They began evolving into different species – despite the fact that they still encountered one another in their acidic, boiling habitat and even exchanged some…
Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), University of California at Davis (UCD), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research…
The record-breaking wind is moving about 20 million mph, or about 3 percent of the speed of light. This is nearly 10 times faster than had ever been seen from…
While complex transition metal oxides have for years held great promise for a variety of information and energy applications, the challenge has been to devise…
The eastern massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus), a candidate for protection under the federal Endangered Species Act, suffers from habitat…
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have coaxed gold into nanowires as a way of creating an inexpensive material for detecting poisonous gases found in…
The scientists aim to determine why some people suffer serious illness and even death when infected with influenza while others suffer only mild to moderate…
If you are looking for a particular object — say a yellow pencil — on a cluttered desk, how does your brain work to visually locate it?For the first time, a…
Outbreaks can consume live corals over large areas, a change that can promote algal growth, alter reef fish populations, and reduce the aesthetic value of…
Normally after a meal, insulin shuts off glucose production in the liver, but insulin resistance – when the hormone becomes less effective at lowering blood…
Funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling in the Alfvén resonator (MICA) mission sent a 40-foot…
The ability to anticipate future events allows us to plan and exert control over our lives, but it may also contribute to stress-related increased risk for the…
Transplantation of human ovarian cancer cells that were molecularly engineered to have a reduced expression of OGFr, into immunocompromised mice resulted in…
Clinical researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) are combining an innovative constellation of technologies such as artificial…
Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have found new evidence to explain how cholesteryl…
Organic materials chemist Shawn Dirk focuses a projector during work on neural interfaces, which are aimed at improving amputees’ control over prosthetics with…
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