Discovery could have major impact on multibillion-dollar cleaning products industry
A team of researchers, led by the University of Minnesota, has invented a new soap molecule made from renewable sources that could dramatically reduce the number of chemicals in cleaning products and their impact on the environment. (more…)
A new study shows that rocks formed by the grinding together of other rocks during earthquakes are rich in trapped hydrogen — a finding that suggests similar seismic activity on Mars may produce enough hydrogen to support life. (more…)
Junge Unternehmen, die sich den Prinzipen von „Open Strategy“ verschreiben, erhalten mehr Aufmerksamkeit und wirken vertrauenswürdiger. Das zeigen Leonhard Dobusch vom Institut für Organisation und Lernen und Thomas Gegenhuber von der JKU Linz in der Fachzeitschrift „Long Range Planning“. Dazu zeichneten die Wissenschaftler den „offenen Weg“ von zwei Start-Up-Unternehmen nach. (more…)
When the holidays descend upon us, we find ourselves simultaneously excited and bracing for the stress that is rushing toward us. As children, we only had to look forward to all the magic and festivities that awaited. As adults, we have become the facilitators of all of those festivities, working too hard to get them right. (more…)
Brown University’s Stephen Houston and a team of leading researchers in anthropology and Maya archeology methodically verify the authenticity of the oldest known manuscript in ancient America. (more…)
A North Carolina State University study of middle school science classes explored whether teachers’ beliefs about climate change influenced students’ perceptions. (more…)
Tübinger Wissenschaftler finden Übereinstimmungen bei der Entwicklung von Sprache und Schädelknochen
Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler der Universität Tübingen haben Belege dafür gefunden, dass die Ausprägung bestimmter menschlicher Schädelknochen Rückschlüsse auf die Zugehörigkeit zu einer Sprachgemeinschaft zulässt. (more…)
AUSTIN, Texas — A panel of academic and industrial thinkers has looked ahead to 2030 to forecast how advances in artificial intelligence (AI) might affect life in a typical North American city – in areas diverse as transportation, healthcare and education – and spur discussion of how to ensure the safe, fair and beneficial development of these rapidly emerging technologies. (more…)
