Posts Tagged ‘science’
Are US teachers ready for science standards?
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — America’s K-12 teachers are not fully prepared to meet a new set of science standards that call for more hands-on learning, according to a new report. Continue…
Friday, April 19, 2013 9:55 - 2 Comments
Earth & Environment - Mar 26, 2012 15:04 - 0 Comments
How island isolation evolves giant rodents
DUKE (US) — New research clarifies how island isolation shrinks some species but enlarges others to giant proportions. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 26, 2012 12:18 - 0 Comments
Wind erosion gives cutaway look at Mars
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Scientists believe that an odd, previously unseen landform could provide a window into the geological history of Mars. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 22, 2012 11:02 - 1 Comment
Nuclear clock progress keeps on ticking
GEORGIA TECH (US) — Scientists report advances toward a clock accurate to within a tenth of a second over 14 billion years—the age of the universe. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 21, 2012 10:58 - 1 Comment
‘Super-Earth’ life sticks close to home
PURDUE (US) — While scientists believe conditions suitable for life might exist on the so-called “super-Earth” it’s unlikely to be transferred to other planets within that solar system. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 21, 2012 9:47 - 1 Comment
To see into bone, MRI targets phosphorus
YALE (US) — Researchers have developed a new way of seeing inside solid objects, including animal bones and tissues. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 15, 2012 14:51 - 0 Comments
Creature bested dinos with top chompers
MONASH (AUS) / U. WASHINGTON (US) — An advanced set of molars helped a group of prehistoric rodent-like mammals survive the extinction event that ended the reign of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 15, 2012 13:21 - 1 Comment
Baby brainpower makes computers smarter
UC BERKELEY (US) — Researchers are tapping the cognitive smarts of babies, toddlers, and preschoolers to program computers to think more like humans. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 14, 2012 11:46 - 0 Comments
Nanodiamond dust points to cosmic collision
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — A nearly 13,000-year-old layer of sediment buried in the floor of Lake Cuitzeo in central Mexico contains an exotic assemblage of materials, including nanodiamonds, that are the result of a cosmic body hitting Earth. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 12, 2012 11:32 - 0 Comments
‘Lens’ zooms in on brightest, distant galaxy
U. CHICAGO (US) — A natural “zoom lens” in space offers a uniquely close-up look at the brightest gravitationally magnified galaxy yet discovered. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 12, 2012 10:26 - 1 Comment
Plant math: Why roots grow down, not up
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Using new technology and math modeling, researchers have discovered how plant roots know to grow down and not up in order to explore the soil and maximize water uptake. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 9, 2012 11:49 - 2 Comments
Ultra high-res images with no-lens microscope
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — A new electron microscope that works without a lens may create the highest resolution images ever seen. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 8, 2012 16:17 - 0 Comments
‘Oddball’ dark matter baffles astronomers
UC DAVIS (US) — Dark matter and galaxies parted ways in the collision of two galaxy clusters 2.4 billion light-years away. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 8, 2012 15:08 - 0 Comments
Camera spies most distant galaxy cluster
TEXAS A&M (US) — Using new imaging technology, an international research team has discovered the most distant galaxy cluster to date. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 8, 2012 11:49 - 1 Comment
Stamp tool directs stem cell fate
NORTHWESTERN (US) — A new tool utilizes a technique called polymer pen lithography to direct stem cell differentiation. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 8, 2012 11:29 - 0 Comments
Congo’s ‘naive’ chimps get bigger back yard
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — The Republic of Congo has enlarged the boundaries of the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park to include an area that is home to a group of chimpanzees that have little exposure to humans. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 7, 2012 13:13 - 1 Comment
Solar probe must survive ‘hellish’ conditions
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Engineers are designing a NASA probe to take a close-up look at the sun while enduring blowtorch temperatures, supersonic solar particles, and intense radiation. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 7, 2012 11:55 - 0 Comments
On higher ground, chipmunk gene pool shrinks
UC BERKELEY (US) — Global warming has forced alpine chipmunks to higher ground, prompting a decline in their genetic diversity. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 6, 2012 18:12 - 4 Comments
Unique salt shifts energy production inland
PENN STATE (US) —Production of energy from the difference between salt water and fresh water is most convenient near the oceans, but a new solution could make production possible inland, too. (more…)
