Right-handed baseball players more successful when batting left-handed
It is known that baseball players who bat left-handed are overrepresented in the sport. But new research by David Mann (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Florian Loffing...
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Fish oil or fish consumption? New recommendations for pregnant women trying to prevent childhood asthma
Credit: Courtesy of University of South Florida Pregnant women who consume fish rather than fish oil supplements are just as likely to protect their offspring...
The advent of ‘green’ cattle
Implications of livestock farming on climate change should not be drawn from aggregate statistics, reveals a study based on a new method of carbon footprinting...
Research aims to help renewable jet fuel take flight
Credit: Evan Krape/University of Delaware Airplanes zoom overhead, wispy-white contrails streaming behind them. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) handled 43,684 flights, on average, every da..
Voltage-driven liquid metal fractals
Credit: Michael Dickey, North Carolina State University Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that gallium indium (EGaIn), a liquid metal with one of...
Preparing for the power outages and water shortages of the next disaster
Credit: Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson; illustration by Joy Smoker--University of Delaware After hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, residents of storm-ravaged areas had to stand...
Under pressure
When 15 North Atlantic right whales turned up dead in U.S. and Canadian waters in the summer of 2017, it was declared an unprecedented mass...
Tsunami reveals human noise pollution in Hawaiian waters
Credit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- A tsunami that struck Hawaii in 2011 and caused a temporary halt to boat traffic has provided scientists a...
CCNY study reveals power supply might not be as vulnerable to climate change as we thought
Here's a bit of surprising news. A closer look at how climate change could impact our power supply shows that America's infrastructure might be more...
Study shows how memories ripple through the brain
Credit: Image courtesy of György Buzsáki, M.D., Ph.D., New York University Using an innovative "NeuroGrid" technology, scientists showed that sleep boosts communication between two brain...
White rot fungi’s size explained by breadth of gene families involved
Credit: Virág Tomity Among the contenders for the world's largest living organism is something usually considered much smaller than a blue whale, or a towering...
Cobalt and tungsten — the key to cheaper, cleaner hydrogen
(Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ)) Researchers at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) and Rovira and Virgili University (URV, both in...
VTT-originated Spectral Engines develops a portable drug screening device for police officers
Spectral Engines, a growth company that originated at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, is about to launch a portable drug screening device police patrols...
How flu shot manufacturing forces influenza to mutate
Credit: Wilson Lab LA JOLLA, Calif. - Oct. 30, 2017 - According to a new study from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), the...
Surprising monkey study: Bad times do not cause group members to change behavior
Researchers have observed an unexpected behavioral pattern in monkeys in Puerto Rico. As the population density in the group rises, the group as a whole...
