PORT HURON — It’s a perfect summer afternoon on the Saint Clair River, on the Canadian border just north of Detroit. Pleasure boats skim across the bright blue water as picnickers watch from the grassy bank. They don’t notice the fat black data cable that snakes out of the water, along a concrete pier and through a hole in the brick wall of an old papermill on the opposite riverbank. (more…)
Sea turtles and whales may be the charismatic critters of the sea, but the true kingpins of the ocean make up 98 percent of the ocean’s biomass — and yet individually are too small to see with the naked eye. (more…)
Mit einer optimierten Methode gewinnen Forscher Bilder von Geweben mit ihren feinsten Strukturen
Für viele Forschungszwecke benötigen Wissenschaftler realitätsgetreue und detaillierte Darstellungen von Gewebe- und Zellstrukturen aus dem Körper nach dem Tod von Mensch oder Tier. Klassische Gewebeschnitte werden gefärbt und unter dem Mikroskop untersucht. (more…)
Scientific studies are frequently the basis for news stories that seem too good to be true. How does the audience separate fact from fiction? The head of research at the UA explains. (more…)
Simulationen des DIW Berlin: Erneuerbare Energien können bis 2050 Atomstrom vollständig ersetzen, ohne die Klimaschutzziele oder die Versorgungssicherheit zu gefährden – Atomkraft ist nicht wettbewerbsfähig und wäre auch künftig die teuerste Variante der Stromproduktion (more…)
(SALT LAKE CITY) – “Coffee” was the most tweeted food in the continental U.S. between mid-2014 to mid-2015 followed by “beer” then “pizza”. Besides hinting at which foods are popular, tweets may reveal something about our health. Communities that expressed positive sentiments about healthy foods were more likely to be healthier overall. (more…)
Ions subjected to buffer gas cooling never truly reach the same temperature as the surrounding gas
According to the basic laws of thermodynamics, if you leave a warm apple pie in a winter window eventually the pie would cool down to the same temperature as the surrounding air. (more…)
ANN ARBOR — A new molecular gel recipe developed at the University of Michigan is at the core of a prototype for a more accurate lead paint test. (more…)
