Commitment to the job by correctional staff members cannot be bought but must be earned by an organization, a Wayne State University researcher believes.
3 hours ago
not rated yet
0
Normal vision is essentially a spatial sense that often relies upon touch and movement during and after development, there is often a correlation between how an object looks and how it feels. Moreover, as a child's senses ...
May 01, 2013
not rated yet
0
(Phys.org) —Researchers at The University of Queensland have discovered that, like humans, flies sleep in stages of different intensities.
Apr 19, 2013
not rated yet
0
Inspired by plant components that respond to external stimuli, material scientists from ETH Zurich have devised a new method for producing composite materials from a variety of materials that adopt a pre-programmed shape ...
Apr 16, 2013
5 / 5 (2)
1
|
(Phys.org) —The mammalian auditory system is one of the most sensitive detectors found in nature. Two kinds of cells, the inner and outer hair cells, work together to transduce mechanical vibrations into ...
Apr 10, 2013
4.6 / 5 (5)
4
|
Proteins are vital parts of living organisms, performing a variety of essential functions such as DNA replication, catabolizing reactions, and responding to stimuli. The complete set of proteins expressed in an organism at ...
Apr 10, 2013
5 / 5 (1)
0
A specially-adapted 'tactile helmet', developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield, could provide fire-fighters operating in challenging conditions with vital clues about their surroundings.
Mar 29, 2013
4 / 5 (1)
0
When Charles Babbage prototyped the first computing machine in the 19th century, he imagined using mechanical gears and latches to control information. ENIAC, the first modern computer developed in the 1940s, used vacuum ...
Mar 28, 2013
5 / 5 (6)
8
|
Of course, roosters crow with the dawn. But are they simply reacting to the environment, or do they really know what time of day it is? Researchers reporting on March 18 in Current Biology have evidence that p ...
Mar 18, 2013
5 / 5 (1)
1
|
A MANA research group has succeeded in developing a gel material which is capable of releasing drugs in response to pressure applied by the patient.
Mar 14, 2013
not rated yet
0
(Phys.org)—Want to stop cyberbullying on Facebook? Try using … Facebook.
Feb 11, 2013
2.5 / 5 (2)
2
(Phys.org)—For the first time, physicists have found that humans can discriminate a sound's frequency (related to a note's pitch) and timing (whether a note comes before or after another note) more than ...
Feb 04, 2013
4.6 / 5 (35)
22
|
Dogs and wolves are genetically so similar, it's been difficult for biologists to understand why wolves remain fiercely wild, while dogs can gladly become "man's best friend." Now, doctoral research by evolutionary ...
Jan 17, 2013
5 / 5 (8)
2
|
Intelligence is not only a matter of humans and animals. Scientists speak also of intelligent molecules. The latter directly react to external stimuli and change reversibly their shape. NIM physicists demonstrate ...
Jan 17, 2013
not rated yet
0
