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Fear of Losing Money, Not Spending Habits, Affects Investor Risk Tolerance
July 30, 2014 — Scientists analyzed the causes of risk tolerance and found that loss aversion, or the fear of losing money, is the primary factor that explains investors' risk ... full story -
Barnacles: Marine 'Pest' Provides Advances in Maritime Anti-Fouling and Biomedicine
July 30, 2014 — Biologists performed cutting-edge research on a marine pest that will pave the way for novel anti-fouling paint for ships and boats and also improve bio-adhesives for medical and industrial ... full story -
Tidal Forces Gave Moon Its Shape Early in Its History, New Analysis Finds
July 30, 2014 — The shape of the moon deviates from a simple sphere in ways that scientists have struggled to explain. A new study shows that most of the moon's overall shape can be explained by taking into ... full story -
Double Star With Weird and Wild Planet-Forming Discs
July 30, 2014 — Astronomers have found wildly misaligned planet-forming gas discs around the two young stars in the binary system HK Tauri. These new observations provide the clearest picture ever of protoplanetary ... full story -
Dissolvable Fabric Loaded With Medicine Might Offer Faster Protection Against HIV
July 30, 2014 — Bioengineers have discovered a potentially faster way to deliver a topical drug that protects women from contracting HIV. Their method spins the drug into silk-like fibers that quickly dissolve when ... full story -
Finding Quantum 'Lines of Desire': Physicists Track Quantum System's Wanderings Through Quantum State Space
July 30, 2014 — What paths do quantum particles, such as atoms or photons, follow through quantum state space? Scientists have used an "artificial atom" to continuously and repeatedly record the paths ... full storyMore: -
Money Talks When It Comes to Acceptability of 'Sin' Companies, Study Reveals
July 30, 2014 — Companies who make their money in the 'sin' industries such as the tobacco, alcohol and gaming industries typically receive less attention from institutional investors and financial ... full story -
Nature Inspires a Greener Way to Make Colorful Plastics
July 30, 2014 — Long before humans figured out how to create colors, nature had already perfected the process -- think stunning, bright butterfly wings of many different hues, for example. Now scientists are tapping ... full story -
Exploring 3-D Printing to Make Organs for Transplants
July 30, 2014 — Printing whole new organs for transplants sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, but the real-life budding technology could one day make actual kidneys, livers, hearts and other organs for ... full story -
Solar Energy: Dyes Help Harvest Light
July 30, 2014 — A new dye-sensitized solar cell absorbs a broad range of visible and infrared wavelengths. Dye-sensitized solar cells rely on dyes that absorb light to mobilize a current of electrons and are a ... full story -
Heat-Responsive Polymers That Do Not Breakdown in Water May Lead to New Antifouling Coatings and Enhanced Oil Recovery
July 30, 2014 — Heat-responsive polymers that do not breakdown in water may lead to new antifouling coatings and enhanced oil ... full story -
Electric Vehicles: Recharging in Private
July 30, 2014 — An electronic payment system will protect the privacy of customers recharging their electric ... full story -
Mercury's Bizzare Magnetic Field Tells Scientists How Its Interior Is Different from Earth's
July 30, 2014 — Mercury's interior is different from the Earth's interior in a way that explains Mercury's bizarre magnetic field, planetary physicists report. Measurements from NASA's Messenger ... full story -
Toward a Home Test for Detecting Potentially Dangerous Levels of Caffeine
July 30, 2014 — The shocking news of an Ohio teen who died of a caffeine overdose in May highlighted the potential dangers of the normally well-tolerated and mass-consumed substance. To help prevent serious health ... full story -
Spin-Based Electronics: New Material Successfully Tested
July 30, 2014 — Spintronics is a new field of electronics, using electron spin rather than motion. This technology requires insulating components that can control this quantum property. Scientists have shown ... full story -
New Catalyst Converts Carbon Dioxide to Fuel
July 30, 2014 — Scientists have synthesized a catalyst that improves their system for converting waste carbon dioxide into syngas, a precursor of gasoline and other energy-rich products, bringing the process closer ... full story -
Numerical Learning Disability: Dyscalculia Linked to Difficulties in Reading and Spelling
July 30, 2014 — Between three and six percent of schoolchildren suffer from an arithmetic-related learning disability. Researchers now show that these children are also more likely to exhibit deficits in reading and ... full story -
Superman's Solar-Powered Feats Break a Fundamental Law of Physics
July 30, 2014 — It goes without saying that Superman can accomplish some pretty spectacular feats. But according to students, the Man of Steel actually achieves the impossible--by breaking the fundamental physics ... full story -
All-in-One Energy System Offers Greener Power for Off–grid Homes, Farms and Businesses
July 30, 2014 — An innovative ‘trigeneration’ system fuelled entirely by raw plant oils could have great potential for isolated homes and businesses operating outside grid ... full story -
Good News for Couch Potatoes: 3-D TV May Be the Victim of Negative Preconceptions
July 30, 2014 — An academic led a lab-based research, involving 433 viewers of ages from 4 to 82 years, in which participants were asked to watch Toy Story in either 2-D or 3-D (S3D) and report on their viewing ... full story
- Fear of losing money, not spending habits, affects investor risk tolerance
- Barnacles: Marine 'pest' provides advances in maritime anti-fouling and biomedicine
- Tidal forces gave moon its shape early in its history, new analysis finds
- Double star with weird and wild planet-forming discs
- Dissolvable fabric loaded with medicine might offer faster protection against HIV
- Finding quantum 'lines of desire': Physicists track quantum system's wanderings through quantum state space
- Money talks when it comes to acceptability of 'sin' companies, study reveals
- Nature inspires a greener way to make colorful plastics
- Exploring 3-D printing to make organs for transplants
- Solar energy: Dyes help harvest light
- Heat-responsive polymers that do not breakdown in water may lead to new antifouling coatings and enhanced oil recovery
- Electric vehicles: Recharging in private
- Mercury's bizzare magnetic field tells scientists how its interior is different from Earth's
- Toward a home test for detecting potentially dangerous levels of caffeine
- Spin-based electronics: New material successfully tested
- New catalyst converts carbon dioxide to fuel
- Numerical learning disability: Dyscalculia linked to difficulties in reading and spelling
- Superman's solar-powered feats break a fundamental law of physics
- All-in-one energy system offers greener power for off–grid homes, farms and businesses
- Good news for couch potatoes: 3-D TV may be the victim of negative preconceptions
- Revolutionary microshutter technology hurdles significant challenges
- NASA-funded X-ray instrument settles interstellar debate
- Weighing the Milky Way: Researchers devise precise method for calculating the mass of galaxies
- Short sellers not to blame for 2008 financial crisis
- World's smallest propeller could be used for microscopic medicine
- Vision-correcting display makes reading glasses so yesterday
- Mysterious molecules in space: Silicon-capped hydrocarbons may be source of 'diffuse interstellar bands'
- A new way to make microstructured surfaces: Method can produce strong, lightweight materials with specific surface properties
- Tough foam from tiny sheets: Lab uses atom-thick materials to make ultralight foam
- The Quantum Cheshire Cat: Can neutrons be located at a different place than their own spin?
