Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 10 September 2012

Space tower: could we build a stratosphere scraper?

The new Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University brings novelists and engineers together to push the boundaries of science

The golden eye of the James Webb Space Telescope

Hubble's billion-dollar successor will use an assembly of golden honeycomb-like mirrors to offer glimpses into the history of our universe

Lush Antarctic past suggests more monsoons in future

Tropical plant fossils in Antarctica hints at a monsoon climate - similar to modern-day South Asia - during the warm Eocene period, 34 million years ago

Mother's milk no match for virus that triggers asthma

By overstimulating the immune system in the lungs, viral infections increase the risk of asthma in mice

Neutrinos - the next big small thing

With the Higgs safely in the bag, could ethereal neutrinos guide us towards the new physics we are so keenly seeking?

Not so moist Mars: Clays may come from lava, not lakes

Some ancient clays on the Red Planet are a better match to volcanic flows than water-crafted minerals - hurting the likelihood of conditions for early life

Muscles that do nothing can keep you warm and thin

Muscles can burn energy without contracting, thanks to proteins called sarcolipins that could shed light on the body's thermostat and how we dispose of excess fat

Unsure robots make better teachers than know-alls

Students learn best from a robot when it makes mistakes that they can correct

A genetic blueprint of your unborn baby

Sequencing the whole genome of a fetus could provide a medical early warning on a previously unknown scale - but it also brings dilemmas, says Harriet A. Washington

Catcher of elusive neutrinos takes shape at Fermilab

Huge plastic blocks were being set in place this week to help catch some of the most elusive, mysterious particles known

Subscribe to New Scientist Magazine

Source: http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/492992/s/2345bb48/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Cblogs0Cshortsharpscience0C20A120C0A90Ctoday0Eon0Enew0Escientist0E10A0Esept0E10Bhtml/story01.htm

earthquake los angeles unemployment 2012 nfl draft grades young justice nfl draft d rose iman shumpert

No comments:

Post a Comment