Using a method from Wall Street to track slow slipping of Earth’s crust
Stock traders have long used specialized trackers to decide when to buy or sell a stock, or when the market is beginning to make a sudden swing. (more…)
Stock traders have long used specialized trackers to decide when to buy or sell a stock, or when the market is beginning to make a sudden swing. (more…)
ANN ARBOR — The outcome of the contentious 2016 presidential election still baffles many political pundits, scholars and voters. (more…)
X-ray studies showing the microscopic structure of spacecraft parachute fabrics can fill in key details about how they perform under extreme conditions
As skydivers well know, it’s a good idea to look before you leap—and to pack a trusty parachute, too. A weighty spacecraft zooming toward a planet’s surface at several miles per second will, after enduring a superhot atmospheric entry, also benefit from careful planning and a reliable parachute. (more…)
Mithilfe virtueller Screening-Methoden gelang es Daniela Schuster und ihrem Team am Institut für Pharmazie in Kooperation mit Wissenschaftlern aus Jena, eine Substanz zu identifizieren, die gleichzeitig zwei wichtige Angriffspunkte für Entzündungen im Zusammenhang mit bronchialem Asthma und Schmerz hemmt. Die WissenschaftlerInnen publizierten ihre Entdeckung in Scientific Reports. (more…)
Effective care and prevention strategies have managed to reduce the spread of HIV in the U.S. and other resource-rich countries. But in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 25 million are infected, the epidemic rages — as does the debate over how to stop it. (more…)
Whole Foods Market ranked #28 and Amazon ranked #2 on Fortune’s 2017 list of World’s Most Admired Companies
SEATTLE & AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jun. 16, 2017– Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon will acquire Whole Foods Market for $42 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $13.7 billion, including Whole Foods Market’s net debt. (more…)
Zebras folgen ihrer Erinnerung, um auf der alljährlichen Wanderung während der Regenzeit ihr Ziel zu erreichen. Entscheidend für ihre Route ist die Erinnerung daran, wie die Vegetation am Zielort durchschnittlich in der Vergangenheit ausgesehen hat. Die unterwegs vorgefundende Vegetation und deren kurzfristige Wahrnehmung spielt für die Richtung eine untergeordnete Rolle. Das berichtet ein Senckenberg-Forscherteam ¬im Fachmagazin „Proceedings of the Royal Society B“. Die Wanderrouten großer Landsäugetiere wie Zebras könnten daher weniger flexibel sein, als bisher angenommen wurde. (more…)