Science news

• Yellowstone grizzly: Endangered or not?

  23-06-2017 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Yellowstone grizzlies are about to be taken off the endangered species list - after they were first added more than 40 years ago.
  
  Read more

• It's worth the drive to totality: perspectives from an eclipse chaser: Bob McDonald

  23-06-2017 21:32 via cbc.ca
  
  A veteran eclipse chaser gives a preview of the solar eclipse that will be visible in the U.S. in August.
  
  Read more

• Want to do business in Russia? Be ready to hand over your source code

  23-06-2017 17:54 via cbc.ca
  
  Authorities are asking Western tech companies to allow them to review source code for security products such as firewalls and anti-virus applications before they can be sold.
  
  Read more

• Secret history: How Steve Jobs went from rejecting to embracing the iPhone

  23-06-2017 16:46 via cbc.ca
  
  It's been a decade since Apple launched the iPhone, a device that transformed the way we interact with technology. But the history of its development has always been veiled in secrecy. Brian Merchant, author of "The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone," tells the story.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• This glass frog wears its heart for all to see

  23-06-2017 13:00
  
  A newly discovered glass frog species has skin so clear that it reveals most of the animal’s internal organs, including the heart.
  
  Read more

• Will Mars Go Mute? NASA's Aging Orbiters May Not Last Long Enough to Support Future Exploration

  23-06-2017 12:45 via rss.sciam.com
  
  The space agency does not have a replacement in the works to take over their vital role of relaying communications
  -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
  
  Read more

• Splish splashing spinning gorilla

  23-06-2017 11:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Zola has been cooling off in his favourite blue swimming pool at Dallas Zoo.
  
  Read more

• India sends 31 satellites into space, some for foreign customers

  23-06-2017 08:29
  
  NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India fired a rocket carrying 31 small satellites into space on Friday, several of them for European countries looking for high resolution earth images, underlining its strength as a low-cost provider of services in space.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• UK Robotics Week to demonstrate the nation's world-leading robotics and AI research

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) The UK's world-leading robotics research will be showcased at the second UK Robotics Week, which begins on Saturday, 24 June, 2017 and runs until Friday, 30 June.A week-long program of events will take place across the country, showcasing the latest research in areas such as surgery, social care and disaster relief, and will culminate in the International Robotics Showcase, which takes place on 30 June.
  
  Read more

• Study shines light on brain cells that coordinate movement

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine) A technique for inserting a gene into specific cell types in the adult brain can be used to alter the function of brain circuits and change behaviors in an animal model. The method will allow scientists to better understand what roles certain cell types play in the brain's complex circuitry. Researchers hope the approach might someday lead to developing treatments for conditions like epilepsy that might be curable by activating a small group
  
  Read more

• Senate health reform proposal jeopardizes care for us all as we age, AGS experts

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (American Geriatrics Society) Newest proposal in a line of legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act will harm access to key health services for older Americans, families, caregivers, and healthcare professionals, the AGS has said in a statement.
  
  Read more

• Rheumatology leaders applaud re-introduction of Patients' Access to Treatment Act

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (American College of Rheumatology) The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) today applauded the leadership of Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) and Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) in reintroducing H.R. 2999, the Patients' Access to Treatment Act (PATA). The bipartisan legislation would limit cost-sharing requirements for medications placed on specialty insurance tiers and make innovative and necessary therapies more accessible to Americans living with rheumatic diseases by reducing excessive out-of-pock
  
  Read more

• Research investigates causes of sea level falls in Dead Sea

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (University of Plymouth) The causes of falling sea levels in the Dead Sea, which have significant impacts on the environment and the economy, are to be investigated in new research led by the University of Plymouth.
  
  Read more

• Research accelerates quest for quicker, longer-lasting electronics

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (University of California - Riverside) In the world of electronics, where the quest is always for smaller and faster units with infinite battery life, topological insulators (TI) have tantalizing potential.In a paper published today in 'Science Advances,' Jing Shi, a professor of physics and astronomy at UC Riverside and colleagues MIT and Arizona State University report they have created a TI film just 25 atoms thick that adheres to an insulating magnetic film, creating a 'heterostructure.'
  
  Read more

• Putting others first can cost lives in emergencies

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (University of Waterloo) Selfless heroism isn't the best strategy in life-and-death disaster situations involving groups of people, a new study from the University of Waterloo suggests.
  
  Read more

• Protein mingling under blue light

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (Institute for Basic Science) IBS scientists developed a new faster and more efficient optogenetic tool to manipulate protein clusters under blue light.
  
  Read more

• Pitt's Chris Wilmer captures AIChE Young Investigator Award

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (University of Pittsburgh) The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) selected Christopher Wilmer, assistant professor of chemical and petroleum engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, as its 2017 recipient of the Young Investigator Award for Modeling and Simulation. According to AIChE, the award recognizes 'outstanding research in computational molecular science and engineering, encompassing both methods and applications.'
  
  Read more

• NIST/CU team launches 'comb and copter' system to map atmospheric gases

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)) Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado Boulder have demonstrated a new mobile, ground-based system that could scan and map atmospheric gas plumes over kilometer distances.
  
  Read more

• NASA-funded CHESS mission will check out the space between stars

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) The NASA-funded CHESS mission will check out the interstellar medium, peering into floating clouds of atoms and molecules that over millions of years may evolve into new stars.
  
