Science Update

Tsunami Barriers

January 24, 2005

Loss of mangroves and coral reefs probably made the December 26 Asian tsunami worse.

January 20, 2005

A new transparent material that can be used to make transistors in computer displays

January 19, 2005

Socioeconomic status is linked to health, with poorer people being in poorer health.

January 18, 2005

Bacteria detect nearby cells and only attack if there's potential to do damage.

January 17, 2005

Engineering an electric snowmobile that's quieter and less polluting

January 13, 2005

Using cotton gin waste to make ethanol and xylitol, a low-calorie sugar

January 12, 2005

Software that enhances the important parts of a video to decrease downloading time.

January 11, 2005

An asteroid probably did not cause a mass extinction 250 million years ago.

January 10, 2005

Young babies pay more attention to sounds than pictures.

January 6, 2005

Albert Einstein's 1905 paper on the theory of general relativity