Lego movie? What’s next a Tupperware sitcom?
This could be the ultimate in product placement for a plastic product — a feature film about Lego toys. The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog is reporting that Warner Bros. is in final negotiations with Phil Lord and Chris Miller…
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Calif. bag maker says ‘Let’s bag the ban’
Pete Grande, president and CEO of Command Packaging in Vernon, Calif., wrote a powerful defense of plastic bags in an op-ed column published today on the Los Angeles Times Web site. Headlined “The unintended consequences of a plastic bag ban,”…
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Zapping Titan-like atmosphere with UV rays creates life precursors
The first experimental evidence showing how atmospheric nitrogen can be incorporated into organic macromolecules is being reported by researchers. The finding indicates what organic molecules might be found on Titan, the moon of Saturn that scientists think is a model for the chemistry of pre-life Earth. Earth and Titan are the only known planetary-sized bodies that have thick, predominantly nitrogen atmospheres.
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Impulsive, weak-willed or just too much dopamine? Brain study highlights role of dopamine in impulsive behavior
It’s a common scenario: you’re on a diet, determined to give up eating cakes, but as you pass the cake counter, all resolve disappears. Now, scientists have shed light on the brain processes that affect our will-power and make us act impulsively.
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Putting muscle into birdsong: Wide range of pitch is due to vocal muscles more than air pressure
Female zebra finches don’t sing but make one-note, low-pitch calls. Males sing over a wide range of frequencies. Scientists discovered how: The males’ stronger vocal muscles, not the pressure of air flowing through their lungs, lets them sing from the B note above middle C all the way to a whistle beyond the high end of a piano keyboard.
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Nitrate in beetroot juice lowers blood pressure, study finds
The nitrate content of beetroot juice is the underlying cause of its blood pressure lowering benefits, research reveals. A new study finds that blood pressure was lowered within 24 hours in people who took nitrate tablets, and people who drank beetroot juice.
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Diamonds and the holy grail of quantum computing
Most candidate systems for quantum computing work only at very low temperatures. Now a team of researchers from China may have a warmer solution. The team is exploring the capabilities of diamond nitrogen vacancy materials.
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Olympic gold? A new effect of caffeine boosts performance
UK scientists show for the first time that high doses of caffeine directly increase muscle power and endurance during sub-maximal activities, which in humans ranges from everyday activities to running a marathon. With no current regulations in place, the scientists believe their findings may have implications for the use of caffeine in sport to improve performance.
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Hunting weapon 10,000 years old found in melting ice patch
A researcher has discovered a 10,000-year-old atlatl dart that had melted out of an ice patch in the Rocky Mountains. Climate change has increased global temperatures and accelerated melting of permanent ice fields, exposing organic materials that have long been entombed in the ice.
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How dietary supplement may block cancer cells
A new study shows how a substance produced when eating broccoli and Brussels sprouts can block the proliferation of cancer cells. Earlier evidence indicates that the substance indole-3-carbinol may have anticancer effects and other health benefits. The new study discovered that I3C causes the destruction of another molecule, called Cdc25A, which is essential for cell division and proliferation, and in this way blocks breast cancer cell growth.
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