Archive of articles published on the 31st of July 2013

Polar ecosystems acutely vulnerable to sunlight-driven tipping points
Hide, ambush, kill, eat: The giant water bug Lethocerus patruelis kills a fish
Could planting trees in the desert mitigate climate change?
Microfluidic breakthrough in biotechnology
Studying the emotions which cause opinions to change
Insect-inspired super rubber moves toward practical uses in medicine
Chemists develop innovative nano-sensors for multiple proteins
VCU physicists discover theoretical possibility of large, hollow magnetic cage molecules
Robots strike fear in the hearts of fish
Using gold and light to study molecules in water
Key factors for wireless power transfer
UT Austin researchers successfully spoof an $80 million yacht at sea
Guided growth of nanowires leads to self-integrated circuits
'Highway from hell' fueled Costa Rican volcano
Berkeley Lab researchers discover universal law for light absorption in 2D semiconductors
Oregon lab changes game for synthesizing new materials
Sediment trapped behind dams makes them 'hot spots' for greenhouse gas emissions
Tiny, brightly shining silicon crystals could be safe for deep-tissue imaging
Progress in using ethanol to make key raw material now produced from oil
Chanel, UCSB's corpse flower, blooms and causes a big stink
Study finds evidence of nerve damage in around half of fibromyalgia patients