TECH & INNOVATION

Time to Fall Back—New Fossil Sets Evolutionary Clock Back 60 Million Years

Documenting their findings in this week’s issue of the journal Nature, Virginia Tech geobiologist Shuhai Xiao and a team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have found a multicellular fossil that predates the earliest of our known ancestors by nearly 60 million years; setting the evolutionary clock back quite a bit.

Distant Exoplanet Shows Signs of Water Vapor And Earth-like Skies

Pulling together the greatest resources in the world such as the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Kepler Space Telescope, one team of international astronomers caught the break they were looking for when they discovered clear skies and more importantly water vapor on a planet 122 light years outside of our very own solar system.

NRL Researchers Develop Novel Method to Synthesize Nanoparticles

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Materials Science and Technology Division have developed a novel one-step process using, for the first time in these types of syntheses, potassium superoxide (KO2) to rapidly form oxide nanoparticles from simple salt solutions in water.

Findings give hope to plant extract as possible lupus treatment

UH biomedical engineer says such drug could eliminate traditional side effects UH biomedical engineer says such drug could eliminate traditional side effects New findings by a biomedical engineer and his team at the University of Houston (UH) raise hope for a new class of drugs to treat lupus that may not include the long list of adverse risks and side effects often associated with current treatments for this disease.

'Skin-like' device monitors cardiovascular and skin health

Thousands of liquid crystal data points give portable device its accuracy Thousands of liquid crystal data points give portable device its accuracy A new wearable medical device can quickly alert a person if they are having cardiovascular trouble or if it's simply time to put on some skin moisturizer, reports a Northwestern University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign study.

Should That Warm Water Bottle Be Cause for Concern?

In the hot summer sun, we have all been known to leave our water bottles in the car, only to come back later and sip the warm H2O that we forgot hours before. And though the water is just the same, it has acquired a strange plastic taste. Well it turns out that the strange notes you taste may in fact cause cancer or have major effects on your children’s health.

Chestnuts Roasting On A Deadly Food Allergy

As the Autumn brings with it cooler temperatures and a sense of nostalgia, the season of family get-togethers comes upon us in a flash. But a recent study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology suggests that you may want to steer clear from the familiar party snacks.

Some Breast Milk Could Kill Preemie Babies—Better Ask the Neighbor for a Glass

While maternal breast milk has proven an effective way of passing vital nutrients and immune-boosting proteins into a newborn baby’s system, a new study published in journal JAMA Pediatrics suggests that it may leave premature infants particularly vulnerable to cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. In most cases causing serious disease, and in chronic infections, may even lead to death.
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