Science news

Posted January 10, 2014:

• 'Superlens' Extends Range of Wireless Power Transfer


• Living on Islands Makes Animals Tamer


• Researchers Develop Artificial Bone Marrow; May Be Used to Reproduce Hematopoietic Stem Cells

Posted January 9, 2014:

• Study Dispels Theories of Y Chromosome's Demise: Stripped-Down Chromosome Retains Key Genes for Fertility


• Battery Development May Extend Range of Electric Cars


• Researchers Invent 'Sideways' Approach to 2-D Hybrid Materials


• Research Demonstrates 'Guided Missile' Strategy to Kill Hidden HIV


• Theory for Metamaterials That Act as an Analog Computer


• Capturing a Hard-Wired Variability: What Makes Some Identical Twins Noticeably Different?


• Loss of Large Carnivores Poses Global Conservation Problem


• Iconic Australasian Trees Found as Fossils in South America


• Lions Are Critically Endangered in West Africa


• Astronomers Discover New Planet in Pisces Constellation


• Surprising New Class of 'Hypervelocity Stars' Discovered Escaping the Galaxy


• Ultra-Thin Flexible Transparent Electronics Can Wrap Around a Hair


• Quantum Mechanics Explains Efficiency of Photosynthesis


• Antarctic Emperor Penguins May Be Adapting to Warmer Temperatures


• Rich World of Fish Biofluorescence Illiuminated


• New Study Finds Extreme Longevity in White Sharks


• Two Million Years Ago, Human Relative 'Nutcracker Man' Lived on Tiger Nuts