Science news Posted August 22, 2013: Compute

Posted August 22, 2013:

• Computer Simulations Indicate Calcium Carbonate Has a Dense Liquid Phase


• Morphing Manganese: New Discovery Alters Understanding of Chemistry That Moves Elements Through Natural World


• Ytterbium Atomic Clocks Set Record for Stability


• Wolves Howl Because They Care: Social Relationship Can Explain Variation in Vocal Production


• Mending a Broken Heart? Scientists Transform Non-Beating Human Cells Into Heart-Muscle Cells


• Space Slinky: Jet of Superheated Gas -- 5,000 Light-Years Long -- Ejected from Supermassive Black Hole


• Why People With Red Hair Have a Higher Risk of Developing Melanoma


• Food Source for Whales, Seals and Penguins at Risk: Warming Antarctic Seas Likely to Impact on Krill Habitats


• Hunter-Gatherers' Taste for Spice Revealed


• Human Brains Are Hardwired for Empathy, Friendship

Posted August 21, 2013:

• Rising Mountains, Cooling Oceans Prompted Spread of Invasive Species 450 Million Years Ago


• Astronomers Take Sharpest Photos Ever of the Night Sky


• Lab-Made Complexes Are 'Sun Sponges'


• High-Precision Measurement of Subatomic Shape Shifting and New Result on Differences Among Neutrino Masses


• Experimental Ebola Treatment Protects Some Primates Even After Disease Symptoms Appear


• Mother's Genes Can Impact Aging Process


• Bacteria Make Us Feel Pain ... and Suppress Our Immune Response


• A Brighter Method for Measuring the Surface Gravity of Distant Stars


• Physicists Pinpoint Key Property of Material That Both Conducts and Insulates


• Crocodile Confession: Meat-Eating Predators Occasionally Eat Fruit


• Playing Video Games Can Boost Brain Power


• Hamster Genome Decoded: Researchers Successfully Sequence Genome of Chinese Hamster


• Human Foot Not as Unique as Originally Thought


• Alcohol Abuse, Eating Disorders Share Genetic Link