Ecosystems under threat from ocean acidification

ScienceDaily (2010-03-31) -- Acidification of the oceans as a result of increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide could have significant effects on marine ecosystems, according to new research.

Computer scientists develop a comfortable and secure login method

ScienceDaily (2010-03-31) -- Computer scientists in Germany have developed a new method that saves the users not only the trouble of memorizing the passwords and login names, but also of typing them. All of this is managed by the user smartphone.

Preventing road deaths: New research focuses on worldwide problem

ScienceDaily (2010-03-30) -- A recent WHO report on inadequate road safety opened with some stark figures: 1.2 million deaths and up to 50 million nonfatal injuries occur every year on the world's roads.

Patients shouldn't navigate Internet without physician guide, experts say

ScienceDaily (2010-03-30) -- The Internet has had a profound effect on clinical practice by providing both physicians and patients with a wealth of information. But with those rewards come risks of incorrect or poorly interpreted information that require that a doctor "never be optional," say experts.

Robot sub equipped with sensory system inspired by blind fish

ScienceDaily (2010-03-30) -- Researchers have equipped an underwater robot with a sensory system they expect will eventually prove effective, reliable, and energy-efficient in environments ranging from the sea floor to turbid rivers to sewer pipes. Their model is the lateral-line system, an organ that enables fish and some amphibians to orient themselves, avoid danger, and hunt prey in dark or murky waters. The researchers are simultaneously exploring basic principles, developing biomimetic technology, and demonstrating potential applications.

Moral judgments can be altered: Neuroscientists influence people’s moral judgments by disrupting specific brain region

ScienceDaily (2010-03-30) -- Neuroscientists have shown they can influence people's moral judgments by disrupting a specific brain region -- a finding that helps reveal how the brain constructs morality.

Mother-son relationship key to emotional development

ScienceDaily (2010-03-29) -- New research shows that children, especially boys, who have insecure attachments to their mothers in the early years have more behavioral problems later in childhood.