Evidence lacking to estimate local government savings from California crime reform measure

When California voters passed a ballot initiative reducing penalties for some criminal offenses, it was supposed…

Old school meets new school: Flight deck Ouija boards go digital

The Office of Naval Research's (ONR) TechSolutions program has sponsored the development of the Deployable Ship…

Novel approach may improve valve function in some patients

Pulsed cavitation ultrasound can be used to remotely soften human degenerative calcified biosprosthetic valves and significantly…

Building a better alligator: Advanced 3-D models of bite data

The ability to bite hard is critical for crocodilians to eat their food such as turtles,…

Antibiotics promote resistance on experimental croplands

Researchers have generated both novel and existing antibiotic resistance mechanisms on experimental farmland, by exposing the…

MAVEN’s top 10 discoveries at Mars

Since its launch in November 2013 and its orbit insertion in September 2014, MAVEN has been…

Investigating emotional spillover in the brain

When we let emotions from one event carry on to the next, such spillover can color…

Genes and the environment? Factors, patterns that lead to childhood obesity risk

A factor that has been linked to childhood obesity is restrictive feeding practices by primary caregivers,…

Obamacare key to improving access in Mexican-American patients with hypertension

The Affordable Care Act, if embraced, can dramatically reduce disparities between Mexican-heritage people and white patients…

On the road to creating an electrodeless spacecraft propulsion engine

Researchers have been trying to find out how the plasma flow is influenced by its environment…