Posts Tagged ‘Princeton University’
3D printed ear binds biology with electronics
PRINCETON (US) — Using 3D printing tools, scientists have created a functional ear that can “hear” radio frequencies far beyond the range of normal human capability. Continue…
Friday, May 10, 2013 12:35 - 5 Comments
Science & Technology - May 7, 2013 12:00 - 0 Comments
‘Slope winds’ could have built Mars mound
PRINCETON / CALTECH (US) — New analysis suggests that a roughly 3.5-mile-high mound on Mars came from the planet’s dusty atmosphere, not a massive lake, report researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 26, 2013 16:16 - 0 Comments
How ‘jail-breaker’ cancer cells escape
PRINCETON (US) — Cancer cells that can break out of a tumor and invade other organs are more aggressive than nonmalignant cells and are nimble enough to maneuver their way into small spaces. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 16, 2013 12:14 - 0 Comments
Don’t blame your brain for that bad decision
PRINCETON (US) — Researchers find that bad decisions are usually made because of errors or “noisy” information, not in the brain’s processing of information. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 11, 2013 13:00 - 2 Comments
How your brain chunks ‘moments’ into ‘events’
PRINCETON (US) — Scientists say they have a new explanation for how the brain breaks experiences into “events,” or the related groups that help us mentally organize the day’s many situations. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 2, 2013 10:48 - 0 Comments
Successful once, protesters may hesitate later
PRINCETON / NYU (US) — The Arab Spring protests that swept across the Middle East and North Africa could mark more of an isolated occurrence than a permanent rise of people power in the region, warn researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 25, 2013 10:37 - 0 Comments
Antibiotics work better when germs self-destruct
PRINCETON / BOSTON U. (US) — Scientists find that using bacteria’s own byproducts can make them far more vulnerable to antibiotics. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 12, 2013 8:32 - 1 Comment
Electronic chips self-heal after laser blast
CALTECH (US) — Imagine if the chips in your phone or computer could fix themselves almost instantly from problems such as battery power loss and transistor failure. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 5, 2013 12:09 - 2 Comments
Do ‘bad apples’ make the whole bunch nicer?
U. ARIZONA / PRINCETON (US) — Human kindness may come from from our more sinister tendencies, and rules against selfishness have roots in the exploitation they condemn, say researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 18, 2013 13:05 - 0 Comments
‘Side-kick’ drugs could improve antibiotics
BOSTON U. (US) — A new technique designed to make current antibiotics more effective works by disabling select genes in bacteria. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 17, 2013 16:05 - 0 Comments
Neolithic strainer hints at origin of cheese
PRINCETON (US) — Milk byproducts left in pieces of pottery suggest ancient Europeans, who were mostly lactose intolerant, knew how to separate cheese curds from whey. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 16, 2013 7:45 - 3 Comments
Body language reveals how we really feel
PRINCETON (US) — To figure out how someone is really feeling, don’t just read their lips, watch their body language. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 4, 2013 15:26 - 0 Comments
New drought model accounts for climate
PRINCETON (US) — Recent droughts have led scientists to warn that global warming has already begun to increase worldwide drought, but new research says this might not be so. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 3, 2012 17:24 - 2 Comments
Could the US say goodbye to crude oil?
PRINCETON (US) — The United States could eliminate its need for crude oil by using a combination of coal, natural gas, and non-food crops to make synthetic fuel, experts report. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 20, 2012 16:52 - 1 Comment
How having too little leads to bad borrowing
PRINCETON / U. CHICAGO (US) — When times are tough, people often make financial decisions that are unwise in the long term. A new study may explain why. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 16, 2012 11:56 - 3 Comments
Test puts Alzheimer’s drug search on fast track
PRINCETON (US) — An efficient, high-volume technique for testing potential drugs for Alzheimer’s has uncovered an organic compound that restores motor function and longevity to fruit flies with the disease. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 15, 2012 14:53 - 2 Comments
Big banks loom over finance ‘ecosystem’
PRINCETON (US) — Looking at large national and international banks in terms of ecosystem stability and contagion models reveals that their influence and potential power for destruction far exceeds their actual size. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 8, 2012 12:52 - 3 Comments
Tax hikes don’t send millionaires packing
STANFORD / PRINCETON (US) — The idea that millionaires will flee states that raise taxes on high earners is a myth, say experts. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 6, 2012 10:40 - 1 Comment
‘Bottleneck’ may limit herpes outbreak
PRINCETON (US) — Just one or two individual herpes virus particles attack a skin cell in the first stage of an outbreak, resulting in a bottleneck that may make the infection vulnerable to medical treatment. (more…)
