Researchers find correlation between face shape and procreation rates and rank in male soldiers
Maya Long Count calendar and European calendar linked using carbon-14 dating
(Phys.org) —The Maya are famous for their complex, intertwined calendric systems, and now one calendar, the Maya Long Count, is empirically calibrated to the modern European calendar, according to an international ...
Apr 11, 2013
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Genes without templates: Many genes are completely new inventions and not just modified copies of old genes
(Phys.org) —It is easier to copy something than to develop something new - a principle that was long believed to also apply to the evolution of genes. According to this, evolution copies existing genes and then adapts the ...
Mar 26, 2013
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New gender benchmarking study finds women greatly under-represented in South Korean science and technology
In the first gender benchmarking study of its kind, researchers have found that numbers of women in the science, technology and innovation fields are alarmingly low in the world's leading economies, and are actually on the ...
Mar 07, 2013
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94 percent of high school students accessed social media on their phones during class
Of Israeli high school pupils 94% access social media via their cell phones during class, reveals a new study conducted by the University of Haifa. Only 4% reported not using their cell phones at all during class. It was ...
Dec 27, 2012
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Expert weighs in on Mayan calendar cycle
(Phys.org)—December 21, 2012 is not the end of the world. Even the ancient Maya themselves did not think so.
Dec 20, 2012
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Physicists extend entanglement in Einstein experiment
(Phys.org)—Using a photon fission process, physicists have split a single photon into a pair of daughter photons and then split one of the daughter photons into a pair of granddaughters to create a total ...
Dec 06, 2012
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Doctoral student unravels 'tin whisker' mystery
(Phys.org)—Americans love their electronics, and millions will undoubtedly receive everything from flat-screen TVs and e-readers to video games and coffee makers this holiday season. Over time, even the ...
Dec 05, 2012
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Shrubs lend an insight into a glacier's past
(Phys.org)—The stems of shrubs have given researchers a window into a glacier's past, potentially allowing them to more accurately assess how they're set to change in the future.
Nov 26, 2012
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Study addresses online learning strategies of male and female students
Virtual learning via cyber space. Researcher Rasaya Marimuthu and his team from Universiti Teknologi MARA conducted a study to determine the online learning strategies of male and female students in an English Language course.
Nov 26, 2012
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A more sensitive technique for determining user position could lead to improved location-based mobile services
Many mobile-phone applications (apps) use spatial positioning technology to present their user with location-specific information such as directions to nearby amenities. By simultaneously predicting the location ...
Nov 21, 2012
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Persistent sync for neurons: Rats' neurons reveal steady neural network coordination
(Phys.org)—A team of Brazilian physicists working with neuroscientists studying freely behaving rats have found that their neurons often act in precise coordination over time, in a study about to be published in the European Ph ...
Nov 07, 2012
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Giving fluorescence microscopy new power to study cellular transport
(Phys.org)—The ability of fluorescence microscopy to study labeled structures like cells has now been empowered to deliver greater spatial and temporal resolutions that were not possible before, thanks ...
Nov 02, 2012
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Study: Tropical cyclones are occurring more frequently than before
Are there more tropical cyclones now than in the past? – or is it just something we believe because we now hear more about them through media coverage and are better able detect them with satellites? New ...
Oct 15, 2012
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Tying our fate to molecular markings
(Phys.org)—A Simon Fraser University physicist has helped discover that understanding how a chemical mark on our DNA affects gene expression could be as useful to scientists as fingerprints are to police at a crime scene.
Oct 11, 2012
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