A study of angry, competitive and aggressive driving suggests that these dangerous behaviors are becoming…
Month: April 2016
Who gets hooked on drugs? Rat study finds genetic markers that influence addiction
Why does addiction vulnerability differ from individual to individual? For the first time, scientists have…
Measuring happiness on social media
Happiness. It’s something we all strive for, but how do we measure it–as a country?…
Origins, spread of potentially deadly Valley Fever tracked
Scientists have tracked the likely origins and dispersal of the fungus that causes Valley Fever….
Carbon dioxide fertilization greening Earth, study finds
From a quarter to half of Earth’s vegetated lands has shown significant greening over the…
Race and gender may not affect employer interest in resumes
In 2004, research found that resumes submitted by people with distinctly sounding African-American names were…
First multi-year study of honey bee parasites and disease reveals troubling trends
Researchers in the United States recently completed the first comprehensive, multi-year study of honey bee…
Nanotube semiconductors well-suited for PV systems
Researchers have discovered single-walled carbon nanotube semiconductors could be favorable for photovoltaic systems because they…
Model predicts how forests will respond to climate change
Using a new model, researchers predict that many forests across the US are ill-suited to…
Theory establishes a path to high-performance 2-D semiconductor devices
Researchers have uncovered a way to overcome a principal obstacle in using two-dimensional (2-D) semiconductors…