Linda Abriola, dean of the School of Engineering at Tufts University, has been recognized in “American Women of Science Since 1900″ (ABC-CLIO, 2010), an encyclopedia focused on 500 of the 20th century’s most notable American women scientists. Newswise: SciNews Incoming search terms:american women of science since 1900 abriola
We’re counting down the most popular stories among online readers this year. Here, we present how some journals are trying to fix peer review News from The Scientist
Recognition of the viewpoints of others seen much earlier than previously thought. NatureNews – Most recent articles – nature.com science feeds
The internet will be weaving its way around the world for decades, but will there be fewer new users in 2011 than there were in 2010? New Scientist – Online News
As a bitter winter storm rages on the east coast, it’s hard to knock being warm-blooded. But what about the metabolic cost of maintaining a high body-temperature? Well, a new study finds that we and many other mammals keep up such a torrid temp because it’s a Goldilocks situation–98.6 is just right. Albert Einstein College [...]
Ancient humans’ lax dental hygiene has been a boon for researchers looking for clues about early diets. Traces of fossilized foodstuffs wedged between Neandertal teeth have revealed plentiful traces of grains and other plants, supporting the theory that these heavy-browed humans were not just meat-eaters. [More] Scientific American
We’re counting down the most popular stories among online readers this year. Here, a researcher found guilty of misconduct argues that he — and all other penalized scientists — still have a… News from The Scientist
Starch granules from plant food were discovered trapped in the dental calculus on 40-thousand-year-old Neandertal teeth, leading scientists to believe that Neandertals ate a wide variety of plants and included cooked grains as part of a more sophisticated, diverse diet similar to early modern humans. Newswise: SciNews
A new study finds that microscopic particles of dust, emitted into the atmosphere when dirt breaks apart, follow similar fragment patterns as broken glass and other brittle objects. The research suggests there are several times more dust particles in the atmosphere than previously believed, since shattered dirt appears to produce an unexpectedly high number of [...]
Georgia Tech Regents professor Mark Borodovsky led efforts in identifying protein-coding genes in the newly sequenced woodland strawberry genome. The development is expected to yield tastier, hardier varieties of the berry and other crops in its family. Newswise: SciNews