SAN FRANCISCO – The way parents use and manage screens at home may influence how teenagers play video games over time, according to a new study published in the World Journal of Pediatrics. Researchers from…
Metal defects can be eliminated by cyclic loading
Finding shows small amounts of repeated stretching can eliminate crystal defects in nanoscale metal parts. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--It’s a well-known characteristic of metals that repeated bending in the same place can cause the material to weaken…
Triggered earthquakes give insight into changes below Earth’s…
Quakes can change elastic properties of the Earth’s crust up to 6,000 kilometers away. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- It is well known that an earthquake in one part of the world can trigger others thousands of kilometers…
UW-Madison researcher chosen to lead Ecological Society of…
[caption id="attachment_6487" align="alignright" width="154"] Monica Turner[/caption] MADISON - Monica Turner has made a career of studying ecosystem resilience in the face of ecological challenges, from severe forest fires and bark beetle outbreaks in Greater Yellowstone…
$20 million grant powers game-changing Internet access effort
[caption id="attachment_6482" align="alignright" width="600"] The Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure will allow people to use a ring or a card with a special key on it to cue digital devices to instantly access the users’ needs…