Posts Tagged ‘Stanford University’
Science & Technology - Sep 9, 2011 11:50 - 6 Comments
Mosaics tell 100,000-year-old fish tale
STANFORD (US) — Ancient mosaic art is helping researchers look far back into the history of the dusky grouper to determine how effective efforts to reverse the decline of the fish species have been. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 8, 2011 9:46 - 2 Comments
Satellite killers: Meteoroids vs. space junk
STANFORD (US) — Billions of tiny meteoroids do more damage to satellites and other spacecraft than all the space junk orbiting Earth, according to new research. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 7, 2011 12:35 - 1 Comment
‘Deliberative polling’ lets voters think twice
STANFORD (US) — One weekend in June, a scientifically representative sample of California voters gathered in Torrance for the first-ever statewide “deliberative poll.” (more…)
Top Stories - Aug 29, 2011 10:26 - 6 Comments
Preserve 4% of oceans to save mammals
STANFORD (US) — Set aside some carefully chosen marine preserves, and marine mammals such as otters and whales may survive the damage to the oceans caused by humans, a new study finds. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 24, 2011 14:15 - 0 Comments
How embryos escape the chaos monster
PRINCETON (US) — Newly fertilized cells only narrowly avoid degenerating into fatal chaos, a new study shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 22, 2011 11:57 - 1 Comment
Cat urine is a ‘turn-on’ for some rats
STANFORD (US) —The same brain region that triggers a mating response in male rats also lights up when rats smell cat urine—if those rats are infected with the parasite Toxoplasma. (more…)
Top Stories - Aug 21, 2011 17:12 - 1 Comment
Detect sunspots 2 days before flares strike
STANFORD (US) — A new way to detect sunspots as deep as 65,000 kilometers inside the sun can offer up to two days’ advance warning of a solar flare. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 17, 2011 11:00 - 0 Comments
Organic semiconductors on fast track
STANFORD (US) — Researchers have created a new material for high-speed organic semiconductors in a way that may shorten the development timeline by months, if not years. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 4, 2011 10:48 - 0 Comments
No kidding: Humor eases fear
STANFORD (US) — Humor, particularly positive humor, can help us manage fear when we see something frightening or disturbing, new research shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 3, 2011 15:05 - 5 Comments
Mental abacus math: No words required
STANFORD (US) — A 400-year-old style of abacus known as a soroban is the genesis for a method of learning math mentally without the use of language. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 27, 2011 13:10 - 2 Comments
First peek at see-through batteries
STANFORD (US) — Researchers have developed a highly-flexible, low-cost transparent lithium-ion battery that has potential for use in a variety of consumer electronics, including cell phones. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 15, 2011 9:33 - 0 Comments
Male fish go from ‘zero to 60′ to mate
STANFORD (US) — Subordinate cichlid fish have an impressive ability to rise to the procreative occasion with stunning speed if the alpha male—usually the only one to reproduce—abdicates. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 8, 2011 10:57 - 0 Comments
Early cells in deadly brain cancer found
U. OREGON (US) — Biologists have isolated the earliest cells to show abnormal growth in the fatal brain cancer glioma—the same cancer that killed U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy in 2009. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 7, 2011 15:25 - 0 Comments
Structure of DNA transcription ‘machine’
INDIANA U. (US) — Scientists have deciphered the structure of an essential part of Mediator, a complex molecular machine that plays a vital role in regulating the transcription of DNA. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 1, 2011 12:53 - 1 Comment
Hotter climate may be too warm for wine
STANFORD (US) — The prime real estate for growing premium wine grapes in Northern California could be cut in half in the next 30 years if global warming continues as predicted. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 27, 2011 14:33 - 0 Comments
Sea microphone works like orca ears
STANFORD (US) — Taking a cue from orca whales, scientists have developed a highly-sensitive microphone the size of a pea that can be used underwater at any depth, to hear sounds at any range. (more…)
Top Stories - Jun 22, 2011 10:25 - 4 Comments
How to split water with silicon and sunshine
STANFORD (US) — Researchers have overcome a major obstacle to using solar power to split water into pure oxygen and hydrogen fuel—the Holy Grail for clean energy. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 20, 2011 9:27 - 1 Comment
Newbie neurons make fear hard to forget
UC BERKELEY (US) — When faced with a fearful situation, newborn neurons are able to produce a blank slate to create a strong imprint of the memory. (more…)
