Mobile phone and satellite data to map poverty
Credit: WorldPop, University of Southampton An international team has, for the first time, developed a way of combining anonymised data from mobile phones and satellite...
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Novel LED street lights reduce costs
Credit: Photo: KIT Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a novel type of LED street light of increased efficiency. Compared to conventional...
The Potential of automatic word comparison for historical linguistics
Credit: Johann-Mattis List The comparison of different languages is a core task of historical linguistics. Language comparison allows linguists to trace the development of languages...
Powerful change: A profile of today’s solar consumer
People with higher incomes and better education no longer dominate demand for the domestic solar market in Queensland with a new QUT study revealing the...
Building a better model of human-automation interaction
People generally make decisions using two ways of thinking: They think consciously, deliberate for a while, and try to use logic to figure out what...
What happened to the sun over 7,000 years ago?
Credit: A.J.T.Jull Nagoya, Japan - An international team led by researchers at Nagoya University, along with US and Swiss colleagues, has identified a new type...
Fiscal incentives may help reduce carbon emissions in developing countries
A study has found that fiscal policies introduced by governments in developing countries can have a significant effect on lowering harmful carbon emissions and help...
Researchers find chemical switch that may decrease symptoms of schizophrenia
A new study by University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers has found that in mice, adjusting levels of a compound called kynurenic acid can...
Bacterial survival strategy: Splitting into virulent and non-virulent subtypes
Credit: (Photo credit: Irine Ronin) Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered a survival strategy that harmful bacteria can use to outsmart the...
New assay shows promise to advance personalized therapy for cancer patients
Philadelphia, PA, Feb. 7, 2017 - One of the most promising areas of cancer research is personalized therapy using precision medicine. The National Cancer Institute's...
Exposure of the half-century old misconception removes limits on life extension
Strehler-Mildvan (SM) correlation was reported in 1960 in a now-famous and very well cited Science paper. It relates to the Mortality Rate Doubling Time (MRDT)...
HPV vs. Pap test for cervical cancer screening: Strong evidence calls for new protocols, say experts
Credit: Reproduced with permission from Tota et al., Prev Med 53: S12-S21, 2011. Amsterdam, NL, February 7, 2017 -- For many years, cytology has been...
E-cigarettes safer than smoking says long-term study
E-cigarettes are less toxic and safer to use compared to conventional cigarettes, according to research* published in Annals of Internal Medicine today (Monday). Cancer Research...
Size matters for marine protected areas designed to aid coral
Credit: Credit: Cody Clements, Georgia Tech For marine protected areas established to help coral reefs recover from overfishing, size really does seem to make a...
Ecological Society of America announces 2017 Fellows
WASHINGTON, DC - The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is pleased to announce its 2017 Fellows. The Society's fellowship program recognizes the many ways in...
