The results of a major survey on long-term care in the United States have been…
Month: May 2014
Bacteria can linger on airplane surfaces for days
Disease-causing bacteria can linger on surfaces commonly found in airplane cabins for days, even up…
Particles near absolute zero do not break the laws of physics after all
A change of models demystifies anomalous particle behavior at very low temperatures, supporting that the…
Improved computer simulations enable better calculation of interfacial tension
Researchers have identified a novel mechanisms of logarithmic finite-size corrections relevant to the determination of…
Altruism, egoism: Brain exercises cognitive analysis
Sociality, cooperation and “prosocial” behaviors are the foundation of human society (and of the extraordinary…
Fossils prove useful in analyzing million year old cyclical phenomena
Analysing palaeontological data helps characterize irregular paleoenvironmental cycles, lasting between less than 1 day and…
Scientists calculate nuclear structures with high level of accuracy
Scientists have determined the most accurate means of calculating nuclear structures yet known. To do…
Planting the ‘seeds’ of solar technology in the home
In an effort to better understand what persuades people to buy photovoltaic (PV) systems for…
Testing paleo diet hypothesis in test tubes: Surprising relationships between diet and hormones that suppress eating
By comparing how gut microbes from human vegetarians and grass-grazing baboons digest different diets, researchers…
Fairy circles apparently not created by termites after all
For several decades scientists have been trying to come up with an explanation for the…