Dairies use intermittent sprinkler systems to cool cows in warm weather, but little experimental work…
Month: May 2016
Metals released by burning fuel oil may damage children’s developing lungs
A new study investigating the health impact of the chemical components of air pollution is…
Left uncontrolled, weeds would cost billions in economic losses every year
If weeds were allowed to grow with no control measures, about half of corn and…
How does water move through soil?
In the basic water cycle, water falls on the land in some type of precipitation…
Promise of nearly a year of life on targeted drug not reality for all liver cancer patients, study finds
The median survival for a group of Medicare patients on the drug sorafenib was three…
Healthy eating gets no boost after corner store interventions, study finds
While many government, community and private interventions look at local corner and convenience stores as…
Improving natural killer cancer therapy
Researchers have discovered a potential way to ‘tune up’ the immune system’s ability to kill…
Theorists smooth the way to modeling quantum friction
Theoretical chemists have pioneered a strategy for modeling quantum friction, or how a particle’s environment…
Inaccurate coding of patient data may explain ‘weekend effect’
Studies that use UK hospital coding data to examine ‘weekend effects’ for acute conditions, such…
Animal training techniques teach robots new tricks
Researchers are using ideas from animal training to help non-expert users teach robots how to…