Infants Build Knowledge Using Statistics
Baby’s first look at the world is likely a dizzying array of shapes and motion that are meaningless to a…
Worrying Good For Health
From “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” to “Hakuna Matata,” popular culture warns that worrying interferes with happiness and health. But results…
Ultra Efficient Solar Cells On The Way
Researchers in the Materials Sciences Division (MSD) of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, working with crystal-growing teams at Cornell University and…
New HIV Vaccine Trial Begins
Clinical tests began today of a novel vaccine directed at the three most globally important HIV subtypes, or clades. Developed…
Puzzle Over ‘Little’ Big Bang
Scientists have recreated a temperature not seen since the first microsecond of the birth of the universe and found that…
Penguins Struggling With Icebergs
The movements of two gigantic Antarctic icebergs appear to have dramatically reduced the number of Emperor penguins living and breeding…
Microwave Beam To Boost Satellite Into Orbit
UC Irvine physicist Gregory Benford will announce plans for the first known attempt to push a spacecraft into the Earth’s…
Overfishing Threatens Genetic Diversity
Populations of marine fish may lose genetic diversity even if fishing stops while there are still several million individuals –…