Michigan State University will use a $3 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to launch the Food Processing and Innovation Center (FPIC). FPIC will be a USDA/FDA-certified center where private […]
Establishment of the Michigan State University Food Processing and Innovation Center (FPIC)
Social Circles – MIT Study Details The Degree To Which Urban Movement Is Linked To Social Activity
author: Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office If you live in a city, you know that a fair amount of your movement around town is social in nature. But how much, exactly? […]
NASA Research Suggests Mars Once Had More Water Than Earth’s Arctic Ocean
A primitive ocean on Mars held more water than Earth’s Arctic Ocean, according to NASA scientists who, using ground-based observatories, measured water signatures in the Red Planet’s atmosphere. Scientists have been searching […]
Chance As A Motivator? Uncertainty Can Make People Work Harder
Can uncertainty motivate people to work harder? According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, people will often put in more effort to obtain uncertain rewards. “When comparing the […]
Archaeologists Open The Mysterious Lead Coffin Found Buried Just Feet From The Former Grave Of King Richard III
‘This is the first stone coffin in Leicester to be excavated using modern archaeological practices. This makes it a unique discovery which will provide important new insights into the lives of the […]
The First Ever Photograph Of Light As A Particle And A Wave
Quantum mechanics tells us that light can behave simultaneously as a particle or a wave. However, there has never been an experiment able to capture both natures of light at the same […]
A New Tool Provides Maps Of Protein Interactions For 2,800 Diseases
dSysMap (which stands for “Disease-mutations Systemic Mapping”) is a computational tool to interpret the effect of genetic mutations on the development of complex diseases. The tool allows researchers to explore how alterations […]
Google Researchers Looking To Rate Websites Based More On Trustworthiness
A team of researchers at Google has been looking into ways to change the way links are retrieved by its famous search engine—instead of ranking them based on popularity, the researchers are […]
Looking Deeply Into The Universe In 3D
The MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope has given astronomers the best ever three-dimensional view of the deep Universe. After staring at the Hubble Deep Field South region for only 27 […]
Earth’s Other ‘Moon’ And Its Crazy Orbit Could Reveal Mysteries Of The Solar System
We all know and love the moon. We’re so assured that we only have one that we don’t even give it a specific name. It is the brightest object in the night […]
Scientists Discover A Wandering Mind Can Impart A Distinct Cognitive Advantage
Does your mind wander when performing monotonous, repetitive tasks? Of course! But daydreaming involves more than just beating back boredom. In fact, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of […]
Ancient And Modern Cities Aren’t So Different
New research finds that the bigger the ancient settlement, the more productive and efficient it was…just like modern cities. Despite notable differences in appearance and governance, ancient human settlements function in much […]
Testing The Boundaries: Study Reveals Inner Workings Of Cricket Teams
Do batsmen put personal glory before their team? A study by QUT researchers found cricket batsmen who were close to reaching personal milestones were likely to alter their strategy in a way […]
Delaying Children’s School Entry Linked To Poor Academic Performance
Delaying school entry for children could cause poorer academic performance, according to new research from the University of Warwick. Many parents are keen to hold their children back a year if they […]
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