http://www.caltechnews.com Tue, 22 May 2012 21:14:51 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/chemical_exposure_raises_descendants_sensitivity_to_stress Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and Washington State University have seen an increased reaction to stress in animals whose ancestors were exposed to an environmental compound generations earlier. CalTechNews Mon, 21 May 2012 20:27:59 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/scientists_plan_1b_ghost_town A scientific ghost town in the heart of southeastern New Mexico oil and gas country will hum with the latest next-generation technology -- but no people CalTechNews Sun, 13 May 2012 23:13:40 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/pythons_swallow_whole_deer_in_florida The meandering trail in the Everglades marshlands was made by alligators, I�m told, so be careful. There�s also poisonwood, fire ants and the recently added Burmese python CalTechNews Sat, 12 May 2012 09:08:17 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/biggest_crocodile_could_swallow_a_human It may have exceeded 27 feet in length. By comparison, the largest recorded Nile crocodile was less than 21 feet, and most are much smaller CalTechNews Fri, 04 May 2012 19:39:48 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/environmental_toxicants_causing_ovarian_disease_across_generations Washington State University researchers have found that ovarian disease can result from exposures to a wide range of environmental chemicals and be inherited by future generations CalTechNews Fri, 04 May 2012 08:23:54 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/prenatal_insecticide_linked_to_altered_brain While chlorpyrifos is no longer registered for household use in the US, it continues to be widely used around the world, as well as on many food and agricultural products throughout the US CalTechNews Tue, 01 May 2012 07:33:49 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/polar_bear_ancestry_traced_back_600,000_years Researchers from the German Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK�]F) shows the largest arctic carnivore to be five times older than previously recognized CalTechNews Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:15:04 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/solar_cell_that_also_shines_breaks_record Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, have suggested -- and demonstrated -- a counterintuitive concept: solar cells should be designed to be more like LEDs, able to emit light as well as absorb it. CalTechNews Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:07:52 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/nanosponges_soak_up_oil_again_and_again Researchers have discovered that adding a dash of boron to carbon while creating nanotubes turns them into solid, spongy, reusable blocks that have an astounding ability to absorb oil spilled in water CalTechNews Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:30:25 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/environmental_toxicants_affect_generations A Washington State University researcher has demonstrated that a variety of environmental toxicants can have negative effects on not just an exposed animal but the next three generations of its offspring CalTechNews Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:05:12 +0100