Science news Posted August 16, 2013: New Rec

Posted August 16, 2013:

• New Rechargeable Flow Battery Could Enable Cheaper, More Efficient Energy Storage


• Do Herbicides Alter Ecosystems Around the World? Scant Research Makes It Hard to Prove


• Soft Drinks Linked to Behavioral Problems in Young Children

Posted August 15, 2013:

• New Approach Assembles Big Structures from Small Interlocking Pieces


• Slow Earthquakes May Foretell Larger Events


• Heart's Own Stem Cells Offer Hope for New Treatment of Heart Failure


• Fossil of History's Most Successful Mammal: Prehistoric 'Rodent' May Have Set the Stage for Life in Trees, Herbivorous Diets


• New Possibilities for Efficient Biofuel Production


• New Species of Carnivore Looks Like a Cross Between a House Cat and a Teddy Bear


• Voyager 1 Has Left the Solar System


• Cosmic Turbulences Result in Star and Black Hole Formation


• More Than 28 Cups of Coffee a Week May Endanger Health in Under 55s


• Mountain High: Genetic Adaptation for High Altitudes Identified


• Beneficial Jumping Gene Discovered


• Huge Owls Need Huge Trees


• Dragonflies Can See by Switching 'On' and 'Off'


• Heat Waves to Become Much More Frequent and Severe


• Quantum Teleportation: Transfer of Flying Quantum Bits at the Touch of a Button


• Galaxies Had 'Mature' Shapes 11. 5 Billion Years Ago