There’s safety (and security) in numbers … especially when those numbers are random. That’s the lesson learned from a DHS-sponsored research project out of the University of Southern California (USC). The research is ...
Other
Apr 16, 2008
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The dangers posed by a major earthquake in the New Madrid and Charleston, South Carolina zones in the Midwestern and Southern parts of the United States may be noticeably lower than current estimates if seismologists adjust ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 16, 2008
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The cargo aboard the space shuttle Discovery on mission STS-124 already has traveled halfway around Earth, more than 10,000 miles over land and sea. It’s now ready for the culmination of its 23-year journey to the International ...
Space Exploration
Apr 16, 2008
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Once thought to be extinct for about 40 years, a rare plant has been anything but scarce this spring – at least in one location, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) experimental test facility, Site 300.
Apr 16, 2008
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UC San Diego computer scientists have created a fog and smoke machine for computer graphics that cuts the computational cost of making realistic smoky and foggy 3-D images, such as beams of light from a lighthouse piercing ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 16, 2008
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If you think your parents let your younger siblings get away with everything, you’re probably right. A new study from researchers at Duke University, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland concludes that ...
Other
Apr 16, 2008
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Cartilage is essential to movement in the human body, cushioning bones and joints, while retaining its shape despite a lot of pressure, poking and prodding. Unfortunately, it also often starts breaking down after 60 or so ...
Condensed Matter
Apr 16, 2008
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A new image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows baby stars sprouting in the backwoods of a galaxy -- a relatively desolate region of space more than 100,000 light-years from the galaxy's bustling center.
Astronomy
Apr 16, 2008
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When frogs hit the road, many croak. Researchers found more than 65 animal species killed along a short stretch of roads in a Midwestern county. Nearly 95 percent of the total dead were frogs and other amphibians, suggesting ...
Apr 16, 2008
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Is there anybody out there? Probably not, according to a scientist from the University of East Anglia.
Space Exploration
Apr 16, 2008
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