Posts Tagged ‘Stanford University’
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…)
Science & Technology - Apr 21, 2011 15:58 - 1 Comment
Microchip speeds up drug development
STANFORD (US) — A microchip packed with highly-sensitive nanosensors could significantly accelerate the drug development process. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 14, 2011 14:55 - 10 Comments
Blame vodka for Russian mortality
STANFORD (US) — The end of an effective anti-alcohol campaign, not capitalism, can be blamed for a 40 percent surge in deaths in Russia between 1990 and 1994. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 12, 2011 15:02 - 2 Comments
How virtual acts change attitudes
STANFORD (US) — A virtual reality environment can literally change behavior in the real world, according to a new study. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 12, 2011 12:14 - 0 Comments
Glowing nanopillars light up cells
STANFORD (US) — Scientists have created glowing nanopillars that are literally shining light on living cells. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 12, 2011 11:02 - 0 Comments
As fish farms flourish, so does waste
STANFORD (US) — Aquaculture is one of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the U.S. but the problem of controlling fish effluent may be growing even faster. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 8, 2011 14:50 - 0 Comments
French Canadians traded furs—and TB
STANFORD (US) — Stealthy and patient, tuberculosis is able to lie dormant for decades, waiting for the right time to break out in epidemic proportions. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 8, 2011 9:27 - 0 Comments
Snails don’t need slime to get ahead
STANFORD (US) — To move from here to there, a snail crawls using one muscular foot on a layer of self-secreted mucus-like slime. Now it appears the sticky stuff isn’t so essential after all. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 31, 2011 11:53 - 3 Comments
New phase of matter hiding in the ‘gap’
STANFORD (US) — Scientists have found the strongest evidence for a new phase of matter by studying a puzzling gap in the electronic structures of some high-temperature superconductors. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 28, 2011 16:49 - 0 Comments
Casino patrons take a health gamble
STANFORD (US) — Less than two hours of exposure to secondhand smoke in a casino puts patrons and workers at acute risk of developing heart disease, pulmonary disease, and cancer. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 28, 2011 13:27 - 6 Comments
H2O cocktail fuels battery power
STANFORD (US) — A rechargeable battery that uses a mix of freshwater and sea water has the potential to supply about 2 terawatts of electricity annually—or about 13 percent of the world’s current energy consumption. (more…)
