Physical Sciences

UCLA Scientists Design New Super-hard Material

not likely to replace diamond any time soon, Kaner said. The co-authors on the Science paper are all ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 22 2007 - 12:48pm

3-D Ultrasounds Of Babies, "just Like IMAX"

all 3-D scanners could be modified in this way with only minor software changes." The new imaging ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 24 2007 - 10:52am

Researchers 'look Into' Plant Cells To Increase Ethanol Yields

a professor of agricultural and biological engineering. Currently, almost all industrial ethanol derives from ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 26 2007 - 3:36pm

Forensic Pathologists And Physiologists Share What They Know About Death

more of them. The four pathologists, all medical examiners and professors, will present their insights, ...

Article - News Staff - May 1 2007 - 11:49am

CHANDRA Sees Brightest Supernova Ever

own Galaxy. (Credit: NASA/CXC/UC Berkeley/N.Smith et al.) "Of all exploding stars ever observed, ...

Article - News Staff - May 7 2007 - 2:10pm

Wildfire Emissions Monitored From Space

this for all of the continents in the southern hemisphere – South America, Australia and Southern ...

Article - News Staff - May 8 2007 - 10:40am

Making Bridges 'Dance' For Better Earthquake Durability

the tower legs lifted nearly four inches. "All of the tests were successful," said Bruneau. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2011 - 3:30pm

Fruit Flies Shed Light On The Evolution Of Behavior

explanation for why individuals, in general, vary so much from one to another in almost all species. The ...

Article - News Staff - May 10 2007 - 12:37am

A Galactic Fossil

(unstable) isotope decreases all the time. The faster the decay, the less there will be left of the ...

Article - News Staff - May 10 2007 - 10:03pm

New Approach To Testing Surface Adhesion

a habitat so parched that not even the morning fog will condense. All the beetle has to do is raise its ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2007 - 12:01pm