A new report from The University of Texas at Austin's Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) reveals a positive relationship between community colleges' implementation of several "high impact" practices—like ...
Social Sciences
Sep 24, 2014
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(Phys.org) —The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has approved the start of routine operations at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at Brookhaven National Laboratory, beginning a period of significant transition ...
General Physics
Sep 24, 2014
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Planets are formed from disks of gas and dust that orbit around young stars. Once the "seed" of the planet —composed of a small aggregate of dust— is formed, it will continue to gather material and it will carve out a ...
Astronomy
Sep 24, 2014
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A longer, more aerodynamic cab with better vision for lorry drivers could save the lives of hundreds of cyclists and pedestrians, according to a new study by academics at Loughborough University's Design School.
Engineering
Sep 24, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Researchers are developing a robotic fabric that moves and contracts and is embedded with sensors, an approach that could bring "active clothing" and a new class of "soft" robots.
Robotics
Sep 24, 2014
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Professor Kazuaki Sawada and Dr. Takigawa of the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology and colleagues at Toyohashi University of Technology have established an easy to use, low-cost, rapid, and high sensitivity semiconductor-imaging ...
Engineering
Sep 24, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Until fairly recently, scientists were convinced that carbonic acid (H2CO3) does not exist as a stable molecule. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, German researchers have now introduced a simple pyrolytic method ...
Materials Science
Sep 24, 2014
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University of Adelaide researchers are introducing a method to use bees to deliver disease control to cherry blossom, preventing brown rot in cherries.
Ecology
Sep 24, 2014
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The Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle is ready to fly and left the Netherlands today for the launch site in French Guiana.
Space Exploration
Sep 24, 2014
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The Philippines' booming outsourcing industry now employs a million people after growing almost tenfold in just over a decade, the industry association said Wednesday.
Business
Sep 24, 2014
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