Choosing the Right Trees Can Affect Air Quality

Space & Earth / Environment

Oct 08, 2006 | 3.6 / 5 (25) | 0

Cities can improve their air quality simply by planting the right mix of trees for their climate, according to a study by researchers at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF).

Fingernails on a Chalkboard Garner Psychologist Ig Nobel Prize

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Oct 08, 2006 | 4.1 / 5 (20) | 0

Giving a closer listen to a sound most of us try to avoid – fingernails scraping on a chalkboard – has won Vanderbilt psychologist Randolph Blake an unusual and coveted award, the Ig Nobel Prize.

Archaeologists Find 18th-Century Store

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Oct 08, 2006 | 4.3 / 5 (17) | 0

(AP) -- This history-rich Hudson River community has yielded a museum's worth of 18th-century military artifacts over the decades, from musket balls to human skeletons. But a colonial soldier's daily lot wasn't ...

Robotic whiskers can sense 3D environment

Electronics / Robotics

Oct 08, 2006 | 4.5 / 5 (13) | 0

Many mammals use their whiskers to explore their environment and to construct a three-dimensional image of their world. Rodents, for example, use their whiskers to determine the size, shape and texture of objects, and seals ...

Researchers Uncover Cell Fusion Mechanism

Biology /

Oct 08, 2006 | 3.8 / 5 (10) | 0

In a study that could shed light on disorders that occur in skeletal muscles, bone, the placenta, and other organs where fused cells are common, researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and at the US National ...