Understanding how cities develop at the neighborhood level is key to promoting equitable, sustainable urbanization.
Month: May 2017
Paying online community members to write product reviews backfires badly
Online user reviews have become an essential tool for consumers who increasingly rely on them…
Mice with missing lipid-modifying enzyme heal better after heart attack
Using a mouse heart attack model, researchers have shown that knocking out one particular lipid-modifying…
Whose line is it, anyway?
Engineering students have lots of experience with lines, from the structural lines of buildings to…
Tea tree genome contains clues about how one leaf produces so many flavors
The most popular varieties of tea — including black tea, green tea, Oolong tea, white…
Stroke prevention may also reduce dementia
Ontario’s stroke prevention strategy appears to have had an unexpected, beneficial side effect: a reduction…
New coral bleaching database to help predict fate of global reefs
A research team has developed a new global coral bleaching database that could help scientists…
Pancreatic cancer patients may live longer by traveling to academic hospital for operation
New study findings link traveling to an academic medical center for surgical removal of pancreatic…
‘Valleytronics’ advancement could help extend Moore’s Law
Computer scientists have discovered a new way to control energy levels between electronic valleys in…
Regular use of aspirin can lower risk of breast cancer for women
The use of low-dose aspirin (81 mg) reduces the risk of breast cancer in women,…