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Energy In Motion / Science News
Science News — How the nanomachines of life harvest randomness to do the cells' workMore…
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Bubbles Turn On Chemical Catalysts / Science News
Science News — Mechanical force could help chemical compounds spur reactions when the time is right Scientists have figured out a new way to strong-arm some catalysts, tying the chemical compounds down and then, as needed, unleashing them with brute force. The ...More…
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Leaden Blood Hikes Granny's Heart Risks / Science News
Science News — After menopause, women face a rapidly increasing risk of heart disease. In short order, heart attacks and other manifestations of heart disease become the leading causes of death in women. One possible, newfound contributor to the postmenopausal ...More…
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Another Type Of Traffic Stress / Science News
Science News — Inhaling the air pollutants spewed by cars and trucks can stress cells throughout the body by exposing them to an unhealthy oxidative environment. A new study in Beijing - one of the world's more polluted cities - quantifies those oxidative ...More…
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Coming: Ersatz Calorie Restriction / Science News
Science News — Which of course begs the question: Is living longer worth the price of spending it in perpetual dietary misery? Well, maybe we won't have to. At the Experimental Biology meeting here in New Orleans, this week, researchers from a group of ...More…
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Yeast Bred To Bear Artificial Vanilla / Science News
Science News — Researchers have co-opted fungi to produce the flavor more efficiently Yeast has long been pressed into service for making food and drink, and now scientists have recruited the fungus for a loftier flavor: vanillin, vanilla's dominant compound. ...More…
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FOR KIDS: Night Of The Living Ants / Science News
Science News — Chemicals make the difference between life and death for these insects When an ant dies, other ants move the dead insect out of the nest. Sometimes, the dead ant gets moved away very soon - within an hour of dying. This behavior is interesting to ...More…
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How RNA Got Started / Science News
Science News — Scientists identify chemical reactions that could be responsible for the origin of life Scientists may have figured out the chemistry that sparked the beginning of life on Earth. The new findings map out a series of simple, efficient chemical ...More…
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Nonstick Chemical Pollutes Water At Notable Levels / ...
Science News — Concentrations approach those shown to have adverse effects in laboratory animals A new study finds evidence that people may be exposed through drinking water to a persistent chemical - one used to make nonstick products - at levels approaching ...More…
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BPA: On The Way Out? Sort Of / Science News
Science News — I ran across a Chicago Trib story noting that the city council voted yesterday to make the Windy City America's first community to ban sales of polycarbonate-plastic baby bottles and "sippy" cups. A lofty claim, but every town and hamlet in ...More…
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Island Press, 2009, 307 p., $24.95.
Science News — Hightower eventually traces the symptoms to diets rich in big fish such as tuna and swordfish, the types that accumulate high concentrations of methylmercury. Her cure: Forgo eating fish for up to a year. Now Hightower takes readers along on her ...More…
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Barron's Educational Series, 2009, 960 p., $35.
Science News — Countless inventions, large and small, have played defining roles in human history. But when editor Jack Challoner began to compile a list of these innovations, he wondered if 1,001 might be too many. He quickly realized the number was far too small.More…