Flowing structures in soft crystals
What is common to blood, ink and gruel? They are all liquids in which tiny particles are suspended so called colloids. In some of these liquids, the particles form groups (clusters), which form regular ...
What is common to blood, ink and gruel? They are all liquids in which tiny particles are suspended so called colloids. In some of these liquids, the particles form groups (clusters), which form regular ...
General Physics
Aug 8, 2011
0
0
(AP) -- Fewer things seem out of place at the rough-hewn DefCon hacker convention than a swarm of kids.
Internet
Aug 8, 2011
2
0
Dr. Chris Thornton and colleagues at the University of Exeter are examining whether adding a safe and harmless fungus to compost boosts the growth and proliferation of crops' roots, helping them grow with less water. Not ...
Biotechnology
Aug 8, 2011
3
0
(AP) -- With the newsgathering techniques of its sister publications in Britain under fire, News Corp. is facing a probe into the use of drones by its U.S.-based digital publication, The Daily.
Engineering
Aug 8, 2011
3
0
Self-directed learning has long been heralded as the key to successful education. Yet until now, there has been little research into this theory. Educational researchers at the Technical University of Munich have now shown ...
Social Sciences
Aug 8, 2011
0
0
Efforts are underway to try and get the river locks on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal closed in order to stop the spread of two invasive species of fish known as the Asian carp and the Snakehead.
A group of Taiwan scientists have developed an environmentally friendly form of rewritable electronic paper that works without electricity.
Engineering
Aug 8, 2011
10
0
Nearly half of all women scientists and one-quarter of male scientists at the nation's top research universities said their career has kept them from having as many children as they had wanted, according to a new study by ...
Other
Aug 8, 2011
2
0
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that male fruitflies experience a type of 'paranoia' in the presence of another male, which doubles the length of time they mate with a female, despite the female of the ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 8, 2011
0
0
There are increasing pressures for health care providers to make individual-level data readily available for research and policy making. But Canadians are more likely to allow the sharing of their personal data if they believe ...
Other
Aug 8, 2011
0
0