News tagged with wreaking havoc

When worlds collide: Researchers harness supercomputers to understand solar storm, magnetosphere

If the sun is anything, it is reassuring. It rises, sets, and rises again, allowing us to grow crops, get tan, and power homes, just to name a few of humanity's most important life-sustaining functions. No ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Science fiction-style sabotage a fear in new hacks

When a computer attack hobbled Iran's unfinished nuclear power plant last year, it was assumed to be a military-grade strike, the handiwork of elite hacking professionals with nation-state backing.

Technology / Other

created Oct 23, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 21

Preventing diabetes damage: Zinc's effects on a kinky, two-faced cohort

In type 2 diabetes, a protein called amylin forms dense clumps that shut down insulin-producing cells, wreaking havoc on the control of blood sugar. But zinc has a knack for preventing amylin from misbehaving.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The war on microbes

The outbreak of a new foodborne bacterial strain wreaking havoc in Germany is a reminder of the fast-changing nature of microbes and the dangers they pose to society. University of Arizona researchers are ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

EU plans to hammer oil giants for coastal pollution: source

EU energy commissioner Guenther Oettinger is preparing legislation to force oil-drilling companies to pay for pollution caused up to 200 nautical miles off European coastlines, a source said Tuesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'Tree of Life' fighting for life

Scientists from The University of Nottingham have joined forces with researchers in Africa to tackle a lethal disease which is devastating a vital resource and foodstuff... the coconut palm.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Upside to global warming: 'New North' will thrive

Move over, Sunbelt. The New North is coming through, a UCLA geographer predicts in a new book.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 06, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (12) | comments 21

Scientists mount a 'sting operation' in Thailand to tackle a devastating pest outbreak

In the start of a carefully crafted emergency campaign to thwart a pest outbreak that is wreaking havoc on Thailand's vital cassava production, agricultural researchers will release a quarter of a million parasitic wasps ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

First ever worldwide census of caribou and reindeer reveals a dramatic decline

(PhysOrg.com) -- Caribou and reindeer numbers worldwide have plunged almost 60 per cent in the last three decades.

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (15) | comments 3

Portable kit may one day detect plant disease before disastrous outbreak

This science may literally be outside the box: A briefcase-sized kit is carried to a field where thousands of tons of food are growing. The search is for microorganisms that could infect and kill the plants, wreaking havoc ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0