By 2030, one in five Americans will be age 65 or older. To understand the role neighborhoods play in seniors' ability to 'age in place'—living safely and independently in one's home of choice rather than in a healthcare ...
Software
Feb 20, 2015
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University of Michigan researchers today released a detailed draft analysis of policy options for hydraulic fracturing, the natural gas and oil extraction process commonly known as fracking.
Environment
Feb 20, 2015
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(Phys.org)—While it may look like researchers from Tsinghua University in Beijing are sketching out an idea for a circuit on a piece of paper, they're actually using a special pen that draws real circuits using carbon-nanotube-based ...
European researchers have developed a wireless sensor system to monitor the safety of large infrastructure. The new system will not only potentially save lives when the structure is old, it is reducing costs during construction, ...
Engineering
Feb 20, 2015
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The Norwegian energy supply can be sustainable by 2030, according to new research. Politicians simply have to keep their promises.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 20, 2015
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It takes a lot of geometry and physics to get a race car to go 200 laps at speeds that can top 200 mph.
Social Sciences
Feb 20, 2015
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(Phys.org)—When exposed to a varying magnetic field, some conductive materials undergo a temperature increase of about 3-5 K over several minutes. This effect is called induction heating, and it occurs because small electric ...
Despite what we see on television, forensic science is not always easy to understand or simple to convey to a jury, many of whom may not have studied science since they were in school. When a case fails in the courtroom, ...
Social Sciences
Feb 20, 2015
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IBM today announced that pretty much everything you thought you knew about Millennials could well be wrong. A new IBM study reveals much of the hype about Millennial employees simply isn't true. They aren't the "lazy, entitled, ...
Social Sciences
Feb 20, 2015
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A new super powerful electron microscope that can pinpoint the position of single atoms was unveiled today at the Science and Technology Research Council's Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire. The microscope will help scientists ...
Nanophysics
Feb 20, 2015
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