Policemen, thieves and ordinary people apply different logic when making...
A study conducted by the University of Granada, Spain, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, revealed that policemen and ordinary people reason differently than criminals when making...
View ArticleRe-learning how to help professionals share their practice
(PhysOrg.com) -- Online tools developed in Europe have created completely new approaches in pedagogy -- the science of education.
View ArticleRelying too much on e-mail bad for business, study says
Firing off e-mails and cueing up videoconferences get work done fast, but not necessarily well, research by a University of Illinois business leadership expert found.
View ArticleInnovation, reinvented
A carmaker reports that design time on a new model dropped from six months to just one, thanks to new tools for innovation and collaboration developed by European researchers. The way companies get and...
View ArticleCitizen scientist: Helping scientists help themselves
We are all scientists now, thanks to SETI@home, Galaxy Zoo, The Great Sunflower Project, Folding@home and counltess other projects that allow individuals to take part in scientific research directly or...
View Article1000th protein structure released by Structural Genomics Consortium
The Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC), an international public-private partnership that aims to determine three-dimensional structures of medically important proteins, announced the release into the...
View ArticleEarth and space science missions have fewer risks if conducted by a single...
Earth and space science missions developed and implemented by federal agencies in collaboration typically result in additional complexity and cost and increased risks from divided responsibilities and...
View ArticleGetting to know the strong force, one of the four fundamental forces of the...
(PhysOrg.com) -- In new work, high-energy physicists have observed two long-sought quantum states in the bottomonium family of sub-atomic particles. The result will help researchers better understand...
View ArticleNew global portal for cyber-physical systems research launched
Vanderbilt's Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS) has built and will operate a Web-based collaboration platform for the new National Science Foundation-funded Cyber-Physical Systems Virtual...
View ArticleAntihelium-4: Physicists nab new record for heaviest antimatter
(PhysOrg.com) -- Members of the international STAR collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider -- a particle accelerator used to recreate and study conditions of the early universe at the U.S....
View ArticleRevealing the inner workings of cells with newly developed Raman microscopy...
Living cells are virtuosos of chemistry. At any one time, countless chemical reactions are taking place within each cell. For researchers trying to understand how cells function, unraveling this...
View ArticleIs a little negativity the best marketing policy?
Most marketing departments work hard to establish a flawless reputation for their product or service. But new research from Tel Aviv University is showing that perfection is not all it's cracked up to be.
View ArticleHunting the unseen
A better knowledge about the composition of sub-atomic particles such as protons and neutrons has sparked conjecture about, as yet, unseen particles. A tool based on theoretical calculations that could...
View ArticleGoogle: Belgian papers to appear in searches again
(AP) -- Google began allowing the Web sites of French-language Belgian newspapers to appear in its search results again on Monday, saying it had obtained the papers' legal consent to do so without...
View ArticleFermilab experiment discovers a heavy relative of the neutron
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists of the CDF collaboration at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced the observation of a new particle, the neutral Xi-sub-b (Ξb0). This...
View ArticleElliptical galaxies much younger than previously thought?
(PhysOrg.com) -- The standard model for elliptical galaxies formation is challenged by a new result uncovered by an international team of astronomers from the Atlas3D collaboration. Team members from...
View ArticleGood management, not just money, leads to innovative discoveries
(PhysOrg.com) -- University scientists and engineers are more likely produce inventions and patents if they work in an environment where management supports and encourages interdisciplinary...
View ArticleFundamental matter-antimatter symmetry confirmed
International collaboration including MPQ scientists sets a new value for the antiproton mass relative to the electron with unprecedented precision.
View ArticleResearchers map long-range migrations and habitats of leatherback sea turtles...
Endangered leatherback sea turtles migrate and forage across vast areas of the Pacific Ocean and Indo Pacific seas and require greater international collaboration for their protection, according to a...
View ArticleSony, Panasonic, Samsung in 3D glasses deal
Japan's Sony and Panasonic and South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Tuesday they will jointly develop new standards for glasses used to watch 3D images on television, computer and movie screens.
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