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New Research Shows Complexity of Global Warming
January 30, 2013 — Global warming from greenhouse gases affects rainfall patterns in the world differently than that from solar heating, according to a new ... > full story -
Program to Overcome Early U.S. Math Deficiencies Could Improve Workforce
January 30, 2013 — Researchers identified how a lack of a specific math skill in first grade correlated to lower scores on a seventh grade math test used to determine employability and wages in ... > full storyMore: -
Could Traditional Chinese Medicine Hold an Answer to the Obesity Problem?
January 30, 2013 — Obesity might be a very modern problem, but a team of scientists from Taiwan and China is turning to the age-old principles of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to help fight it. Breaking research ... > full story -
The Ecological Badminton Robot: Optimizing Energy Efficiency in Machine Design
January 30, 2013 — A robot to play with! A childhood's dream has now come true for researchers in Belgium. Wim Symens and his team pioneered the development of the first robot ever to play badminton. But this robot is ... > full story -
Rats, Like Humans, Return to Drinking Once Punishment Is Removed
January 30, 2013 — Once heavy drinking impairs function, a variety of punishment-related threats may motivate people to stop drinking: spouses may threaten divorce, employers may threaten job loss, and courts threaten ... > full story -
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Engineers Solve a Biological Mystery and Boost Artificial Intelligence
January 30, 2013 — By simulating 25,000 generations of evolution within computers, engineering and robotics researchers have discovered why biological networks tend to be organized as modules -- a finding that will ... > full story -
NASA to Launch Ocean Wind Monitor to Space Station
January 29, 2013 — In a clever reuse of hardware originally built to test parts of NASA's QuikScat satellite, the agency will launch the ISS-RapidScat instrument to the International Space Station in 2014 to measure ... > full story -
Geospatial Technologies Help Track Real-Time Movements of Sex Offenders
January 29, 2013 — Convicted sex offenders continue to move freely within communities, including in restricted areas, despite laws designed to limit their movements. A new study uses new tracking techniques to better ... > full story -
Ants' Behavior Leads to Research Method for Optimizing Product Development Time, Costs
January 29, 2013 — Trying to find just the right balance of time spent in meetings and time performing tasks is a tough problem for managers, but a researcher believes the behavior of ants may provide a useful lesson ... > full story -
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Simulations' Achille's Heel
January 29, 2013 — What can go wrong when computer simulations are applied outside their original context. In a new article scientists outline the many pitfalls associated with simulation methods such as Monte Carlo ... > full story
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