Articles filed under Science
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Mexico keeps constant eye on Popocatepetl volcanoJul 31, 2013 9:19 am - MEXICO CITY — In a clean, hushed room in the south of Mexico City, cameras, computer screens and scrawling needles track the symptoms of a special patient, as they have ...
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Northwestern settles cancer research fraud claimJul 30, 2013 4:02 pm - Federal prosecutors in Chicago have announced Northwestern University has agreed to pay nearly $3 million to settle a whistle-blower’s lawsuit involving alleged cancer r...
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Masses of plastic particles found in Great LakesJul 29, 2013 3:45 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Already ravaged by toxic algae, invasive mussels and industrial pollution, the Great Lakes now confront another potential threat that few had even...
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Naperville Central workshop invites girls to explore STEM possibilitiesJul 26, 2013 10:06 am - A story about smashing things is what Cassidy Schneider remembers most from the first GEMS summer workshop she attended three years ago. As a freshman at Naperville Cent...
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Fermilab's giant magnet headed near Glen Ellyn todayJul 24, 2013 12:00 am - Searching for teeny-tiny particles that may exist for the briefest of times in a vacuum requires really big tools. Shoppers and others at the Bolingbrook Costco gawked W...
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Physicists unveil results that support standard modelJul 19, 2013 5:50 pm - GENEVA — After a quarter-century of searching, scientists have nailed down how one particularly rare subatomic particle decays into something else — a discovery that add...
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Sea levels increase 2 meters for each degree of global warmingJul 15, 2013 3:43 pm - July 15 — Sea levels may rise by more than 2 meters (6.6 feet) for each degree Celsius of global warming the planet experiences over the next 2,000 years, according to a...
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Astronomers find another blue planetJul 12, 2013 3:33 pm - LONDON — Astronomers have for the first time managed to determine the color of a planet outside our solar system, a blue gas giant 63 light-years away. Using the Hubble ...
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Butterfly decline signals environmental troubleJul 06, 2013 7:55 am - Butterflies are the essence of cool in the insect world, a favorite muse for poets and songwriters who hold them up as symbols of love, beauty, transformation and good f...
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Genome shows horses to 4 million years agoJul 04, 2013 6:48 am - The genome of a horse that lived 700,000 years ago in Canada’s Yukon Territory suggests the common ancestor for modern horses, zebras, and donkeys dates to 4 million yea...