It has co-existed quietly with humans for centuries, slurping up the spillage in beer halls and gorging on the sour paste used to bind books. Now the tiny nematode Panagrellus redivivus (P.redivivus) has emerged f ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 25, 2013 1 / 5 (1) 0

Damage to building structural elements, elevators, stairs, and fire protection systems caused by the shaking from a major earthquake can play a critical role in the spread of fire, hamper the ability of occupants to evacuate, ...

Technology - Engineering

Mar 11, 2013 not rated yet 0

The interior of an animal cell is like a small city, with factories—called organelles—dedicated to manufacturing, energy production, waste processing, and other life functions. A network of intercellular "highways," called ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Dec 13, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Living in an environment teaming with bacteria and fungi, fish have evolved powerful defenses against waterborne pathogens, including antimicrobial peptides located in their gills. Undergraduate ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Nov 29, 2012 not rated yet 0

It sounds like a science fiction scenario: a nuclear reactor is racing toward meltdown, and someone needs to close a valve to stop cooling water from leaking out of the reactor. Unfortunately, radiation levels ...

Electronics - Robotics

Oct 25, 2012 5 / 5 (6) 0

For the second consecutive year, a Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) student robotics engineering team has won the Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Exploration Robo-Ops ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jun 07, 2012 not rated yet 0

A team of researchers from the Department of Fire Protection Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) will conduct groundbreaking tests on May 23-25 aimed at better understanding the effects of earthquakes on ...

Technology - Engineering

May 16, 2012 not rated yet 0

Development of new therapies for a range of medical conditions—from common sports injuries to heart attacks—will be supported by a new production-scale microthread extruder designed and built by ...

Technology - Engineering

Apr 30, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

With scientific evidence now supporting the age-old wisdom that cranberries, whether in sauce or as juice, prevent urinary tract infections, people have wondered if there was an element of the berry that, ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Oct 28, 2011 5 / 5 (4) 0

An iPhone app that measures the user's heart rate is not only a popular feature with consumers, but it sparked an idea for a Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher who is now turning smart phones, ...

Technology - Engineering

Oct 06, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0

A study of more than 100 popular websites used by tens of millions of people has found that three quarters directly leak either private information or users' unique identifiers to third-party tracking sites. The study, co-authored ...

Technology - Internet

Jun 02, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Year-end test scores of Massachusetts middle school students whose teachers used a Web-based tutoring platform called ASSISTments as a central part of their mathematics instruction were significantly better than those of ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Feb 14, 2011 not rated yet 0

A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has demonstrated the feasibility of a novel technology that a surgeon could use to deliver stem cells to targeted areas of the body to repair diseased ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Dec 09, 2010 4.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

Expanding their scope of study on the mechanisms of bacterial infection, researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have reported the surprise finding from a small clinical study that cranberry juice ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Sep 01, 2010 5 / 5 (4) 0

Revealing the science behind the homespun advice, a team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has identified and measured the molecular forces that enable cranberry juice to fight off urinary ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jul 15, 2010 4.4 / 5 (7) 0 |