A team of physicists has experimentally observed how the anisotropic properties of particles deform the…
Month: September 2014
New molecule allows for up to 10-fold increase in stem cell transplants
A new molecule, the first of its kind, allows for the multiplication of stem cells…
Scientists discover ‘dimmer switch’ for mood disorders
Researchers have identified a control mechanism for an area of the brain that processes sensory…
Human sense of fairness evolved to favor long-term cooperation, primate study suggests
The human response to unfairness evolved in order to support long-term cooperation, according to a…
Toward quantum computing, spintronic memory, better displays: Nuclear spins control current in plastic LED
Physicists read “spins” in hydrogen nuclei and used the data to control current in a…
Fortune 500 employees can expect to pay more for health insurance
A new survey is the first factual collection of data on how firms have been…
Reliable and highly efficient method for making stem cells
Scientists have found a way to boost dramatically the efficiency of the process for turning…
CASIS research set for launch aboard SpaceX mission to space station
This fall marks another commercial cargo flight to the International Space Station. In September, SpaceX’s…
NASA HS3 instrument views two dimensions of clouds
NASA’s Cloud Physics Lidar (CPL) instrument, flying aboard an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft in this…
NASA Ames to launch science experiments to space station on SpaceX rocket
NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, will launch four life science experiments to…