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Physics & Astronomy

With 1st Neutrino Events, Multinational Team In Japan Takes 1st Step To Answering Why Only Matter In Universe

Protons from the 30-GeV Main Ring synchrotron were directed onto a carbon target, where their collisions produced charged particles called pions. These pions…

Physics & Astronomy

Black Hole Sparks Formation of New Galaxy, Study Reveals

“The ‘chicken and egg’ question of whether a galaxy or its black hole comes first is one of the most debated subjects in astrophysics today,” says lead author…

Life & Chemistry

New Tool Identified to Combat Autoimmune Diseases and Blood Cancers

A study led by a Scripps Research Institute scientist describes a new, highly pragmatic approach to the identification of molecules that prevent a specific…

Life & Chemistry

Grooving Down the Helix: Breakthrough in DNA Research

A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Harvard University, and the Indian Institute of Science has…

Event News

Major Physics Conference Next Month in Washington, D.C.

The APS portion of the meeting includes particle physics, astrophysics, nuclear physics, plasma physics and other physics disciplines that impact society. The…

Studies and Analyses

Fun Tasks Boost Performance for Less Motivated Students

The study appears in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The findings suggest that two students may respond quite differently to a teacher’s…

Environmental Conservation

Commercial Fishing Threatens Mediterranean Dolphin Populations

Extensive commercial fishing endangers dolphin populations in the Mediterranean. This has been shown in a new study carried out at the University of Haifa’s…

Science Education

New DAAD Website Offers Key Tips for International Students

International Students can get detailed information about study and research opportunities in Germany on a new website now: recently the DAAD expanded its…

Physics & Astronomy

Home PCs Join Forces to Map the Milky Way Galaxy

At this very moment, tens of thousands of home computers around the world are quietly working together to solve the largest and most basic mysteries of our…

Physics & Astronomy

Unlocking Dark Matter Secrets: A Canadian’s Journey in CDMS

Professor Rau is the only Canadian researcher among the group of 60 scientists involved in the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment (CDMS) whose latest…

Health & Medicine

Sound Detection in Melanoma: A New Tool for Cancer Diagnosis

Knowing the stage of a patient’s melanoma is important when choosing the best course of treatment. When the cancer has progressed to the lymph nodes, a more…

Earth Sciences

Geologists Explore Antarctica’s Ancient Ice Hypothesis

Focusing on a controversial hypothesis that ice existed at the equator some 300 million years ago during the late Paleozoic Period, two University of Oklahoma…

Life & Chemistry

UCLA Study Links Genetics to Misery and Its Impact on Health

In ongoing work to identify how genes interact with social environments to impact human health, UCLA researchers have discovered what they describe as a…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring New Frontiers in Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Writing exclusively in March’s Physics World, Davies, director of BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona State University in the US,…

Business and Finance

Managing Expectations Is Crucial as High Unemployment Persists, Says Expert

More than 6 million Americans have lost their jobs since the start of the country’s most recent recession in 2008, and new jobs data released by the U.S….

Trade Fair News

French logistics expertise is transported to Multimodal 2010

The French Pavilion will offer a unique environment for visitors to discover new products and services, and to find potential business partners. The…

Trade Fair News

French Pavilion to highlight country’s innovation at Internet World 2010

The French Pavilion (Stand E5080) at Earl’s Court 2 (in London) will offer a unique environment in which company representatives can discover new products and…

Information Technology

New Technology Set to Transform Internet Advertising Size

Internet ads are currently only available in three or four specific sizes, meaning websites must be designed around the ads. The size restrictions greatly…

Materials Sciences

Advancements in Carbon Sponges: A New Era in CO2 Capture

The Berkeley Lab chemist leads a diverse team of scientists whose goal is to quickly discover materials that can efficiently strip carbon dioxide from a power…

Information Technology

Classic Grammar Model Enhances Computerized Text Parsing

One such application enables queries answered by a digital text to be generated when it is opened, and then used to search for specific information in the text.

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