EPA-funded study will measure soil and dust ingestion levels in US children
TUCSON, Arizona — How much dust do children swallow? Researchers at theUniversity of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of ...
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High school students measure earth’s magnetic field from ISS
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2022 – A group of high school students used a tiny, inexpensive computer to try to measure ...
Method used to track ants underground could revolutionize how we measure snow depth from space
Ants may be the unlikely heroes when it comes to better understanding the health of our planet in the midst ...
Infrared imaging to measure glymphatic function
The glymphatic system facilitates fluid exchange in the central nervous system and clears dissolved wastes. This anatomically organized movement occurs ...
New measure of sperm age may be predictor of pregnancy success
DETROIT – A novel technique to measure the age of male sperm has the potential to predict the success and ...
Experiments measure freezing point of extraterrestrial oceans to aid search for life
Researchers from the University of Washington and the University of California, Berkeley have conducted experiments that measured the physical limits ...
Actigraphy shows promise as objective noninvasive measure of sleep-wake regulation in children with brain injury admitted for pediatric rehabilitation
East Hanover, NJ. April 29, 2022. A team of New Jersey researchers conducted a sleep study in inpatients in pediatric ...
The deformation of the hydrogel is used to measure the negative pressure of water
Water, unexpectedly, has the potential to withstand a massive stretching force or tension due to its internal cohesive force. Under ...
No small measure: probing the mechanics of gold contacts at the nanoscale
Ishikawa, Japan -- Miniaturization lies at the heart of countless technological advances. It is undeniable that as devices and their ...
Researchers find a new way to measure flying baseballs
PULLMAN, Wash. – As the Major League Baseball season gets underway, a burning question for many fans of the third ...
Researchers develop scoring tool to measure severity of delirium
BOSTON – Delirium is a serious change in brain function that affects up to 64 percent of older medical patients and ...
Researchers develop innovative approach to measure shallow water depth with satellite data
The top of the atmosphere is the agreed-upon border between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space. Satellites traverse this space, facilitating ...
Analysis suggests China has passed US on one research measure
COLUMBUS, Ohio – After decades of dominance by the United States, a new measure suggests that China edged the U.S. ...
Economists propose a new way to measure unfair inequality
A new paper in The Review of Economic Studies, published by Oxford University Press, introduces a novel measure of inequality. ...
JILA atomic clocks measure Einstein’s general relativity at millimeter scale
JILA physicists have measured Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity, or more specifically, the effect called time dilation, at the ...
World-first: Speed of sound used to measure elasticity of materials
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have devised a revolutionary new technique for measuring the microscopic elasticity of materials for ...
Using the universe’s coldest material to measure the world’s tiniest magnetic fields
Magnetometers measure the direction, strength or relative changes of magnetic fields, at a specific point in space and time. Employed ...
NSF funds Rice effort to measure, preserve quantum entanglement
HOUSTON – (Jan. 13, 2021) – Rice University physicist Guido Pagano has won a prestigious CAREER award from the National ...
DNA from air could revolutionize the way we measure animal biodiversity, say scientists
TORONTO, DENMARK, LONDON, Jan. 6, 2022 – Two new studies published today in the journal Current Biology show that environmental ...
Custom finger clip offers a new way to measure blood pressure, other vitals
Monitoring a person’s blood pressure on a regular basis can help health care professionals with early detection of various health ...