Huge time-lag between erosion and mountain building
Credit: Photo: P. Val/University of Syracuse An unprecedented record of erosion rates dating back millions of years shows a significant...
Research to help racehorses put their best foot forward
An international research team is working to understand how horseshoes affect foot skeleton stress in racehorses, in a project that...
New detector overcomes key challenge in using light for wireless communications
WASHINGTON -- Today's high-speed wired communication networks use lasers to carry information through optical fibers, but wireless networks are currently...
A mini-antenna for the data processing of tomorrow
With the rapid advance of miniaturization, data processing using electric currents faces tough challenges, some of which are insurmountable. Magnetic...
Policy makers and ecologists must develop a more constructive dialogue to save the planet
Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday July 19, 2016 - An international consensus demands human impacts on the environment "sustain", "maintain", "conserve", "protect",...
Oceanographers grow, sequence genome of ocean microbe important to climate change
Sea turtles and whales may be the charismatic critters of the sea, but the true kingpins of the ocean make...
Can robots recognize faces even under backlighting?
Vision-based face detection and recognition is one of the most rapidly growing research areas in computer vision and robotics and...
Software adds new level of control to industrial knitting machines
Software developed by Disney Research enables users to readily program industrial knitting machines, giving them the same flexibility to control...
Modular acoustic filters simplify design of mufflers, musical instruments, audio tags
Designing acoustic filters that can block out a certain sound or produce a certain pitch can be hit or miss,...
Research team led by NUS scientists develop plastic flexible magnetic memory device
Credit: National University of Singapore It looks like a small piece of transparent film with tiny engravings on it, and...
Landsat — The watchman that never sleeps
In western North America, mountain pine beetles infest and ravage thousands of acres of forest lands. Landsat satellites bear witness...
‘Dream Team’ chosen to study basic science of nuclear waste
RICHLAND, Wash. - A more thorough understanding of the chemistry of radioactive waste is key to treating this unwanted byproduct...
ANU leads effort to develop drought-proof crops
Credit: Stuart Hay, ANU. International research led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found how plants, such as rice...
Scientists agree that cranberry benefits may extend to the gut, heart, immune system and brain
CARVER, Mass., July 19, 2016 - While decades of cranberry research has found that regular consumption of cranberry products promotes...
Rate of new HIV infections increased in 74 countries over past decade
DURBAN (July 19) - AIDS deaths are falling in most countries worldwide, but the rate of new infections increased in...
Metastatic prostate cancer cases skyrocket
Highest increase among men ages 55 to 69, who could benefit the most from screening and early treatment Disease is...
Scientists herald ‘tipping point’ in ability to predict academic achievement from DNA
Scientists from King's College London have used a new genetic scoring technique to predict academic achievement from DNA alone. This...
Same genes could make us prone to both happiness and depression
The same genes that make us prone to depression could also make us prone to positivity, two psychology researchers have...
Travel broadens chimps’ horizons too
Chimpanzees who travel are more frequent tool users, according to new findings from the University of Neuchâtel and the University...
Radiologists do not face elevated risk of radiation-related mortality
OAK BROOK, Ill. - Radiologists who graduated from medical school after 1940 do not face an increased risk of dying...