A new technique that helps forecasters continuously monitor landfalling hurricanes, giving them frequent and detailed images of a storm's location, will be implemented this summer.
Earth Sciences
Apr 10, 2008
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A new study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family reveals that attendance at religious services predicts marital fidelity.
Other
Apr 10, 2008
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Detecting roadside bombs may become easier, thanks to chemical sensors being developed at the University of Michigan.
Apr 10, 2008
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Research being presented today at the UK National Stem Cell Network Annual Science Meeting in Edinburgh represents a step towards the use of Adult Stem Cells (ASCs) to repair damaged tissue. Speaking at the conference in ...
Apr 10, 2008
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Washing fresh fruits and vegetables before eating may reduce the risk of food poisoning and those awful episodes of vomiting and diarrhea. But according to new research, described today at the 235th national meeting of the ...
Apr 10, 2008
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An international team led by French and Canadian astronomers has just discovered the coldest brown dwarf ever observed. Their results will soon be published in Astronomy & Astrophysics. This new finding was made possible ...
Astronomy
Apr 10, 2008
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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and colleagues discovered that the Notch signaling pathway, which determines the development of many cell types, and is also implicated in some cancers, is ...
Apr 10, 2008
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The world’s shortest light pulse containing just one photon has been produced by Oxford University scientists.
General Physics
Apr 10, 2008
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Eighteen months of road trips between Boston and New York and one Eureka moment inspired MIT economist Amy Finkelstein to study the hidden cost of E-ZPass, the popular electronic toll collection system that eliminates the ...
Other
Apr 10, 2008
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A new experimental robot from the MIT Media Lab can slant its eyebrows in anger, or raise them in surprise, and show a wide assortment of facial expressions to communicate with people in human-centric terms. Called Nexi, ...
Robotics
Apr 10, 2008
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