Posts Tagged ‘Stanford University’
Top Stories - Jun 17, 2011 11:21 - 2 Comments
Vitamins vs. eggs: Anemia in China
STANFORD (US) — China’s answer to anemia in rural regions has been to feed children eggs. Work by U.S. researchers suggests vitamins may work better. (more…)
Top Stories - Jun 15, 2011 11:48 - 0 Comments
Chem war: Native ants poison invaders
STANFORD (US) — Argentine ants—seemingly set on world domination—may have finally met their match in California’s plucky and poisonous native “winter ants.” (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 7, 2011 8:16 - 2 Comments
Hotter-than-ever summers predicted
STANFORD (US) — Large areas of Earth are expected to warm up so quickly that by the middle of the century the coolest summers will be hotter than the hottest summers of the past 50 years. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 6, 2011 11:47 - 0 Comments
Credit unions have clout with farmers
STANFORD (US) — Because of their considerable influence among farmers in developing countries, credit unions should be included in efforts to improve agricultural sustainability. (more…)
Top Stories - Jun 2, 2011 9:55 - 0 Comments
Say cheese: Nanotubes take mice gut pics
STANFORD (US) — A new imaging method offers a clear view of living mouse innards, an improvement that could aid in drug testing and development. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 31, 2011 11:01 - 0 Comments
Social network tracks amphibians
UC BERKELEY (US) — Citizen scientists can use a new social networking site to help researchers track the decline of amphibians around the globe. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 24, 2011 15:49 - 0 Comments
Japan’s earthquake was a one-two punch
STANFORD (US) — The magnitude 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck Japan in March were generated on a fault that ruptured in a flip-flop motion. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 23, 2011 10:55 - 3 Comments
Gotcha! Captcha security flaws revealed
STANFORD (US) — Researchers have created a computer program that defeats audio captchas on website account forms, leaving them vulnerable to automated attacks. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 17, 2011 12:29 - 0 Comments
Laser has more bang, less bulk
STANFORD (US) — In a push toward smaller, faster data transmission, researchers have produced a nanoscale laser that is much faster and vastly more energy efficient than anything available today. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 16, 2011 13:41 - 0 Comments
Seaports unprepared for climate change
STANFORD (US) — Seaport officials are unsure how best to protect their facilities from rising sea levels and more frequent Katrina-magnitude storms, two possible consequences of global warming. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 13, 2011 15:43 - 0 Comments
Reforesting program is a double win
STANFORD (US) — Planting trees instead of crops on sloping lands in China is preventing erosion from rain and has the added bonus of helping some farmers make economic gains. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 10, 2011 12:16 - 0 Comments
Warming bypasses US crops—for now
STANFORD (US) — Global warming has spared wheat and corn crops in the US, Canada, and northern Mexico, while taking a toll worldwide, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 9, 2011 14:41 - 1 Comment
Immigrants get supersized in U.S.
U. WASHINGTON / STANFORD/ UC BERKELEY (US) — Immigrants to the United States and their U.S.-born children gain more than a new life and new citizenship. They gain weight. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 6, 2011 14:42 - 1 Comment
Gravity probe gives props to Einstein
STANFORD (US) — One of NASA’s longest-running projects comes to a close, confirming two predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 5, 2011 11:21 - 0 Comments
Rice: 10,000 varieties from 1 source
NYU/WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — A study of the genome of domesticated rice shows the crop had its beginnings from a single origin about 9,000 years ago in the Yangtze Valley of China. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 3, 2011 15:01 - 1 Comment
Small fish facing fateful decline
STANFORD (US) — Overfishing has a detrimental effect on population numbers, whether it’s happening to big fish in a small pond or small fish in a big one. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 29, 2011 11:03 - 0 Comments
Sugarcane: Climate’s double-edged sword
STANFORD (US) — Depending on the comparison, farming sugarcane for biofuel is either better for the environment or worse. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 25, 2011 16:58 - 1 Comment
Nano-transistor has colossal capability
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — A super-small, super-sensitive transistor could be used as an artificial atom to develop electronic materials with properties not found in nature. (more…)
