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Novel MRI Technique Shows Secondhand Smoke Damages Lungs

For the first time, researchers have identified structural damage to the lungs caused by secondhand cigarette smoke.
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Nanotech's health, environment impacts worry scientists

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Technology news // 25 November, 2007 10:11:28
 The unknown human health and environmental impacts of nanotechnology are a bigger worry for scientists than for the public, according to a new report published today (Nov. 25) in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

Molecular chords

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Science news // 25 November, 2007 08:11:55
 In terms of physics, there is hardly any difference between the resonance in a molecule and a musical chord. Both are created when vibrations with different frequencies overlap. In music, it is the notes that make up the chord.

Illuminating Study Reveals How Plants Respond to Light

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Science news // 22 November, 2007 11:11:41
 Most of us take it for granted that plants respond to light by growing, flowering and straining towards the light, and we never wonder just how plants manage to do so. But the ordinary, everyday responses of plants to light are deceptively complex, and much about them has long stumped scientists.

DOE JGI plumbs termite guts to yield novel enzymes for better biofuel production

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Science news // 21 November, 2007 02:11:20
 Termites - notorious for their voracious appetite for wood, rendering houses to dust and causing billions of dollars in damage per year -- may provide the biochemical means to a greener biofuel future. The bellies of these tiny beasts actually harbor a gold mine of microbes that have now been tapped as a rich source of enzymes for improving the conversion of wood or waste biomass to valuable biofuels.

Astronomers Say Moons Like Ours Are Uncommon

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Astronomy news // 20 November, 2007 07:11:17
 The next time you take a moonlit stroll, or admire a full, bright-white moon looming in the night sky, you might count yourself lucky. New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggest that moons like Earth's - that formed out of tremendous collisions - are uncommon in the universe, arising at most in only 5 to 10 percent of planetary systems.

UW-Madison scientists guide human skin cells to embryonic state

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Life sciences news // 19 November, 2007 02:11:04
 In a paper to be published Nov. 22 in the online edition of the journal Science, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers reports the genetic reprogramming of human skin cells to create cells indistinguishable from embryonic stem cells.

New research suggests delay in autumn colour is caused by increased atmospheric CO2

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Science news // 19 November, 2007 10:11:33
 The delay in autumnal leaf coloration and leaf fall in trees is caused by rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere and not by increased global temperatures, suggests a new study by researchers at the University of Southampton.

Bee Strategy Helps Servers Run More Sweetly

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Technology news // 18 November, 2007 07:11:16
 Honeybees somehow manage to efficiently collect a lot of nectar with limited resources and no central command - after all, the queen bee is too busy laying eggs to oversee something as mundane as where the best nectar can be found on any given morning. According to new research from the Georgia Institute of Technology, the swarm intelligence of these amazingly organized bees can also be used to improve the efficiency of Internet servers faced with similar challenges.

New technique captures chemical reactions in a single living cell for the first time

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Science news // 18 November, 2007 03:11:45
 Bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have discovered a technique that for the first time enables the detection of biomolecules' dynamic reactions in a single living cell.

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