GPS helps locate soil erosion pathways
Grassed waterways are placed in agricultural fields where runoff water tends to concentrate because they can substantially reduce soil erosion. Mapping techniques that help identify where erosion...
View ArticleScientists improve delivery of cancer-fighting molecules
Small interfering RNA (siRNA), a type of genetic material, can block potentially harmful activity in cells, such as tumor cell growth. But delivering siRNA successfully to specific cells without...
View ArticleNano-Scale Drug Delivery For Chemotherapy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Going smaller could bring better results, especially when it comes to cancer-fighting drugs.
View ArticleResearchers examine correlation between political speeches, voting
Although politicians are often criticized for making empty promises, when it comes to their voting records, their words may carry more weight than previously thought, according to findings by two Penn...
View ArticleExplained: Regression analysis
(PhysOrg.com) -- Regression analysis. It sounds like a part of Freudian psychology. In reality, a regression is a seemingly ubiquitous statistical tool appearing in legions of scientific papers, and...
View ArticleNCAA Tournament Pool: Leveling The Brackets
That whirlwind of cubicle activity greeting office drones reporting to work this week is not a frenzy to finish last week's sales reports.
View ArticleTracing an elusive killer parasite in Peru
Despite what Hollywood would have you believe, not all epidemics involve people suffering from zombie-like symptoms--some can only be uncovered through door-to-door epidemiology and advanced mathematics.
View ArticleHomework doesn't mean better grades, but maybe better standardized test...
(Phys.org)—The time students spend on math and science homework doesn't necessarily mean better grades, but it could lead to better performance on standardized tests, a new study finds.
View ArticleComputer system predicts basketball national championship
When Georgia Tech opens the doors to the Georgia Dome next month as the host institution for the 2013 Final Four, expect third-seeded Florida to walk out as the national champion. That's the prediction...
View ArticleNew IT tool predicts book sales prior to publication
In Granada, researchers have developed a new IT system that predicts the volume of sales a book will have if it is finally published. This information will be of great value to publishers, who could...
View ArticleNIST study advances use of iris images as a long-term form of identification
A new report* by biometric researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) uses data from thousands of frequent travelers enrolled in an iris recognition program to determine...
View ArticleEconomist teaches how to conduct cause-and-effect studies on complex social...
If you would like to produce good quantitative social-science research, try remembering these two words: "ceteris paribus."
View ArticleInfluence of religion and predestination on evolution and scientific thinking
Generally seen as antithetical to one another, evolution and religion can hardly fit in a scientific discourse simultaneously. However, biologist Dr Aldemaro Romero Jr., Baruch College, USA, devotes...
View ArticleUnlocking the power of web text data
NUS statisticians have developed the Regularised Text Logistic (RTL) regression model to extract informative word features from digital text for decision-making.
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