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Science 2014-01-17

Colby fire near Los Angeles, California

Colby fire near Los Angeles, California A wildfire started and spread quickly in the foothills northeast of Los Angeles on January 16, 2014. The plume of ash and smoke blanketed much of the metropolitan area and prompted air quality warnings. The Moderate Resolution ...
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Space 2014-01-17

NASA satellite catches birth of Tropical Cyclone Deliwe

NASA satellite catches birth of Tropical Cyclone Deliwe The tropical depression southwest of Madagascar on January 16 developed into a tropical cyclone early on January 17 as NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead and captured its birth. When Aqua passed over newborn ...
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Medicine 2014-01-17

Clever chemistry improves a new class of antibiotics

Clever chemistry improves a new class of antibiotics PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — As concerns about bacterial resistance to antibiotics grow, researchers are racing to find new kinds of drugs to replace ones that are no longer effective. One promising new class ...
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Science 2014-01-17

Smooth sailing: Rough surfaces that can reduce drag

Smooth sailing: Rough surfaces that can reduce drag Modeling structures that trap air under water and could one day lead to more energy-efficient ships described in the journal 'Physics of Fluids' WASHINGTON, D.C. Jan. 17, 2014 -- From the sleek hulls of ...
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Environment 2014-01-17

At arm's length: The plasticity of depth judgment

At arm's length: The plasticity of depth judgment PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — We need to reach for things, so a connection between arm length and our ability to judge depth accurately may make sense. Given that we grow throughout childhood, it may also ...
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Science 2014-01-17

Feast or fancy? Black widows shake for love

Feast or fancy? Black widows shake for love A team of Simon Fraser University biologists has found that courting male black widow spiders shake their abdomens to produce carefully pitched vibrations and avoid potential attacks by females – who otherwise ...
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Space 2014-01-17

NASA tracks soggy System 94S over Western Australia

NASA tracks soggy System 94S over Western Australia NASA's Terra satellite saw the System 94S, a tropical low, still holding together as it continued moving inland from the Northern Territory into Western Australia today, January 17. The tropical low pressure system ...
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Science 2014-01-17

45 years on: How serotonin makes schistosome parasites move

45 years on: How serotonin makes schistosome parasites move Schistosoma mansoni and its close relatives are parasitic flatworms that affect millions worldwide and kill an estimated 250,000 people a year. A study published on January 16 in PLOS Pathogens identifies ...
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Environment 2014-01-17

Renewable chemical ready for biofuels scale-up

Renewable chemical ready for biofuels scale-up MADISON, Wis. — Using a plant-derived chemical, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed a process for creating a concentrated stream of sugars that's ripe with possibility for biofuels. ...
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Earth Science 2014-01-17

Soil production breaks geologic speed record

Soil production breaks geologic speed record Geologic time is shorthand for slow-paced. But new measurements from steep mountaintops in New Zealand show that rock can transform into soil more than twice as fast as previously believed possible. The findings were published ...
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Environment 2014-01-17

Carbon nanotube sponge shows improved water clean-up

Carbon nanotube sponge shows improved water clean-up A carbon nanotube sponge capable of soaking up water contaminants, such as fertilisers, pesticides and pharmaceuticals, more than three times more efficiently than previous efforts has been presented in a ...
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