The new Steve Jobs biopic, ‘Becoming Steve Jobs,’ paints a picture of a less arrogant,…
Month: March 2015
Automation offers big solution to big data in astronomy
The Square Kilometer Array, a radio telescope planned for Africa and Australia, will have an…
Genetic discovery may offer new avenue of attack against schistosomiasis
Researchers have discovered a group of genes in one species of snail that provide a…
Rapid testing for gene variants in kidney donors may optimize transplant outcomes
Kidney transplantation outcomes from deceased African-American donors may improve through rapid testing for apolipoprotein L1…
BPA can adversely affect reproduction of future generations of fish
Bisphenol A is a chemical that is used in a variety of consumer products, such…
Tiny bio-robot is a germ suited-up with graphene quantum dots
Researchers have created an electromechanical device — a humidity sensor — on a bacterial spore….
Patients who go home after knee replacement do as well as those discharged to rehab facility
Patients who go home after knee replacement and receive physical therapy at home do as…
Physicists solve low-temperature magnetic mystery
Physicists have discovered the mechanism that drives the Kondo Effect, a phenomenon that may hold…
Epidemics: To quarantine or not to quarantine
The decision to quarantine individuals or groups during epidemics is not an exact science and…
Children less likely to come to the rescue when others are available
Children as young as 5 years old are less likely to help a person in…