For decades, the tobacco and alcohol industries have been accused of advertising their products to…
Month: September 2015
Real competitors enhance thrill of auctions
The thrill is part of the game – whoever waits for his bid to be…
Computer graphics: Less computing time for sand
Computer graphics today can produce amazingly photorealistic images. Many motives, however, require very long computation…
Current school start times damaging learning and health of students
Scientists have found that current school and university start times are damaging the learning and…
Magnetic and ferroelectric metal: The two faces of tomorrow’s materials
Two properties are particularly sought after in materials for technology (for a variety of devices…
Inexpensive drug saves blood and money, study shows
Using an inexpensive drug for every hip or knee replacement has helped one hospital reduce…
Rapid testing for TB aims to reduce drug resistance, lower mortality rate
Researchers have documented the accuracies of three new tests for more rapidly diagnosing drug-resistant forms…
‘Spin current’ seen in motion for the first time
Researchers have for the first time seen a spin current — an inherent magnetic property…
Earth observations show how nitrogen may be detected on exoplanets, aiding search for life
Observations of nitrogen in Earth’s atmosphere by a NASA spacecraft 17 million miles away are…
Using stellar ‘twins’ to reach the outer limits of the galaxy
A new method of measuring the distances between stars enables astronomers to climb the ‘cosmic…