EDT

Lithium-Ion Batteries with New Electrode for Long Life

A new material has been developed to improve the energy storage capacity of batteries so that laptops, cellphones, electric cars and other mobile devices can be used for longer duration. This new material has been developed by Steven Arnold Klankowski, a doctoral candidate in chemistry, La Crescent,...

Sep 27, 2012 07:33 AM EDT

Ancient Buddhist Statue Carved From Meteorite

A 1000 year old statue of an ancient Buddhist that is known as the 'Iron Man' has been analyzed by a team of scientists led by Dr. Elmar Buchner from the Institute of Planetology, University of Stuttgart.

Sep 27, 2012 06:46 AM EDT

Making Old Muscles Young and Fighting Fit During Aging

The crucial factor that is responsible for declining muscle repair during aging has been traced by an international team of scientists. They have also revealed how to arrest the process in the mice with the aid of a common drug.

Sep 27, 2012 06:35 AM EDT

Early Animal Evolution Due to Oxygen Rise

It has long been speculated that the rise in atmospheric oxygen levels is responsible for early animal evolution. But many studies failed to provide a direct cause and effect relationships between animal and environmental evolution. This was because of the lack of direct evidence for an oxygen incre...

Sep 27, 2012 06:32 AM EDT

Salt Marshes Remove Carbon Dioxide and Slow Down Climate Change

Greenhouse gas carbon dioxide acts like an atmospheric blanket trapping Earth's heat and abundance of carbon dioxide can alter the global climate. And warming climate causes the polar ice to melt thereby causing the sea levels to rise.

Sep 27, 2012 06:27 AM EDT

Type 2 Diabetes Origin in Intestine, Early Detection by Gut Bacteria Test

Many Americans suffering from Type 2 diabetes and they may not be even aware of it. However, a new study says that gut bacteria can reveal whether you suffer from the disease or not.

Sep 26, 2012 07:16 AM EDT

Four Dimensional Crystal Clock That Will Never Stop

An international team of scientists led by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have proposed an innovative design of a space time crystal based on an electric field ion trap and the Coulomb repulsion of particles that carry the same electric charge.

Sep 26, 2012 06:25 AM EDT

European Spacecraft Postpones Undocking From ISS

The undocking of the European cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station has been delayed due to certain communication malfunction. Original scheduled for the undocking of the ATV-3 resupply spacecraft was at 2.35 am, Wednesday.