by Breanna Draxler Jeff Lieberman is a jack of all trades in science and the arts. He is a mechanical engineer, a robotics expert, a design consultant, a photographer, a composer and a kinetic sculptor. He hosts the Discovery Channel’s “Time Warp” TV show, has performed at Carnegie Hall, and gave a TedX talk at Cambridge. But the common thread …
by Breanna Draxler The avocado has long been touted as a super food. Now it may have another health benefit: killing super bacteria. Yellow staphylococci is the most common bacteria linked to post-operation infections in hospitals. These staph infections can be life-threatening and are becoming more and more resistant to the antibiotics used to treat …
by Breanna Draxler MRIs usually assess human health, but scientists are now using the technology to look at the health of batteries. A team of scientists from Cambridge, Stony Brook and New York Universities has come up with a way to measure the functionality and safety of batteries with magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI. MRI …
By Beth Bartel Most of our planet’s volcanoes are out of sight, and largely out of mind–three quarters of them, as it turns out. Hidden under sometimes thousands of feet of water, volcanoes on the seafloor bubble and boil away without our knowledge and largely without our understanding. Oregon State University volcanologist Bill Chadwick has been working …
Aimed at adolescents, the book, which is illustrated by Dave McKean, addresses the myths and science behind questions such as, why do we have night and day? What is the sun? What is an earthquake? and who was the first human?
6 Mar 2013
In the right circumstances probiotic supplements can benefit the human gut, but are they they right choice for you?
8 Feb 2013
Experts agree that 2012 was one of the hottest and driest years on record, and so far this year there has not been enough precipitation, either fallen or forecasted, to indicate that the situation will improve.
5 Feb 2013
The nation's growing problem of how to dispose of nuclear waste from power reactors can’t be solved through science alone, according to the co-authors of a new book on high-level nuclear waste.
6 Nov 2012
Paleoclimatologist Jim White spends as much time in the lab as in the public eye, and he’s here to set the record straight: really, folks, climate change is not as complicated as it seems.
6 Nov 2012
What happens when we stop thinking and trust our guts? Just what one would expect: we are wrong.
24 Oct 2012
In a city known for heavy industry, environmental issues and problems with suburban sprawl, sustainable practices might be the antithesis of their primary goal for ambitious growth.
15 Oct 2012
Experts say that to keep homes out of dangerous fire zones, the high costs of wildfires must shift away from the federal government to local government and homeowners.
24 Sep 2012
The federal government recognizes and protects wild horses as “living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West.” The reality of managing herds, however, has proved problematic.
12 Sep 2012
Since he started sailing years ago, David Noone had his attention focused on climate. Now, the National Science Foundation is recognizing him as the next big thing in climate science and engineering.
21 Mar 2012
Americans have made it clear on many occasions that they don’t want commercialism in their parks. But just how far do the reaches of corporate influence extend?
