The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction reported that disasters have affected around 2.9…
Month: April 2014
Global scientific team ‘visualizes’ a new crystallization process
By combining a synchrotron’s bright X-ray beam with high speed X-ray cameras, scientists shot a…
Augmented reality: Bringing history and the future to life
Have you ever wished you had a virtual time machine that could show you how…
Progress in understanding immune response in severe schistosomiasis
A mechanism that may help explain the severe forms of schistosomiasis, or snail fever, has…
Fighting neuroblastomas by blocking DNA replication, repair
PCNA is a protein essential to DNA repair and replication, and researchers are targeting it…
Relieving electric vehicle range anxiety with improved batteries
A new nanomaterial called a metal organic framework could extend the lifespan of lithium-sulfur batteries,…
Computer software analyzing facial expressions accurately predicts student test performance
Real-time engagement detection technology that processes facial expressions can perform with accuracy comparable to that…
Diverse gene pool critical for tigers’ survival, say experts
Increasing tigers’ genetic diversity — via interbreeding and other methods — and not just their…
Body mass index associated with breast cancer, regardless of body shape
A larger waist circumference is associated with higher risk of postmenopausal breast cancer, but not…
Scientists achieve first direct observations of excitons in motion
A quasiparticle called an exciton — responsible for the transfer of energy within devices such…