Researchers at the University of Sydney and Dartmouth College have developed a new way to design quantum memory, bringing quantum computers a step closer to reality. The results will appear June 19 in the journal Nature Co ...

Physics - Quantum Physics

Jun 19, 2013 4.8 / 5 (9) 2 |

Using wood for energy is considered cleaner than fossil fuels, but a Dartmouth College-led study finds that logging may release large amounts of carbon stored in deep forest soils. The results appear in the journal Global Ch ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 11, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Dartmouth College researchers have identified a new regulator for plant hormone signaling—the KISS ME DEADLY family of proteins (KMDs) – that may help to improve production of fruits, vegetables and grains.

Biology - Biotechnology

May 27, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

A new Dartmouth College study finds human-caused climate change may have little impact on many species of tropical lizards, contradicting a host of recent studies that predict their widespread extinction in a rapidly warming ...

Biology - Ecology

May 17, 2013 4.7 / 5 (7) 0 |

In a geological moment about 66 million years ago, something killed off almost all the dinosaurs and some 70 percent of all other species living on Earth. Only those dinosaurs related to birds appear to have ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 04, 2013 4.8 / 5 (13) 3 |

After eons of wandering in the dark, primates developed highly acute, three-color vision that permitted them to shift to daytime living, a new Dartmouth College study suggests.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 27, 2013 4.7 / 5 (3) 1 |

Population explosions of pine beetles, which have been decimating North American forests in recent decades, may be prevented by boosting competitor and predator beetle populations, a Dartmouth study suggests.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 25, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

Dartmouth researchers investigate tree-climbing behavior of modern hunter-gatherers to elucidate our fossil ancestors' terrestrial versus arboreal preferences.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Dec 31, 2012 4.7 / 5 (13) 4 |

In new research published in a special issue of the journal Environmental Research and in "Sources to Seafood: Mercury Pollution in the Marine Environment"— a companion report by the Dartmouth-led Coasta ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 03, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

"You look at the material world and see objects and how you can use them. I look at the material world and see a fascinating hidden life which is within our control, if we can only understand how it works," ...

Chemistry - Polymers

Nov 16, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Dartmouth plant biologist C. Robertson (Rob) McClung is not your typical clock-watcher. His clocks are internal, biological, and operate in circadian rhythms—cycles based on a 24-hour period. Living organisms ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Nov 16, 2012 4.6 / 5 (9) 8

"CarSafe" is a driver safety app that detects dangerous driving behavior using dual-cameras on smartphones. This is the latest smartphone app to come out of Dartmouth and is featured in the September 25 NewScientist. The ...

Technology - Software

Sep 26, 2012 not rated yet 0

Bracelets and amulets are in the works at Dartmouth's Institute for Security, Technology, and Society (ISTS). Rather than items of mere adornment, the scientists and engineers are constructing personal mobile ...

Technology - Engineering

Sep 11, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) -- With headlines proclaiming the discovery of the Higgs boson particle physics has captured the imagination of the world, particularly among those who dwell on the nature of the cosmos. But this ...

Physics - General Physics

Aug 01, 2012 4.3 / 5 (15) 3 |

While census data shows racial diversity is increasing in major cities across the United States, highly diverse neighborhoods are still rare, newly arrived immigrants continue to settle in concentrated residential ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Jun 20, 2012 4.7 / 5 (3) 5