Americans view global warming by what they see outside their windows and not scientific evidence, according to a University of Michigan survey.
Environment
Jun 12, 2014
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A new device designed to sample and detect foodborne bacteria is being trialled by scientists at the University of Southampton.
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 12, 2014
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Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) researchers are working with a Huntsville, Ala., company and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to test high-altitude missiles without ever firing a shot.
Engineering
Jun 12, 2014
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Without any pre-training or restrictions in partner choice among chimpanzees, researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, found for the first time that chimpanzees housed in a socially complex, ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 12, 2014
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Since the days of Darwin, biologists have questioned why certain plants occur in widely separated places, the farthest reaches of North American and the Southern tip of South America but nowhere in between. How did they get ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 12, 2014
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A vehicle typically consists of several thousands of spot joints such as rivets, clinch joints or spot welds. They are used to bond together different parts of the vehicle, for example the car bonnet. But the rivets are costly ...
Engineering
Jun 12, 2014
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(Phys.org) —The Arctic polar cap has been melting at an astonishing rate over the past 20 or so years. In addition to causing higher sea levels and other environmental impacts, the decreasing surface is opening up new resources ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 12, 2014
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Powerful radio signals that Jupiter generates could be used to help researchers scan its giant moons for oceans that could be home to extraterrestrial life, according to a recent study submitted to the journal Icarus.
Space Exploration
Jun 12, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A team of scientists have suggested reasons why the largest dinosaurs ever to have walked the Earth produced smaller eggs than might be expected.
Archaeology
Jun 12, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have designed integrated circuits that can survive at temperatures greater than 350 degrees Celsius – or roughly 660 degrees Fahrenheit. Their work, funded ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Jun 12, 2014
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