by Mike Williams | Rice University A microsupercapacitor designed by scientists at Rice University that may find its way into personal and even wearable electronics is getting an upgrade. The laser-induced graphene device […]
Wearables May Get Boost From Boron-Infused Graphene
Building Expertise To Protect The Serengeti
by Norwegian University of Science and Technology A huge wildebeest herd migrates across the open, parched plains. Dust swirls up from the many hooves pounding the ground, and forms a haze over […]
Focus On The Broccoli Benefits Rather Than The Hamburger Harms
by Brian Wansink | Cornell University Food and Brand Lab Tell your child or spouse what they can eat and not what they can’t. Telling your child to eat an apple so they […]
Development Of Face Perception In Japanese Children
by National Institutes of Natural Sciences Face perception plays an important role in social communication. There have been many studies of face perception in humans using non-invasive neuroimaging and electrophysiological methods, but studies […]
Stony Brook Archaeologists Find The Earliest Evidence Of Stone Tool Making In Cradle Of Humankind
by Stony Brook University Our ancestors were making stone tools even earlier than we thought—some 700,000 years older. That’s the finding of the West Turkana Archaeological Project (WTAP) team—co-led by Stony Brook […]
York U Researchers To Look For Patterns In Patient Data From ManagingLife’s Pain Diary App
by York University A digital journal of pain occurrences maintained by the users of an innovative Manage My Pain app will be the key source for their upcoming study, York University psychology […]
To Handle Big Data, Shrink It
Algorithm reduces size of data sets while preserving their mathematical properties. by Larry Hardesty |MIT News Office As anyone who’s ever used a spreadsheet can attest, it’s often convenient to organize data […]
Dartmouth Study Shows That Playing Games Can Shift Attitudes
by Dartmouth University A Dartmouth research laboratory is working to quantify the effects of playing games. In a study published online last month by the Games for Health Journal, Professor Mary Flanagan […]
First Noninvasive Early Detection Of Liver Cancer Developed By Georgia State Researchers
by Georgia State University Led by Georgia State University, researchers have developed the first robust and noninvasive detection of early stage liver cancer and liver metastases, in addition to other liver diseases, […]
Our Bond With Dogs May Go Back More Than 27,000 Years
by Joseph Caputo | Cell Press Dogs’ special relationship to humans may go back 27,000 to 40,000 years, according to genomic analysis of an ancient Taimyr wolf bone reported in the Cell […]
Top 10 Food Trends For 2015
by Institute of Food Technologists The April 2015 issue of Food Technology magazine published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) featured Contributing Editor A. Elizabeth Sloan’s insights on the top food trends […]
Early Detection And Treatment Of Type 2 Diabetes May Reduce Heart Disease And Mortality
by University of Cambridge Screening to identify type 2 diabetes followed by early treatment could result in substantial health benefits, according to new research published today in Diabetes Care that combined large […]
New Species Of Ancient Intruder Discovered In England
by University of Leicester An international team of scientists led by the University of Leicester has discovered a new species of fossil in England – and identified it as an ancient parasitic intruder. […]
Study Reveals How Eastern U.S. Forests Came To Be
by Robin A. Smith | Duke University Plant hunters traveling between North America and Asia in the 1800s noticed a bizarre pattern: collections they brought back from China and Japan were strikingly […]
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