Friday, August 3, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 2 August 2012

Giant typhoon Saola and dwarf Damrey head for China

Two large cyclones are making tracks for Taiwan and southern Japan, and are expected to hit land around Shanghai today and tomorrow

Spiral of banks warns of financial meltdown

A simple visual tool could monitor global financial stability in real time, identifying institutions that need to act before the global financial system is jeopardised

Future Mars missions: Faster, better, cheaper?

Curiosity will be NASA's last blockbuster Mars expedition for a while - marking a turning point in our relationship with the Red Planet

Natural immunity may protect Peruvians from rabies

Six people in Peru have survived after being infected with a rabies virus, previously thought to be lethal to humans

Curiosity rover is turning point for Mars exploration

Economic austerity means NASA's lavishly-equipped Curiosity rover will end an era, but Mars will soon host a new breed of robot explorers

Japan could become second biggest solar power nation

A mega solar park planned just 10 kilometres from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant trumpets new Japanese investment in solar power

Ghosts in the atom: Unmasking the quantum phantom

The wave function of quantum theory has always been accepted as an abstract mathematical device - but could this cipher actually be real, asks Marcus Chown

Green Machine: Transparent solar cells could come cheap

Cheap, transparent solar cells may soon roll off the production line much like newspapers

First skin cancer found in wild fish

The diseased coral trout, known locally as Rambo fish because of their blackened skin, are the first wild fish to be diagnosed with skin cancer

Daily caffeine improves Parkinson's mobility problems

The equivalent of three cups of coffee a day for six weeks helped relieve tremors and improved general mobility for people with Parkinson's

Alzheimer's villain cures multiple sclerosis in mice

In mice, a protein blamed for killing brain cells in Alzheimer's disease has reversed symptoms of an MS-like disease

Higgs certainty boosted by more complete analysis

The Higgs boson signal in July was certain enough to be classed as a discovery - now its statistical significance has risen further

Moths know how to melt into the background

Renowned as experts in camouflage, moths have given up the behavioural tricks that help them hide in plain sight

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