A large and growing body of research shows that poor kids grow up to have…
Month: January 2017
Science to look out for in 2017
Rebecca Morelle looks ahead to some of the big events in science expected in 2017.
Germany ‘pollution spike’ follows New Year’s Eve fireworks
New Year fireworks contributed to high pollution levels in German cities, official figures suggest.
Vaccine shows promising results for early-stage breast cancer patients
Immunotherapy is a fast growing area of cancer research. It involves developing therapies that use…
Deeper than obesity: A majority of people is now overfat
Researchers put forth the notion of overfat, a condition of having sufficient excess body fat…
How to 3-D print your own sonic tractor beam
After demonstrating the first acoustically driven tractor beam platform, researchers develop a simpler, cheaper version…
Economics made simple with physics models
Both physical and economic phenomena may possess universal features that could be uncovered using the…
Tiny laser created using nanoparticles
Researchers have developed a plasmonic nanolaser that operates at visible light frequencies and uses so-called…
Inflammation halts fat-burning
Scientists have shown in mice that excess pounds can simply be melted away by converting…
Streamlining the Internet of Things and other cyber-physical systems
Computer engineers have laid out a framework to improve research on cyber-physical systems. They encourage…