You're on the bus, and one of the only free seats is next to you. How, and why, do you stop another passenger sitting there? New research reveals the tactics commuters use to avoid each other, a practice the paper, published ...
Social Sciences
Aug 1, 2012
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Much of the exciting action is space is confined to thin boundaries. The Universe is filled with plasma, a charged gas consisting of ions and electrons. Thin sheets with currents separate large plasma regions in space. Scientists ...
Plasma Physics
Aug 1, 2012
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The temperature in the inner urban areas of Hong Kong is predicted to rise by two to three Celsius degree in 30 years' time, according to the latest scientific study by researchers at the Department of Land Surveying and ...
Environment
Aug 1, 2012
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New legislation to stop children playing inappropriate video games will fail unless government deals with the underlying issue of irresponsible parenting, research has found.
Social Sciences
Aug 1, 2012
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As climate change threatens to reshape California’s landscape, University of California, Davis, researchers are helping to inform policymakers about the state’s vulnerability and provide strategies for adaptation.
Environment
Aug 1, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- A levitating light bulb invented by a 19-year-old student from the University of Queensland has been singled out as an exciting industry innovation by an American lighting firm.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 1, 2012
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Chocolate lovers who think of their passion as rich, sweet, and naturally delicious might want to stay out of Harvard scientist Ben Wolfe’s classroom this summer.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 1, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- The full impact of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill has yet to reveal itself, say researchers in the Tulane Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. The largest-ever accidental release of oil into ...
Environment
Aug 1, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Some strands of the World Wide Web are getting a little tattered.
Telecom
Aug 1, 2012
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Women from China and India are migrating to change their lives, although they face greater risk than men of human trafficking, assault and rape.
Social Sciences
Aug 1, 2012
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