Adults could be at greater risk of becoming anxious and vulnerable to poor mental health…
Month: August 2013
Switching between habitual and goal-directed actions: A ‘two in one’ system in our brain
Pressing the button of the lift at your work place, or apartment building is an…
Large-area picosecond photodetectors push timing envelope
The Large Area Picosecond Photodetector (LAPPD) collaboration has developed big detectors that push the timing…
High-speed camera captures dancing droplets for scientific ‘photo album’
The splash from rain hitting a windowpane or printer ink hitting paper all comes down…
New technique allows closer study of how radiation damages materials
Scientists have developed a technique that provides real-time images of how magnesium changes at the…
Quantum communication controlled by resonance in ‘artificial atoms’
Researchers have developed a method to control a quantum bit for electronic quantum communication in…
‘Beetle in spider’s clothing:’ Quaint new species from Philippine Rainforest Creeks
The extremely long-legged Spider Water Beetles have received increasing attention in science and media lately….
New design may produce heartier, more effective salmonella-based vaccines
Through genetic manipulation, the species S. Typhi can be rendered harmless and used in vaccines…
Soil carbon ‘blowing in the wind’
Australian soils are losing about 1.6 million tons of carbon per year from wind erosion…
Bringing light to a halt: Physicists freeze motion of light for a minute
Physicists have been able to stop something that has the greatest possible speed and that…