As World Cup fever grips the globe, psychologists are asking if football fans feel more affinity with their team if they are winning.
Social Sciences
Jun 18, 2014
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Researchers at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea have succeeded in developing the world's first technology to control specific protein functions in living cells by using lights, which may be useful in future ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 18, 2014
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Grid computing is a powerful form of distributed computing wherein a network of loosely coupled and geographically separated computers, typically of different computational powers, work together to perform data-intensive ...
Computer Sciences
Jun 18, 2014
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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a method for the manufacture of thin film transistors using a roll-to-roll technique only. Thin film transistors can now be manufactured using roll-to-roll techniques, ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Jun 18, 2014
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Social media and social activism naturally go hand in hand. From "liking" something on Facebook to hashtag activism, increasingly we see social movements like #BringBackOurGirls and #YesAllWomen spread globally via social ...
Internet
Jun 18, 2014
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(Phys.org) —New theoretical physics research reveals rare materials that possess both controllable magnetic and electric polarization properties at near-room temperatures.
Condensed Matter
Jun 18, 2014
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There is an up-and-coming set of technologies that uses the strange properties of atomic particles predicted by the theory of quantum mechanics, which is the physics of the very small stuff. This technology promises to bring ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 18, 2014
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Spanish slugs (Arion lusitanicus) are one of the most common slug species in Central Europe. The animals sometimes nicknamed "killer slugs" are known to do their fair share of damage in fields and gardens. The slug was thought ...
Ecology
Jun 18, 2014
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(Phys.org) —The return of supersonic passenger travel may be coming closer to reality thanks to NASA's efforts to define a new standard for low sonic booms.
Space Exploration
Jun 18, 2014
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University of Leicester academic Professor Sally Kyd Cunningham suggests new Government laws could fail as a deterrent against crimes committed while driving
Social Sciences
Jun 18, 2014
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