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UCR-led research team uses tiny wasp to wipe out major agricultural pest in Tahiti
A research team led by Mark Hoddle, a biological control specialist at UC Riverside, has nearly eradicated the glassy-winged sharpshooter, a major agricultural pest, from the island of Tahiti and several other French Polynesian islands in the South Pacific Ocean. view more (2008-03-17)
Vineyard weeds found to host Pierce's disease of grapes
New research just released in the September issue of Plant Disease suggests that weeds commonly found in California's wine country may enable the spread of Pierce's disease of grapes, one of the most destructive plant diseases affecting grapes. view more (2005-09-22)
Want to fly? Don't copy the birds and the bees
Since earliest recorded history, and presumably beyond, humans have always wanted to fly. view more (2008-07-07)
Climate change creates dramatic decline in red-winged black bird population
Global warming strikes again. A University of Illinois researcher reports that a red-winged black bird population in Ontario, Canada has decreased by 50 percent since 1972. view more (2006-11-14)
Argonne scientists discover new class of glassy material
Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory are dealing with an entirely new type of frustration, but it's not stressing them out. view more (2008-07-29)
Slow-frozen people? Latest research supports possibility of cyropreservation
The latest research on water—still one of the least understood of all liquids despite a century of intensive study — seems to support the possibility that cells, tissues and even the entire human body could be cyropreserved without formation of damaging ice crystals. view more (2006-06-21)
Cracking a controversial solid state mystery
Scientists can easily explain the structural order that makes steel and aluminium out of molten metal. And they have discovered the molecular changes that take place as water turns to ice. But, despite the fact that glass blowers have been plying their trade since the first century BC, we have only just begun to understand what makes molten glass... view more... (2009-02-09)
Ancient birds flew on all-fours
The earliest known ancestor of modern-day birds took to the skies by gliding from trees using primitive feathered wings on their arms and legs, according to new research by a University of Calgary paleontologist. view more (2006-09-22)
Robot learns to fly
EMBARGOED UNTIL WEDNESDAY 14 AUGUST 2002 19:00 BST UK CONTACT - Claire Bowles, New Scientist Press Office, London: Tel: +44(0)20 7331 2751 or email claire.bowles@rbi.co.uk view more (2002-08-14)
Alarm pheromone causes aphids to sprout wings
Chemical communication within insect species is often much more sophisticated than expected. When aphids are attacked by predators such as ladybird beetles, they release an alarm pheromone, (E)-ß-farnesene, that has long been known to cause other aphids to walk around or drop from the plant. view more (2005-05-18)
UC Engineering Researchers Uncover Factors That Control Ion Motion in Solid Electrolytes — Coming to a Pacemaker Near You
University of Cincinnati researchers show for the first time that they can connect an increase in electrical (ionic) conductivity with flexibility of their networks. The same team of researchers discovered intermediate phases seven years ago in amorphous or disordered materials where networks are covalently bonded. view more (2007-05-09)
Giorgio Parisi elected as new member of the National Academy of Sciences
The italian scientist Giorgio Parisi, Director of the INFM Research and Development Center SMC (Statistical Mechanics and Complexity), has become a member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. A very few italian scientists have this privilege: e.g. the Nobel Prize recipients Rita Levi di Montalcini, Carlo Rubbia,... view more... (2003-05-08)
Emory physicist opens new window on glass puzzle
When most people look at a window, they see solid panes of glass, but for decades, physicists have pondered the mysteries of window glass: Is glass a solid, or merely an extremely slow moving liquid" An Emory University research team led by physicist Eric Weeks has yielded another clue in the glass puzzle, demonstrating that, unlike liquids,... view more... (2007-08-13)
Competition between species curbs selfishness?
Animals are in constant competition over procreative resources. The interests of the individual and the population are not necessarily one and the same; aggressive insects may fare well in the mating competition, but eventually the proliferation of aggressive genes will weaken the procreative efficiency of the species. view more (2004-12-20)
Plastic as hard and clear as glass
Plastics come in many forms. They are used to make boats, magnifiers, skis and all manner of household items. Transparent plastic sheet panels would be ideal in the manufacture of windows or headlamps of cars, for example, and tinted plastic foils could more readily be used to protect against the sun – if only the material was not so easily... view more... (2000-03-28)
Geophysical Research Letters Highlight for 1 October 2001
American Geophysical Union Geophysical Research Letters European Highlight of This Issue - 1 October 2001 ******************** Contents I. Highlight II. Authors and their institutions III. Notes, including ordering information for science writers ********** I. Highlight 7. New method investigates submicrometer particles Using a hygroscopicity... view more... (2001-09-21)
Chemists look through glass to find secrets that are less clear
A new understanding of how glass is formed may assist with our understanding of everything from the design of golf club heads to the structure of the early universe. view more (2006-06-07)
NASA'S Dirty Secret: Moon Dust
The Apollo Moon missions of 1969-1972 all share a dirty secret. "The major issue the Apollo astronauts pointed out was dust, dust, dust," says Professor Larry Taylor, Director of the Planetary Geosciences Institute at the University of Tennessee. Fine as flour and rough as sandpaper, Moon dust caused 'lunar hay fever,' problems with... view more... (2008-09-29)
Anti-perfume - the male butterfly's gift to his partner
Pieris butterflies are not like all other butterflies. Both sexes agree about sex. In a dissertation about olfactory communication, Johan Andersson, a scientist at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (KTH), Sweden, presents exciting new findings about a joint effort that provides an alternative view of the theory of sexual selection.... view more... (2004-02-23)
UW paper in Science shows how some solids mimic liquids on nanoscale
A University of Waterloo physics and astronomy research team, in a paper to be published Friday in Science Magazine, shows how some solids behave like liquids on the nanoscale. view more (2008-02-04)
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