  Read more

• NASA adds up Tropical Storm Cindy's rainfall

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Tropical storm Cindy was downgraded to a tropical depression after moving onshore near the Texas and Louisiana Border on Thursday June 22, 2017 and bringing a lot of rain with it. That rainfall was measured by NASA using satellite data.
  
  Read more

• MRI without contrast agents? Yes, with sugar!

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ)) Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), in collaboration with colleagues from Heidelberg University Hospital, have been able to visualize brain cancer using a novel MRI method. They use a simple sugar solution instead of conventional contrast agents, which can have side effects in the body.
  
  Read more

• More democracy through mathematics

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (Technical University of Munich (TUM)) For democratic elections to be fair, voting districts must have similar sizes. When populations shift, districts need to be redistributed -- a complex and, in many countries, controversial task when political parties attempt to influence redistricting. Mathematicians at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now developed a method that allows the efficient calculation of optimally sized voting districts.
  
  Read more

• Is it okay for children to count on their fingers?

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (Frontiers) Is it OK for children to count on their fingers? Generations of pupils have been discouraged by their teachers from using their hands when learning maths. But a new research article shows using fingers may be a much more important part of maths learning than previously thought.
  
  Read more

• Improving knowledge and data on migration -- new migration profile of Mali

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (European Commission Joint Research Centre) One year from its conception, the European Commission's Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography is publishing a new migration profile of Mali.
  
  Read more

• Following a friend leads to unsafe driving behavior

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (Frontiers) A new study inspired by a court case involving a driver seriously hurt in an accident when following another car to a destination, provides evidence to show that the car behind makes risky driving maneuvers. Driving faster, more erratically, closer to the car in front and jumping traffic lights are all blamed on a fear of getting lost. Drivers are advised to provide the follower with a map or navigational guide before setting off.
  
  Read more

• ESC Congress 2017 -- Press schedule

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (European Society of Cardiology) The press schedule for ESC Congress 2017 is announced today. Journalists are invited to attend 6 hot line session press conferences including a Clinical Trial Update and a Late Breaking Registry Results and 3 press conferences with the themes:*Cardiac Interventions - Expanding Applications*Living Longer - Tips and Tricks *Cholesterol Lowering - Reality Check and New Directions
  
  Read more

• Equipping form with function

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (Institute of Science and Technology Austria) Mechanical structures in steerable cars are optimized to fit exactly one particular shape of the toy. If designers want to reuse such a mechanism with different shapes, the necessary adjustments to the components were often unmanageable for non-experts. Scientists at IST Austria have developed an interactive design tool that allows users to easily adjust a mechanical template to the shape of their choice. The tool will be presented at this year's pre
  
  Read more

• Don't leave baby boomers behind when designing wearable technology

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (Human Factors and Ergonomics Society) Accounting for age-related cognitive and physical challenges can increase adoption rates for older users who need help managing their health.
  
  Read more

• Does dark matter annihilate quicker in the Milky Way?

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) Researchers at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai have proposed a theory that predicts how dark matter may be annihilating much more rapidly in the Milky Way, than in smaller or larger galaxies and the early Universe.
  
  Read more

• Cut US commercial building energy use 29 percent with widespread controls

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) The US could slash its energy use by the equivalent of what is currently used by 12 to 15 million Americans if commercial buildings fully used energy-efficiency controls nationwide.
  
  Read more

• Chatter in the deep brain spurs empathy in rats

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (Duke University) By combining electrical monitoring of neural activity with machine learning, a team of Duke and Stanford University neuroscientists has tuned into the brain chatter of rats engaged in helping other rats. The results clarify earlier conflicting findings on the role of specific brain regions, such as the insula, in guiding antisocial and psychopathic behavior, and may shed light on how to encourage altruistic behavior in humans.
  
  Read more

• Bioengineers create more durable, versatile wearable for diabetes monitoring

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (University of Texas at Dallas) Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas are getting more out of the sweat they've put into their work on a wearable diagnostic tool that measures three diabetes-related compounds in microscopic amounts of perspiration. In a study published recently in Nature Scientific Reports, the team describes their wearable diagnostic biosensor that can detect three interconnected compounds - cortisol, glucose and interleukin-6 - in perspired sweat for up to a week wi
  
  Read more

• Algorithm generates origami folding patterns for any shape

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A new algorithm generates practical paper-folding patterns to produce any 3-D structure.
  
  Read more

• Additional funding for prisoner mental health collaboration

  23-06-2017 06:00
  
  (University of Plymouth) A national collaboration investigating a cross-agency 'joined up' approach to the needs of prisoners with mental health needs on and immediately after release, has received additional funding of almost £290,000 to continue its work for another 10 months. Follow up will now be extended from six to 12 months and a more comprehensive economic analysis will be carried out.
  
  Read more

• Watched chimps change their hunting habits

  23-06-2017 03:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wild chimpanzees have changed their hunting strategies in response to being watched and followed by scientists, observations suggest.
  
  Read more

• How the presence of humans can affect chimp hunting habits

  23-06-2017 03:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two chimp 'tribes' have developed different hunting habits in response to human presence.
  
  Read more

• Future of energy on show in Kazakhstan

  23-06-2017 01:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kazakhstan's Expo 2017 provides a taste of what could be the future of greener and renewable energy.
  
  Read more

Follow @ScienceUKnews on Twitter!