New research conducted at the University of Maryland's bat lab shows Egyptian fruit bats find a target by NOT aiming their guiding sonar directly at it. Instead, they alternately point the sound beam to either side of the ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 4, 2010
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Conventional measures of innovation suggest that only big cities foster new ideas, but a more comprehensive measure developed at Penn State shows that innovation is widespread even in rural places not typically thought of ...
Economics & Business
Jan 3, 2020
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Google Inc. can give websites a lot of traffic. It can also take it away. That's what Valerie Whitmore found out recently.
Internet
Mar 16, 2011
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Climate change will increase the size of stalled high-pressure weather systems called "blocking events" that have already produced some of the 21st century's deadliest heat waves, according to a Rice University study.
Earth Sciences
Nov 13, 2019
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At Experian DataLabs, a team of scientists is thwarting bad guys with math.
Computer Sciences
Oct 5, 2016
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When Georgia Tech opens the doors to the Georgia Dome next month as the host institution for the 2013 Final Four, expect third-seeded Florida to walk out as the national champion. That's the prediction from Georgia Tech's ...
Mathematics
Mar 20, 2013
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An international group of researchers has helped to determine that dinosaurs have shaped the Easter eggs we buy in the high street.
Archaeology
Apr 5, 2012
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The aircraft industry is worth billions. But it's not just jets driving the dollars up—it's the complicated electronics that help them fly.
Engineering
Nov 17, 2015
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It's difficult and time-consuming to produce accurate computer models of molecules, primarily because traditional modeling methods are limited in their ability to handle alternative molecular shapes and, consequently, are ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 26, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of physicists comprised of members from IBM Research in Switzerland and the University of Liverpool in the U.K. have figured out a way to improve on results obtained using a Scanning Tunneling Microscope ...
