‘Worry’ genes may stifle risky investments
STANFORD (US) — How much risk you’re willing to take in your investments may be guided by more than financial savvy. It could depend on genetics. Continue…
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To stop crime wave, change attitudes
STANFORD (US) — Preventing crime from spreading is only possible when the population as a whole is “anti-crime,” according to a new traveling wave model. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 31, 2013 12:12 - 2 Comments
In Alaska, magnets detect permafrost melt
STANFORD (US) — Researchers are using Earth’s magnetic field to determine if the permafrost beneath lakes is thawing as a result of climate change. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 14, 2013 12:10 - 0 Comments
College grads fared better during recession
STANFORD (US) — The economic recession has hit recent US college graduates hard. But a new study shows it hit those with less education even harder. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 4, 2012 11:41 - 0 Comments
Archive tracks shift in Texas news topics
STANFORD (US) — A new online database analyzes newspaper vocabulary from the 1820s onward to reveal which topics have preoccupied Texas communities. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 17, 2012 14:15 - 0 Comments
Hypersonic flight aboard superfast computer
STANFORD (US) — Some of the world’s fastest computers are being used to model the complexities of hypersonic flight—and could one day lead to planes that fly at seven to 15 times the speed of sound. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 24, 2012 12:14 - 1 Comment
Milky Way teems with nomad planet drifters
STANFORD (US) — Nomad planets, which wander the galaxy without stars to orbit, prompt speculation about bacterial life. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 27, 2012 12:16 - 3 Comments
Social skills suffer when tweens multitask
STANFORD (US) — Tween girls who spend endless hours multitasking on digital devices tend to be less successful with social and emotional development, say researchers. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 9, 2012 11:22 - 1 Comment
First female professor’s archive goes digital
STANFORD (US) — The archives of Europe’s first female professor, Laura Bassi, will soon be available online. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 19, 2011 12:52 - 1 Comment
Bad (and good) news for Costa Rican farmers
STANFORD (US) — Knocking down forests to make way for farms and pastures in Costa Rica can drive away the birds that play a crucial role in distributing seeds, controlling insects, and pollinating plants. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 15, 2011 15:16 - 2 Comments
Can computers predict the next tsunami?
STANFORD (US) — Scientists have developed computational models of the earthquake and resulting tsunami that devastated Japan in 2010 in order to predict disasters of the same scale. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 9, 2011 11:58 - 3 Comments
Small-scale irrigation: ‘Ladder out of poverty’
STANFORD (US) — Investments in small-scale irrigation and geophysical mapping will help relieve food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa, researchers say. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 22, 2011 7:25 - 0 Comments
Sort nanotubes for better electronics
STANFORD (US) — A new technique could make semiconducting carbon nanotubes more commercially viable for use in printable circuits, bendable display screens, stretchable electronics, and solar technology. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 24, 2010 11:21 - 6 Comments
The search for sun’s mystery particle
STANFORD (US)—Is it possible that the radioactive decay of some elements sitting quietly in laboratories on Earth could be influenced by activities inside the sun, 93 million miles away. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 15, 2010 10:02 - 0 Comments
Can lookalike avatars help us shape up?
STANFORD (US)—If you saw a digital image of yourself running on a virtual treadmill, would you feel like going to the gym? Probably so, according to a study showing that personalized avatars can motivate people to exercise and eat right. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 28, 2010 16:59 - 4 Comments
Hunted minke whales not overpopulated
STANFORD (US)—Antarctic minke whale meat on the shelves of Japanese grocery stores has helped scientists prove that the animal’s population is not booming, but rather is within the historical norm of the species over the last 100,000 years. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 14, 2010 12:57 - 2 Comments
Energy from Haiti quake like nuclear blast
STANFORD—Anne Kiremidjian, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford, talks about the devastating earthquake in Haiti and why so many buildings collapsed. (more…)
