- Travel & Transportation
- By Laura Sinpetru
- December 23rd, 2014
Hybrid Aircraft Is Powered by an Electric Motor and a Petrol Engine
The environmentally friendly aircraft was designed and built by University of Cambridge and Boeing specialists
- Behavior/Humans
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 20th, 2014
How Suppressing Memories Models Human Behavior
Scientists shed new light on this intricate mechanism
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 27th, 2014
Sudden Climate Change Threw Ancient South Asian Civilization in Decline
The culture occupied areas in India and Pakistan some 4,100 years ago
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 19th, 2014
Elephants Are Capable of Reassuring One Another
This behavior has rarely been observed in animals before
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 10th, 2014
Not All Organisms Shrunk Following Mass Extinction
Researchers previously thought the Lilliput effect was ubiquitous
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 24th, 2014
Dog Cancer Traced Back to Ancient Pooch Living 11,000 Years Ago
The disease is very strange because it is highly contagious
- Nano-Biotechnology
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 13th, 2014
Retina Cells Can Now Be Printed to Cure Blindness
The innovation will make its way to the market soon
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 10th, 2014
New Analysis Method Reveals How Cell Differentiation Occurs
This could be a great step forward in understanding how stem cells work
- Physics / Chemistry
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 25th, 2013
Quantum Sensors Made Possible by Flaws in Diamonds
Researchers enable new class of applications at extremely small scales
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 25th, 2013
Simple Molecular Substitutions Keep Flu Safe from Vaccines
This basic mechanism is the reason why the flu comes back every season
- History
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 17th, 2013
Lego Helps Restore 3,000-Year-Old Mummy Sarcophagus
The restoration was performed by archaeologists and an engineering student in England
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- October 3rd, 2012
Modeling the Effects of Climate Change on Food Supplies
Researchers embark on a massive study of highly-complex data
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 24th, 2012
How a Retina Is Formed
New study sheds light on the complexity of the nervous system
- Physics / Chemistry
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 19th, 2012
Organic Lasers Can Now Be Printed
The standard inkjet technology was successfully modified for this purpose
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 7th, 2012
Chest X-Rays May Favor Breast Cancer in Some Women
Those with a specific type of genetic error are especially at risk
- History
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 5th, 2012
1,500-Year-Old Roman City Rediscovered in Italy
British investigators reveal how life went on in the old settlement
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 4th, 2012
Avian Barometers Come from Fish
They originally came in the form of primitive sense organs