Artist's impression of a split beam with vitamin B12 in a liquid jet. Scientists have developed a new X-ray technique that can capture ultrafast molecular changes in extremely dilute liquid samples - a breakthrough that…
FDA Investigates Stem Cell Clinics Selling Suspicious Treatments
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched a plan today to crack down on stem cell clinics claiming they offer treatments for a variety of diseases, but don’t provide any scientific evidence that they work.…
Antarctic ice safety band at risk
[caption id="attachment_7590" align="alignright" width="170"] Astrolabe Glacier[/caption] Antarctica is surrounded by huge ice shelves. New research, using ice velocity data from satellites such as ESA’s heritage Envisat, has revealed that there is a critical point where…
NASA Turns the Super Bowl Into Lesson in…
[caption id="attachment_7586" align="alignright" width="320"] Student intern Joe Burces at NASA’s Ames Research Center observes football in fluid dynamics chamber.Credits: NASA Ames / Dominic Hart[/caption] Aerodynamics is the study of how air and liquids, referred to…
Researchers developed a new method of measuring blood…
A group of researchers, led by Prof. Yuji Matsuura of the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering at Tohoku University, Japan, has developed a method of measuring blood glucose using far infrared light, which is both…