Parents' financial help linked to lower college GPAs, higher graduation rates
College students who aren't studying hard may have their parents' financial support to blame.
Social Sciences
Jan 16, 2013
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ChemCam follows the 'Yellowknife Road' to Martian wet area
(Phys.org)—Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory and the French Space Agency have tracked a trail of minerals that point to the prior presence of water at the Curiosity rover site on Mars.
Space Exploration
Jan 16, 2013
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Climate change report forecasts major impacts for the Southwest
(Phys.org)—A new draft assessment of the impacts of climate change on the U.S. has been released by the Global Change Research Program in Washington, D.C., and is available online for public comment. Hailed as the most ...
Environment
Jan 16, 2013
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Researchers confirm intrinsic superconductor behavior revealed
(Phys.org)—When it comes to high-temperature superconductors, a class of materials called cuprates is king, and it is science's ongoing quest to determine their exact physical subtleties. Cornell physicists and materials ...
Superconductivity
Jan 16, 2013
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Viruses that infect oceans' tiny beings are discovered
(Phys.org)—Viruses are well known for making people sick, but a new study provides evidence for the first time of viral infections in tiny marine crustaceans called copepods.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 16, 2013
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One step closer to hydrogen production from photoelectrochemical water-splitting
In the quest to produce an environmentally benign renewable fuel, scientists have explored many techniques to split water molecules to produce hydrogen. Still, the current photovoltaic designs are not yet technically or economically ...
Materials Science
Jan 16, 2013
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High plutonium breeding of light water cooled reactors
Professor Oka and his research team at Waseda University have succeeded in developing the world's first conceptual nuclear reactor design of high plutonium breeding by light water cooling.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 16, 2013
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New maths qualification needed to improve England's poor participation in maths post-16
The solution to England's poor participation rate in post-16 maths education could lie in a new qualification that provides a clear and attractive alternative for students who don't currently go on to study maths at AS or ...
Social Sciences
Jan 16, 2013
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Millimeter-level naked-eye detection of Cesium location at solid surface
The NIMS International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA) has developed a supermolecular material which makes it possible to visualize the distribution of cesium on the surface of solids and in living organisms ...
Materials Science
Jan 16, 2013
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Technology essential to children's success, professor says
(Phys.org)—Children need access to technology if they want to succeed in the 21st century with so many of the world's transactions done over the internet, says Massey Professor Mark Brown.
Social Sciences
Jan 16, 2013
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