Environment
Smokestash Industry: ARPA-E Seeks Breakthroughs in Carbon Capture Technology
Humans can capture and release CO2 efficiently, so why can't power plants?
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Technology
Seeing the Little Picture: Novel Nanocoating Gives Atomic Force Microscope Users a Better Look at Individual Molecules
The coating material, called NanoCone, when added to the microscope's probe lets researchers lift and separate molecules, promising greater precision for disease diagnosis
Health
Genetics in the Gut: Intestinal Microbes Could Drive Obesity and Other Health Issues
The diversity of germs in the human gut suggests microbiota play a greater role in health than previously thought, even driving obesity and other metabolic conditions
The Sciences
Shields Up: Magnetized Rocks Push Back Origin of Earth's Magnetic Field
Earth's churning interior produced a protective magnetic field as early as 3.45 billion years ago, closer to when life began
Evolution
A Theory Set in Stone: An Asteroid Killed the Dinosaurs, After All
A single asteroid impact near the Yucatan remains the best explanation for the massive Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, scientists conclude in a new, deep review
Environment
Is ARPA-E Enough to Keep the U.S. on the Cutting-Edge of a Clean Energy Revolution?
ARPA-E, the U.S.'s energy transformation agency, is doling out funds for greener power, but is it too conservative?
The Sciences
Not Just for Fuel Anymore: Hydrocarbons Can Superconduct, Too
Potassium atoms interspersed into crystals of the organic compound picene yields superconductivity at relatively high temperatures
Technology
Next-Gen Scientists Honored for Evolving Medicine and Renewables [Slide Show]
Artificial antibodies, 3-D genome imaging, inexpensive prosthetics, a liner for hydrogen-car fuel tanks--winning ideas from the Lemelson-M.I.T. awards for students
The Sciences
A Common Herbicide Turns Some Male Frogs into Females
One of the mostly widely used weed killers, atrazine, may be disrupting male frogs' sexual development--even reversing it
Mind & Brain
No Implants Needed: Movement-Generating Brain Waves Detected and Decoded Outside the Head
New research holds promise for a noninvasive brain-computer interface that allows mental control over computers and prosthetics
The Sciences
Down the Hatch(ling): Nest-Raiding Snake Gulped Newborn Titanosaurs
A rare set of fossils suggests that snakes preyed on the largest animals to have ever walked the Earth when they were at their most vulnerable
Evolution
Climate Change Likely Caused Polar Bear to Evolve Quickly
The sequencing of the oldest mammalian genome from an ancient polar bear jawbone provides clues about these animals' fraught relationship with climate change
Space & Physics
Mars's Environment Shown to Be Hostile, but Not Untenable for Earthly Microbes
A test of bacterial survivability points to possible avenues for microbial survival on Mars, assuming life--and specifically Earth-like life--ever developed there
Technology
Could Mini Labs and Plant-Based Vaccines Stop the Next Pandemic?
Texas researchers are planning to use a combination of tobacco plants and podlike laboratories to speed the production of new vaccines
Evolution
Early Humans Used Brain Power, Innovation and Teamwork to Dominate the Planet
Scholars gathered to discuss how a unique combination of human traits helped our species survive to colonize the globe
Mind & Brain
Why Does Schizophrenia Appear in Young Adults?
Recent research explores the effects of a schizophrenia risk factor (DISC1) and its influence over the onset of the disease
Evolution
Cross-discipline Effort Tracks Evolution of Human Uniqueness and Modern Behavior
A panel of scientists challenges what it is to be distinctly human and retraces the evolutionary steps that bipedal apes made to attain human traits
Space & Physics
Wild Ride: Comet Sample May Help Constrain the Early Evolution of the Solar System
A particle from Comet Wild 2, returned to Earth by the Stardust spacecraft, appears to have led a long and migratory life
Policy
Internet Ideology War: Google's Spat with China Could Reshape Traditional Online Freedoms
How the Internet giant could use its might in closed societies
The Sciences
Wired Waters: Bacterial Electric Circuits Facilitate Chemistry in Marine Sediments
Biological nanowires link electrochemical processes more than a centimeter apart
