This is Scientific American - 60 seconds Science. I'm Synthia Graver. Got a minute. It's obivious that say turning the lights off saves money, but being reminded that using less energy saves money may not be the most effective way to motivate consume...
This is scientific American 60 seconds science. I'm *, got a minute ?Genetically engineered bacteria already proves some products are commercial interests or biometical importance such as insulin. And coaxing the organism to do so can be done with a...
Sometimes it is hard to see the light, especially it lies in the invisible spectrum, like ultrared, ultraviolet radiation. But if you long to see the unseeable, you might interested to hear that under certain conditions people can catch a glimpse of...
Archaeologys taking to the air. Researchers spent a month this summer testing a semi-autonomous unmanned aerial vehiclebasically a semi-autonomous dronehigh in the Andes in Peru. The goal: to scan a colonial town from the 1500s that had been built ov...
When autumn rolls around, the leaf peepers come out in force. Armed with digital cameras, they record the most spectacular displays of fall foliage. Well according to a study in the journal Functional Ecology [Toshie Mizunuma et al., The relationship...
Cases of the flu peak in winter in the U.S., but why? A new study suggests it's not the heat, but huminity. Or lack thereof. Because in temperate regions, the influenza virus fares best when the weather's dry. That's according to work published in th...
When I say telecommuting, do you picture yourself easing into the workday in a pair of fuzzy slippers? Well, so does your boss. But the reality is, youre both dreaming. Because a new study shows that folks who work at home at least some of the time,...
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Every fall, you need a new flu shot. Thats because todays vaccines train your immune system to recognize specific strains of flu, indentified by two proteins on the viruss coat, / and /. Thats where the H and N come from in H1N1. Problem is those pro...
Everyfall, you need a new flu shot. Let's consider these vaccines training ourimmune system, the recognize specific strains of flu. Identifying by two protein on the virus coat, hem agglutinin(血细胞凝集素) and neuraminidases(神经氨酸酶)....
