Posts Tagged ‘Stanford University’
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. Continue…
Friday, January 27, 2012 12:16 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Jan 16, 2012 13:49 - 0 Comments
As global incomes rise, diabetes follows
STANFORD (US) — Health experts expect the number of diabetics in developing countries to increase as incomes rise around the world. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 10, 2012 9:01 - 1 Comment
Online project maps militant groups
STANFORD (US) —A new online mapping project clarifies the complex relationships among terrorist organizations around the world. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 9, 2012 11:22 - 0 Comments
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…)
Science & Technology - Jan 6, 2012 8:10 - 0 Comments
‘Pack’ semiconductors to boost efficiency
STANFORD (US) — A new way of packing molecules could boost the electrical conductivity of organic semiconductors, paving the way for foldable smartphones and clothing that uses sunlight to charge iPads. (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 13, 2011 13:13 - 0 Comments
Brain’s view of motion is not so simple
NYU (US) — The relationship between the brain and visual perception varies depending on the type of motion being viewed, a finding that suggests a significantly more complex process than previously thought. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 9, 2011 11:58 - 2 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…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 5, 2011 9:59 - 3 Comments
Opals leave radioactive waste inert
STANFORD (US) — Researchers are proposing the use of opal to sequester uranium at contaminated nuclear sites. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 2, 2011 15:06 - 0 Comments
Consumers will pay for ‘authentic’ chips
STANFORD (US) — Like politicians who adopt regional accents to appeal to local audiences, potato chip producers vary the wording on their bags to convey their products’ authenticity in different ways to different buyers. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 28, 2011 12:56 - 2 Comments
Electrode for durable batteries on the grid
STANFORD (US) — A new type of battery electrode could make large-scale storage for solar and wind power more feasible. (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…)
Top Stories - Nov 22, 2011 7:17 - 1 Comment
10 billion bits of data per second
STANFORD (US) — A new nanoscale light-based device is able to transmit data at an ultrafast rate while using thousands of times less energy than current technologies. (more…)
Top Stories - Nov 11, 2011 13:19 - 4 Comments
Tune E. coli to churn out biodiesel
STANFORD (US) — E. coli bacteria have what it takes to produce high volumes of biofuel cheaply and efficiently. All that’s needed, scientists say, is a tweak to kick E. coli into high gear. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 9, 2011 11:55 - 4 Comments
Ranked-choice voting: Does the math add up?
STANFORD (US) — “Instant runoff” voting, in which voters rank candidates in order of preference, is an increasingly popular alternative to voting for only one candidate in each race, but there’s disagreement about the validity of the results. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 4, 2011 8:41 - 1 Comment
Risk varies for women in breast cancer families
U. MELBOURNE (AUS) / STANFORD (US) — Mothers, sisters, and daughters from breast cancer families with known genetic mutations do not all share the same high risk of developing the disease. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 3, 2011 12:19 - 2 Comments
OMG! Twitter has roots in the 17th century
STANFORD (US) — The explosion of information via social media is nothing new. Europeans were similarly bombarded with an avalanche of new communication forms during the 17th and 18th centuries. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 1, 2011 7:00 - 0 Comments
Free software models how humans move
STANFORD (US) — An open source software application modeling human motion is helping medical professionals and bioengineers study, diagnose, and correct abnormalities in how people move. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 26, 2011 10:59 - 0 Comments
Pull skin-like sensor. Watch it bounce back
STANFORD (US) — A transparent sensor that is so stretchy it can be pulled to twice its original length and then bounce back perfectly has potential for use with prosthetic limbs, robotics, and touch-sensitive computer displays. (more…)
