The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a new report today that provides a roadmap for revitalizing the U.S. manufacturing industry, and thereby spur the creation of much-needed ...
Economics & Business
Jul 18, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- An article on the role of masculinity in the ongoing financial crisis has been published in the July issue of Organisation journal. The article, entitled 'Managing Masculinity/Mismanaging the Corporation' is, ...
Economics & Business
Jul 18, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- The strikingly blue algae that afflicted the Madison lakes last week hardly needs a danger sign to warn of its toxicity.
Environment
Jul 18, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- On July 17, 1975, something momentous happened: two Cold War-rivals met in space. When their respective spacecraft rendezvoused and docked, a new era of cooperative ventures in space began.
Space Exploration
Jul 18, 2012
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Duke University will begin offering courses free on the Internet, school officials said Tuesday. Doing so will extend Duke's expertise to a broader global audience while using technology to enhance the classroom experience ...
Other
Jul 18, 2012
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Key software used to study gene expression now runs four times faster, thanks to performance improvements put in place by a team from the Indiana University Pervasive Technology Institute (PTI), the Broad Institute of MIT ...
Biotechnology
Jul 18, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- New research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds light on pluripotency—the ability of embryonic stem cells to renew themselves indefinitely and to differentiate into all types of mature cells. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 18, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- A variety of public health issues plague the refugees from Burma living on the Thai border, not the least of which is drinking water contaminated by bacteria and pesticides. Yet few low-cost, sustainable and ...
Environment
Jul 18, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- An international team of scientists, including chemist Xiao Cheng Zeng of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has created what is in effect a nanoscale sieve that is very selective in what it will allow to pass ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 18, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- When a company goes public, it's a sign that the firm has hit its stride. By choosing to be publicly traded, it's signaling that it's at the forefront of innovation, that it will use its IPO proceeds to make ...
Economics & Business
Jul 18, 2012
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