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‘Nanobubbles’ plus chemotherapy equals single-cell cancer targeting
Researchers found that delivering chemotherapy drugs with nanobubbles was up to 30 times more deadly to cancer cells than traditional drug treatment
April 9, 2012
Chris Field reports extreme weather on rise from climate change
Weather extremes - droughts, floods, and heat waves - on the rise worldwide over the past 50 years, are linked to climate change, according to Chris Field.
April 9, 2012
Fertilizers linked to increasing nitrous oxide in atmosphere
The rise in atmospheric nitrous oxide - a greenhouse gas - is largely the result of the use of nitrogen-based fertilizers, according to Berkeley chemists.
April 8, 2012
Animals’ teeth reveal what they eat
Animals' teeth reveal that if the animals eat hard foods they have rougher surfaces than those that eat soft foods.
April 8, 2012
White nose syndrome killing hibernating bats
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service yesterday announced $1.4 million in grants to help save bats - which play a key role in agriculture - from white nose syndrome.
April 7, 2012
Plants: which ones will survive droughts?
New research by UCLA life scientists could lead to predictions of which plants will escape extinction from climate change.
April 6, 2012
Robosquirrels versus rattlesnakes
Robot squirrels - or robosquirrels - are going into rattlesnake country to help scientists learn how real squirrels interact snakes. Watch the video!
April 6, 2012
Texas Aggie storm chasers ready for severe weather
Members of the Texas Aggie Storm Chasers, a group of about 60 Texas A&M students, are prepped and ready to jump in their cars and spot some severe storms.
April 5, 2012
U.S. students need new way of learning science
U.S. students need a dramatically new approach to improve how they learn science, says a noted group of scientists and educators led by Michigan State University professor William Schmidt.
April 5, 2012
Foretelling next month’s tornadoes
Tornadoes are notoriously difficult to forecast, with often deadly results: In 2011, tornadoes in the U.S. killed more than 550 people.
April 4, 2012
