An analysis of precipitation data collected from a lakebed in New York and a Rhode Island estuary has provided a link between the variability of precipitation…
This acquisition allows Industry Automation, a Division of the Siemens Industry Sector, to continue to enhance its position as the world's leading supplier of…
Clinical researchers here reported the first results of a pilot study with the anticoagulant Angiomax ® (bivalirudin) as an adjunct to catheter-based…
In electronic circuits, it is unavoidable, and as circuits get smaller and smaller, noise has a greater and more detrimental effect on a circuit's performance….
Compression is generally thought of as something to do to data after it has been collected, but mathematicians have recently figured out a way to use similar…
The research group, led by electrical and computer engineering professor Xiuling Li, developed a technique to integrate compound semiconductor nanowires on…
Gamers made headlines in September for unraveling the structure of a protein central to research on AIDS. Today, in a paper published online at the Proceedings…
“This is good news and real evidence for the value of our national investment in improving air quality,” said Rick Webb, a U.Va. environmental scientist in the…
In a study of wild primates, reported this week (Nov. 7, 2011) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison…
A study of Nobel Laureates from 1901 to 2008 in these three fields examined the age at which scientists did their prize-winning work.Results showed that before…
If not for an observant Italian stonecutter, a recently discovered fossil whale specimen from Egypt might have become part of the edifice of some new…
The device would be more economical that using different devices to measure different types of radiation, and could limit the exposure times of clean-up…
By jump-starting the arcs using exploding wires, as opposed to the traditional method of directly breaking down air, the researchers reduced the amount of…
Chronically and seriously ill adults who received care from a medical home—an accessible primary care practice that helps coordinate care—were less likely to…
Behind such estimates, however, there are scientific models: computer simulations of real world processes. They are the tools to assess costs and benefits of a…
A new study of teens undergoing substance abuse treatment finds helping others helps the adolescent helper by reducing cravings for alcohol and drugs, a major…