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Physics & Astronomy

Nanoparticles Boost Fluid Performance and Stability

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have demonstrated that liquids embedded with nanoparticles show enhanced performance and stability when exposed…

Environmental Conservation

Purdue Lab Enhances Indoor Pool Conditions and Air Quality

“Some indoor swimming pools seem to have a characteristic chlorine odor,” said Purdue environmental engineering professor Ernest R. Blatchley III. “You may…

Information Technology

University of Illinois Launches Free Web Tool for Archivists

Their new online collections management program called Archon has more than a few attractive features – not the least of which is that it was developed for…

Studies and Analyses

Chernobyl Exposure Linked to Increased Thyroid Disease Risk

Results of the study further suggest that age at exposure, history of thyroid diseases, and location of residence do not modify its risk. This is the first…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Energetic Nanoparticles: Transforming Sunlight to Electricity

Electricity-generating solar cells are one of the most attractive alternatives for creating a long-term sustainable energy system, but thus far solar cells…

Business and Finance

Disaggregated Earnings: A Better Predictor of Stock Prices

As a stockholder when you receive the company’s annual report, do you typically look beyond the earnings per share?Most people don’t, but they may want to…

Physics & Astronomy

Lensless Camera Uses X-Rays to Examine Nanoscale Materials

Argonne scientists along with scientists from the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of Melbourne, La Trobe University and the Australian…

Life & Chemistry

Bats Confirmed as SARS Virus Source in New Analysis

The analysis tracing the viruses’ paths through human and animal hosts counters assertions that SARS was eradicated in 2004 when thousands of palm civet cats…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Aluminum-Rich Alloy Enables On-Demand Hydrogen Production

“We now have an economically viable process for producing hydrogen on-demand for vehicles, electrical generating stations and other applications,” said Jerry…

Studies and Analyses

Postpartum Depression Rates Higher in Low-Income Iowa Mothers

In the study of 4,332 new mothers from four Iowa counties, UI psychologist Lisa Segre found that 40 percent of Iowa mothers with a household income less than…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomy Tech Enhances Nanoparticle Probes for Biomedical Research

The biomedical researchers realized that astronomers had already made great strides in solving a problem very similar to their own — isolating and analyzing…

Studies and Analyses

Children Develop Goal-Oriented Behavior by Age 3

Hang on, parents. After the terrible twos come the goal-oriented threes. Kids seem to grow into the ability to act in pursuit of goals outside of what they can…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Texas A&M testing oral contraceptives for animals

Researchers are testing oral contraceptives – used in much the same way as in humans – and the results are promising, says Duane Kraemer, a professor in…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights Into Long-Distance Signaling in Neuron Development

A longstanding puzzle in neurodevelopment may have yielded up a key secret.A team led by scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College says they have determined…

Health & Medicine

Study Reveals Brain Shape Abnormalities in Schizophrenia Siblings

The researchers performed brain MRI scans in 25 patients with schizophrenia and their non-affected siblings and compared the scans with those of 40 healthy…

Health & Medicine

Lower PSA Levels in Obese Men: Rethinking Prostate Cancer Insights

The finding echoes earlier results on PSA concentrations found in obese and overweight men with prostate cancer and highlights the need to reconsider PSA…

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