Air travelers today often experience delays as a result of numerous airplanes parked on the ground and in the air at any given moment.
Engineering
Sep 18, 2014
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When Arienne Dwyer identified an area in Chinese Inner Asia as a language convergence zone some 19 years ago, she discovered that the grammars of unrelated languages had grown to resemble one another. Moreover, when some ...
Social Sciences
Sep 18, 2014
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With more than 10 million service points, India's rural drinking water system provides a real monitoring headache for public health officials. To help address the challenge, a three-continent research consortium is evaluating ...
Environment
Sep 18, 2014
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As Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba prepares for what could be the biggest IPO in history, University of Michigan professor Puneet Manchanda dug into its Taobao website data to help solve a lingering chicken-and-egg question.
Computer Sciences
Sep 18, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Limiting the dingo and wild dog population has no negative effect on wildlife, according to new research.
Ecology
Sep 18, 2014
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A multidisciplinary team of scientists at The University of Nottingham are using some of the most advanced X-ray micro Computed Tomography (CT) scanners to learn how to design plant roots so they can interact better with ...
Biotechnology
Sep 18, 2014
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What is life? This is a question that is often asked and typically confused.
Space Exploration
Sep 18, 2014
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ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is looking forward to flying to the International Space Station next year but until yesterday he was underwater trying out a handy new device he will use in space.
Space Exploration
Sep 18, 2014
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(Phys.org) —University of Georgia ecologists John Gittleman and Patrick Stephens are contributors to a major new study that finds that species are going extinct today 1,000 times faster than during pre-human times—a rate ...
Ecology
Sep 18, 2014
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There are many examples of individuals with different disabilities who excel and accomplish much in their lifetime, rendering physical or mental attributes meaningless – consider Stephen Hawking, Stevie Wonder and Helen ...
Engineering
Sep 18, 2014
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