Aug
3
2017
Researchers have released the most accurate map ever produced of the dark matter in our Universe.
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Hyperloop's First Test Is An Overwhelming Success
Aug
3
2017
After a major test, the technology is one step closer to sending passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in roughly 30 minutes
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Online assessment could improve math marks of deaf learners
Aug
3
2017
Online mathematics assessment could help improve the mathematics performance of deaf and hard-of-hearing learners in South Africa, suggests a new report.
Climate plays role in decline of one of Asia's most critical water resources
Aug
3
2017
Climate variability -- rather than the presence of a major dam -- is most likely the primary cause for a water supply decline in East Asia's largest floodplain lake system, according to an expert.
Forensic entomologist unearths Chinese migrant fly in Europe
Aug
3
2017
An investigator first detected a Chinese migrant fly on corpses in Italy, but the insect has now also been found in Spain and Portugal, outlines a new report.
Vertical axis wind turbines can offer cheaper electricity for urban and suburban areas
Aug
3
2017
Small vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) possess the ability to effectively operate in the presence of high turbulent flow, which makes them ideal energy harvesting devices in urban and suburban environments. In a new article, researchers present results indicating that an optimally designed VAWT system can financially compete with fossil-fuel based power plants in urban and suburban areas, and even spearhead the development of a net-zero energy building or city.
Mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's diagnoses trigger lower self-ratings of quality of life
Aug
3
2017
A patient's awareness of a diagnosis of cognitive impairment may diminish their self-assessment of quality of life, suggests new research.
Our solar system's 'shocking' origin story
Aug
3
2017
According to one longstanding theory, our Solar System's formation was triggered by a shock wave from an exploding supernova. It injected material from the exploding star into a neighboring cloud of dust and gas, causing it to collapse in on itself and form the Sun and its surrounding planets. New work offers fresh evidence supporting this theory, modeling the Solar System's formation beyond the initial cloud collapse and into the intermediate stages of star formation.
Why Facebook is so hard to resist
Aug
3
2017
Why is social media such a hard habit to break? Because it makes us feel good, say investigators. They found even brief exposure to a Facebook-related image (logo, screenshot) can cause a pleasurable response in frequent social media users, which in turn might trigger social media cravings. The combination of pleasant feelings and cravings makes social media too difficult to resist.