- Optimum inertial self-propulsion design for snowman-like nanorobot
- Beyond invisibility cloaks? Flexible metamaterial absorbers developed
- Kill switch in cell phones could save consumers more than $3.4 billion annually
- From finding Nemo to minerals: What riches lie in the deep sea?
- Vaccine website could increase uptake
- Worldwide water shortage by 2040
- Using TV, videos or a computer game as a stress reducer after a tough day at work can lead to feelings of guilt and failure
- NASA long-lived Mars Opportunity rover passes 25 miles of driving
- Printing the metals of the future
- Cassini spacecraft reveals 101 geysers and more on icy Saturn moon
- Mineral magic? Common mineral capable of making and breaking bonds
- Electronic screening tool to triage teenagers and risk of substance misuse
- Physicists unlock nature of high-temperature superconductivity
- Researchers produce record-length mirror-image protein
- Cool-burning flames in space, could lead to better engines on Earth
- Booming mobile health app market needs more FDA oversight for consumer safety, confidence
- How sweet it is: Bioenergy advanced by new tool
- Models for polymer macromolecules using magnets and DNA 'springs'
- Next-generation thirty meter telescope begins construction in Hawaii
- New meaning to refrigerator magnets: Magnets may act as wireless cooling agents
- Google searches may hold key to future market crashes, researchers find
- Wearable device for early detection of common diabetes-related neurological condition
- Glow in space is evidence of a hot bubble in our galaxy
- Measuring the smallest magnets: Physicists measure magnetic interactions between single electrons
- A transistor-like amplifier for single photons
- Building 'invisible' materials with light
- Superconductivity could form at high temperatures in layered 2-D crystals
- Simulating the invisible: How palladium nanoparticles interact
- New tools help neuroscientists analyze 'big data'
- 'Holy grail' of battery design achieved: Stable lithium anode
- Scalping can raise ticket prices
- Primary texting bans associated with lower traffic fatalities, study finds
- Collecting just the right data: Algorithm helps identify which data to target
- Magnets for fusion energy: High-temperature superconductor achieves new world record for electrical current
- New system to detect mercury in water systems
- Nanoparticle 'alarm clock' tested to awaken immune systems put to sleep by cancer
- Computerized ADHD testing: Innovative tool helps with diagnosis/tracking in both children and adults
- Smartphone experiment tracks whether our life story is written in our gut bacteria
- Breakthrough laser experiment reveals liquid-like motion of atoms within an ultra-cold cluster
- Steam energy from the sun: New spongelike structure converts solar energy into steam
- Antioxidant biomaterial promotes healing
- New approach to form non-equilibrium structures
- New characteristics of complex oxide surfaces revealed
- Role of media in sharing life events
- How to power California with wind, water and sun
- Creating sustainable STEM teacher programs
- Gene changes in breast cancer cells pinpointed with new computational method
- New way to determine cancer risk of chemicals found
- Atomic structure of key muscle component revealed
- Artificial intelligence identifies the musical progression of the Beatles
- Fukushima accident underscores need for U.S. to seek out new information about nuclear plant hazards
- New radiological signs of gastric lap band slippage identified
- Novel technologies advance brain surgery to benefit patients
- Cultural stereotypes may evolve from sharing social information
- Nearly 50 years of lemur, other primates data now available online
- Cost-effective, solvothermal synthesis of heteroatom (S or N)-doped graphene developed
- New mass map of distant galaxy cluster is most precise yet
- Dream come true for chemists? Creating organic zeolites
- Discovery is key to metal wear in sliding parts
- Chemist develops X-ray vision for quality assurance
- Using media as stress reducer can lead to feelings of guilt, failure
- Unleashing the power of quantum dot triplets
- Nano-supercapacitors for electric cars
- Formula calculates thickness of bombproof concrete
- Wireless home automation systems reveal more than you would think about user behavior
- Hubble finds three surprisingly dry exoplanets: 'Hot Jupiters' had only one-tenth to one one-thousandth the amount of water predicted
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