By tracking brain activity when an animal stops to look around its environment, neuroscientists can…
Month: April 2014
Let the sun shine in: Redirecting sunlight to dark urban alleyways
In response to ever-crowded urban conditions in developing countries, researchers in Egypt have developed an…
Domestic abuse linked to mental health problems in new mothers
Domestic abuse is closely linked to postpartum mental health problems, including depression and post-traumatic stress…
Puget Sound’s rich waters supplied by deep, turbulent canyon
Oceanographers have made the first detailed measurements of fast-flowing water and intense mixing in a…
Device turns flat surface into spherical antenna
By depositing an array of tiny, metallic, U-shaped structures onto a dielectric material, scientists have…
SpaceX’s Dragon headed to space station to create astronaut farmers
“Enter the Dragon” takes on a whole new meaning this month as SpaceX’s Dragon capsule…
International Space Station to beam video via laser back to Earth
A team of about 20 working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., through…
New ‘tunable’ semiconductors will allow better detectors, solar cells
Researchers have discovered a way to use existing semiconductors to detect a far wider range…
Nutrient-rich forests absorb more carbon
The ability of forests to sequester carbon from the atmosphere depends on nutrients available in…
Result of slow degradation on environmental pollutants
Why do environmental pollutants accumulate in the cold polar regions? This may not only be…