PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 24-Nov-2013 [ | E-mail ] var addthis_pub="eurekalert"; var addthis_options = "favorites, delicious, digg, facebook, twitter, google, newsvine, reddit, slashdot, stumbleupon, buzz, more" Share Contact: Jason Socrates Bardi dfdmedia@aps.org 240-535-4954 American Physical Society Great lakes waterfowl die-offs: Finding the source New experimental data, presented at APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, moves toward finding a better model to determine where birds ate toxic fish WASHINGTON D.C. Nov. 24, 2013 -- A deadly menace ...

The physics of beer tapping Fluid dynamics explains why bottled beer bubbles over when tapped WASHINGTON D.C. Nov. 24, 2013 -- An old, hilarious if somewhat juvenile party trick involves covertly tapping the top of someone's newly opened beer bottle and ...

The secrets of owls' near noiseless wings Learning how owls use acoustic stealth to sneak up on prey could help engineers design more quiet aircraft and wind turbines, according to work at upcoming APS Fluid Dynamics Meeting WASHINGTON D.C. Nov. 24, 2013 ...

Update: 50 percent of patients in Cedars-Sinai brain cancer study alive after 5 years With standard care, median length of survival is 15 months after diagnosis of glioblastoma multiforme -- and only 10 percent survive more than 5 years LOS ANGELES (NOV. 23, 2013) ...

CVD expert calls for mandatory screening of 18 year-old Mexicans Mexican diet more dangerous than fast food chains Sophia Antipolis, France – 23 November 2013: A cardiovascular disease (CVD) expert is calling for mandatory screening of 18 year-old Mexicans ...

Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption increases endometrial cancer risk PHILADELPHIA — Postmenopausal women who consumed sugar-sweetened beverages were more likely to develop the most common type of endometrial cancer compared with women who ...

Steroid injections for premature babies linked to mental health risk Steroid injections given to pregnant women before premature birth may increase the child's risk of later behavioural and emotional difficulties, a study has found. Mothers who are expected ...

Acid raid, ozone depletion contributed to ancient extinction Washington, D.C.— Around 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian period, there was a mass extinction so severe that it remains the most traumatic known species die-off in Earth's history. ...

Greenland's shrunken ice sheet: We've been here before Clues in the Arctic fossil record suggest that 3-5,000 years ago, the ice sheet was the smallest it has been in the past 10,000 years BUFFALO, N.Y. — Think Greenland's ice sheet is small today? It was smaller ...

'Wise chisels': Art, craftsmanship, and power tools CAMBRIDGE, MA -- It's often easy to tell at a glance the difference between a mass-produced object and one that has been handcrafted: The handmade item is likely to have distinctive imperfections and ...

NASA's solar observing fleet to watch Comet ISON's journey around the sun It began in the Oort cloud, almost a light year away. It has traveled for over a million years. It has almost reached the star that has pulled it steadily forward for so ...

Study finds link between allergies and increased risk of blood cancers in women Gender may play a role in the association of chronic immune stimulation and development of hematologic cancers SEATTLE – A team of scientists looking into the interplay ...

Paths not taken: Notch signaling pathway keeps immature T cells on the right track Implications for fighting T-cell leukemias PHILADELPHIA - The lab of Avinash Bhandoola, PhD, professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, has studied ...

Stuck on flu How a sugar-rich mucus barrier traps the virus -- and it gets free to infect Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have shown for the first time how influenza A viruses snip through a protective mucus net ...

Evidence of jet of high-energy particles from Milky Way's black hole found by astronomers For decades, astronomers have sought strong evidence that the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy is producing a jet of ...

UCLA, Emory researchers find a chemical signature for 'fast' form of Parkinson's Earlier detection may provide more effective disease management The physical decline experienced by Parkinson's disease patients eventually leads to disability and ...

Pre-industrial rise in greenhouse gases had natural and anthropogenic causes CORVALLIS, Ore. – For years scientists have intensely argued over whether increases of potent methane gas concentrations in the atmosphere – from about 5,000 years ago to the start ...

Preschoolers exposure to television can stall their cognitive development Children with TVs in the bedroom linked to weak understanding of mental states Washington, DC (November 19, 2013) – Television is a powerful agent of development for children, ...

Patients with diabetes who use mail order pharmacy are less likely to visit ERs OAKLAND, Calif. — Patients with diabetes who received prescribed heart medications by mail were less likely to visit the emergency room than those patients who picked up prescriptions ...

Archaeologists discover largest, oldest wine cellar in Near East 3,700 year-old store room held 2,000 liters of strong, sweet wine Would you drink wine flavored with mint, honey and a dash of psychotropic resins? Ancient Canaanites did more than 3,000 years ago. Archaeologists ...

Found: 1 of civilization's oldest wine cellars? Cellar held equivalent of nearly 3,000 bottles of reds and whites; findings to be released Friday WASHINGTON—A team of American and Israeli researchers has unearthed what could be the largest and oldest wine cellar ...

Investments in aging biology research will pay longevity dividend, scientists say Finding a way to slow the biological processes of aging will do more to extend the period of healthy life in humans than attacking individual diseases alone, according to some of the nation's ...

Biodiversity higher in the tropics, but species more likely to arise at higher latitudes Study supports counterintuitive explanation for global biodiversity trend Durham, NC — A new study of 2300 species of mammals and nearly 6700 species ...

Colossal new predatory dino terrorized early tyrannosaurs A new species of carnivorous dinosaur – one of the three largest ever discovered in North America – lived alongside and competed with small-bodied tyrannosaurs 98 million years ago. This newly discovered ...

Smaller islands host shorter food chains That smaller islands will typically sustain fewer species than large ones is a widespread pattern in nature. Now a team of researchers shows that smaller area will mean not only fewer species, but also shorter food chains. This ...