Engineers are testing heated pavement technologies at the Des Moines International Airport. They’ve installed two…
Month: March 2017
Physics can predict wealth inequality
The 2016 election year highlighted the growing problem of wealth inequality and finding ways to…
Abuse accelerates puberty in children
While it has long been known that maltreatment can affect a child’s psychological development, new…
Forests fight global warming in ways more important than previously understood
Trees impact climate by regulating the exchange of water and energy between Earth’s surface and…
Parents who play Pokémon GO with kids: ‘It wasn’t really about the Pokémon’
In the first study to survey and interview parents who play ‘Pokémon GO’ with their…
Ion pairs perform enhanced ‘spooky action,’ physicists show
Adding to strong recent demonstrations that particles of light perform what Einstein called ‘spooky action…
Protein identified as potential druggable target for pancreatic cancer
A protein known as arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1) may be a potential therapeutic target for…
Interaction among proteins that cause cancer cells to metastasize
Researchers have identified an interaction among proteins that allows cancer cells to grow and metastasize….
Impacts of school choice on segregation
Diversity in schools is important for students’ experiences and outcomes in schools and beyond, reducing…
EPA’s controlled human exposure studies of air pollution are warranted
A new report finds these studies are warranted and recommends that they continue under two…