See It — and Believe It or Not
The aphorism seeing is believing' has it backward, as evidenced by skeptics who don't believe man went to the moon and contend photos taken by the astronauts prove their point.
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Irradiation Gets Shot In the Arm
Scientists at the USDA suggest that irradiation can kill pathogens that are beyond the reach of conventional chemical sanitizers used on farms.
Did Archimedes Solve Our Energy Crisis?
Sticking solar concentrators where the sun shines could potentially generate phenomenal amounts of electricity. But the perfect technology doesn't yet exist.
Forecasters Work to Avoid Next New Orleans
As weather patterns are likely to change with the climate, a national NOAA project centers on gathering meteorological data both before and during significant storms to create precision forecasts that researchers hope will allow us up to a week's notice.
Now If Only They’d Hang Themselves Up, Too
Researchers at Monash University in Victoria, Australia, have created clothes — spun from natural fibers — that clean themselves.
The Musician’s Brain
Two new MRI studies provide insights into how music is processed in the brain and clues to the underlying structure of the creative process.
Light Unto the Developing World
A Massachusetts architect and a personal solar power system — Portable Light — bring comfort and better medical chances to South African TB patients.
From Petri Dish to Gas Pump
Some commercial adventurers are considering topping off their tank with pond scum, an approach that gains currency as other biofuels lose some luster.
Campus Research Back to Basics
The author of a new paper on the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 finds that the legislation has not caused the decline in basic research that many had feared.
AMBER Alerts Largely Ineffective, Study Shows
The touted AMBER Alert system is so inherently flawed it amounts to little more than "crime-control theater," according to a new report by researchers at the University of Nevada–Reno.