(Phys.org) —Do companies distort their investments to influence their credit rating? A University of Michigan researcher says yes.
Economics & Business
May 9, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Swinburne researchers have developed a high-quality continuous graphene oxide thin film that shows potential for ultrafast telecommunications.
Nanomaterials
May 9, 2014
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How much does your neighborhood determine your life chances? Sociologist and urban planner Xavier de Souza Briggs recently completed a 20-year social experiment on ghetto poverty that asked: If people in high-poverty, high-risk ...
Social Sciences
May 9, 2014
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An international team of scientists discovered a new quantum control mechanism to selectively shake and break C-H bonds in symmetric hydrocarbon molecules with the waveform of femtosecond laser pulses.
Condensed Matter
May 9, 2014
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Like a pinch-hitter driving in the game-winning run, the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope (GBT) stepped up to the plate to help astronomers at the Arecibo Observatory study and image a rapidly fleeing asteroid ...
Space Exploration
May 9, 2014
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Sugar surrounds us. Not just on our way to work as we resist a morning doughnut or after dinner as we peruse the dessert menu, but our cells are literally adorned with sugars. As NYU Chemistry Professor Lara Mahal explains, ...
Biochemistry
May 9, 2014
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This is a photo of NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series (GOES-R) satellite propulsion module (left) and system module (right) at Lockheed Martin's clean room.
Space Exploration
May 9, 2014
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Mircea Dincă playfully describes his very serious work making new materials in MIT's Department of Chemistry much like being a kid mixing and matching Legos. A self-described molecular engineer, Dincă assembles new materials ...
Materials Science
May 9, 2014
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A smartphone app developed with support from The University of Queensland's ilab start-up accelerator is set to save motorists hundreds of dollars in parking fines.
Software
May 9, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Forty-six M (46M) is a young puma on the move. A GPS tracking collar that UC Santa Cruz scientists placed around his neck reveals exactly where he goes.
Plants & Animals
May 9, 2014
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