New Way to Harvest Energy from Sunlight

New Way to Harvest Energy from Sunlight

  9:37:00 AM    Science Lover

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Professor Richard Watt and his chemistry students suspected that a common protein could potentially react with sunlight and harvest its energy -- similar to what chlorophyll does during photosynthesis. BYU chemistry professor Richard Watt. (Credit: Image courtesy of Brigham...

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New Reactor to Make Fuel from Sunlight

New Reactor to Make Fuel from Sunlight

  8:13:00 PM    Science Lover

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Using a common metal most famously found in self-cleaning ovens, Sossina Haile hopes to change our energy future. The metal is cerium oxide -- or ceria -- and it is the centerpiece of a promising new technology developed by Haile and her colleagues that concentrates solar...

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Birds of a feather? Your genes help you select friends

Birds of a feather? Your genes help you select friends

  10:25:00 AM    Science Lover

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Vices attract while virtues repel people, according to a new study, which has found that genetic make-up plays a part in who one chooses as friends. Researchers have found that people partly choose their friends by their genes especially those that have a big impact on...

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LCD Projector Used to Control Brain and Muscles of Tiny Organisms Such as Worms

LCD Projector Used to Control Brain and Muscles of Tiny Organisms Such as Worms

  10:22:00 AM    Science Lover

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Researchers are using inexpensive components from ordinary liquid crystal display (LCD) projectors to control the brain and muscles of tiny organisms, including freely moving worms. Red, green and blue lights from a projector activate light-sensitive microbial proteins...

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Gesturing While Talking Helps Change Your Thoughts

Gesturing While Talking Helps Change Your Thoughts

  9:47:00 AM    Science Lover

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Sometimes it’s almost impossible to talk without using your hands. These gestures seem to be important to how we think. They provide a visual clue to our thoughts and, a new theory suggests, may even change our thoughts by grounding them in action. Sometimes it's almost...

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First romantic kiss is more memorable than losing virginity

First romantic kiss is more memorable than losing virginity

  7:07:00 PM    Science Lover

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Be it behind the bike sheds or at the school disco, you are more likely to remember your first romantic kiss with your partner than even loosing your virginity. First romantic kiss Scientists have claimed that most of us can recall 90% of the details of the experience...

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Why it's not good to forgive partner for all offences

Why it's not good to forgive partner for all offences

  10:03:00 AM    Science Lover

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Everyone may advice you to forgive your partner's bad behaviour, but in some cases, it may be better to hold a grudge against your transgressing spouse, a new study has suggested. Newlyweds who forgive their partner's bad  behaviour are more likely to face additional  bad...

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Emotional Signals Are Chemically Encoded in Tears, Researchers Find

Emotional Signals Are Chemically Encoded in Tears, Researchers Find

  9:47:00 AM    Science Lover

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Emotional crying is a universal, uniquely human behavior. When we cry, we clearly send all sorts of emotional signals. In a paper published online January 6 in Science Express, scientists at the Weizmann Institute have demonstrated that some of these signals are chemically...

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Resurrecting the So-Called 'Depression Gene'::Genes May Play Role in Response to Adversity

Resurrecting the So-Called 'Depression Gene'::Genes May Play Role in Response to Adversity

  8:01:00 PM    Science Lover

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University of Michigan Health System researchers have found new evidence that our genes help determine our susceptibility to depression. Our genes help determine our susceptibility to depression,  new research suggests. (Credit: iStockphoto/ Nicholas Belton) Their...

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Your Genome in Minutes: New Technology Could Slash Sequencing Time

Your Genome in Minutes: New Technology Could Slash Sequencing Time

  12:01:00 PM    Science Lover

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Scientists from Imperial College London are developing technology that could ultimately sequence a person's genome in mere minutes, at a fraction of the cost of current commercial techniques. Dr Joshua Edel shows the prototype chip, and an array of the chips prior to...

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