When it comes to rewards and punishments, which is more effective — the carrot or…
Month: May 2015
Airflow model to reduce time on the tarmac
A mechanical engineering professor describes in a new article a new mathematical tool he developed…
Survival rates in trauma patients after Massachusetts health insurance reform
A study of survival rates in trauma patients following health insurance reform in Massachusetts found…
Biologist are increasingly becoming data scientists, expert says
Biology is rapidly acquiring the character of a data science. Billions of data points on…
Inkjet printing process for kesterite solar cells
A research team has developed an inkjet printing technology to produce kesterite thin film absorbers….
Is diet or exercise the best way to reduce diabetes risk?
Though people often think of the benefits from exercise, calorie restriction and weight loss as…
Going high-tech to study fragile cold-water reefs
Coral reefs are generally associated with warm, shallow and crystal-clear waters in the tropics. Other…
Insight into Ebola virus nucleocapsid assembly mechanism
For decades, numerous research works have identified the structures of most EBOV encoded proteins except…
‘Super-cool’ way to deliver drugs
Some substances, when they undergo a process called ‘rapid-freezing’ or ‘supercooling,’ remain in liquid form…
Foreclosures fueled racial segregation in U.S., study finds
Some 9 million American families lost their homes to foreclosure during the late 2000s housing…