Science news

Posted July 31, 2013:

• Spitzer Discovers Young Stars With a 'Hula Hoop'


• NASA's Cassini Sees Forces Controlling Enceladus Jets


• 'Highway from Hell' Fueled Costa Rican Volcano


• Bird Brains Predate Birds Themselves: 'Flight-Ready' Brain Was Present in Some Non-Avian Dinosaurs, CT Scans Indicate


• Digest This: Cure for Cancer May Live in Our Intestines


• Robots Strike Fear in the Hearts of Fish: Anxious Zebrafish Help Researchers Understand How Alcohol Affects Fear


• Physicists Discover Theoretical Possibility of Large, Hollow Magnetic Cage Molecules


• Guided Growth of Nanowires Leads to Self-Integrated Circuits


• New Protein Discovered With Vast Potential for Treatment of Cancer and Other Diseases


• Polar Ecosystems Acutely Vulnerable to Sunlight-Driven Tipping Points


• Could Planting Trees in the Desert Mitigate Climate Change?


• Dawn of Carnivores Explains Animal Boom in Distant Past


• Stem Cells in Urine Easy to Isolate and Have Potential for Numerous Therapies