The Pacific and North America plate boundary off the coast of British Columbia and southeastern…
Month: April 2015
Accelerating materials discovery with world’s largest database of elastic properties
Scientists have published the world’s largest set of data on the complete elastic properties of…
Stress and obesity: Your family can make your fat
A new study suggests a relationship between long-term exposure to three specific types of family…
Consequences of driving drunk are paying off
Punishments for drivers whose blood alcohol content is measured above legal thresholds for impairment have…
Winning women: Fielding more female candidates helps political parties gain votes
Political parties find that their fortunes improve when they put more women on the ballot,…
Producing rubber from lettuce
Prickly lettuce, a common weed that has long vexed farmers, has potential as a new…
Origin of cancer wasting identified in fruit flies
The progressive wasting of muscle and fat tissue throughout the body is one of the…
Pomegranate-date cocktail a day keeps the doctor away
Pomegranates and dates are delicious, increasingly trendy, and healthy to boot. As it turns out,…
Next-gen temperature sensor developed to measure ocean dynamics
Temperature is one of the key variables in studying the ocean. A fiber-optic sensor can…
How do you feel? Video of your face may tell all
Researchers are developing a touch-free system that monitors patients’ vital signs via video while compensating…