Contact tracing—a process used to interrupt transmission of contagious diseases by identifying and managing people who have been exposed to others with such diseases
Make-believe doesn’t usually have a place in laboratory settings, but research just published in Psychological Science suggests that girls may persist longer in science activities when they pretend to be successful female scientists.
Trying to understand people we disagree with can feel like an effort hardly worth making, particularly in contentious political environments in which offering even the smallest olive branch to the opposition can be perceived as betraying our own side.
Climate change is the result of many human activities, from carbon emissions to deforestation, and it will take multiple and varied interventions to mitigate it, including legislation, regulation, and market-based solutions implemented at local, national, and global levels.
An interdisciplinary team of researchers has developed a blueprint for creating algorithms that more effectively incorporate ethical guidelines into artificial intelligence (AI) decision-making programs.
Researchers have demonstrated that engineered surfaces can be hydrophilic
A new study led by a North Carolina State University researcher reveals a need for consistent education about digital safety for elementary school students, school staff and parents.
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a dynamic computational tool to help improve user access to electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, with the goal of making EVs more attractive for drivers.
A recent study of alligators in the Cape Fear River found the animals had elevated levels of 14 different per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals in their blood serum, as well as clinical and genetic indicators of immune system effects.
A new study from North Carolina State University shows a reproducible way of studying cellular communication among varied types of plant cells by “bioprinting” these cells via a 3D printer.
A recent study of the gut microbiome of Alaskan brown bears (Ursus arctos) shows that the microbial life in bears’ guts allows them to achieve comparable size and fat stores while eating widely different diets.
An interdisciplinary group of researchers shares their findings on the workforce, suicide and work, working mothers, insights for future research, and more.
A single cell can tell a powerful story on how to understand and treat a disease.
10 years ago we saw a breakthrough in modern biology.
Scientists have made a fascinating new discovery about the formation of mineral deposits crucial to our transition to a ‘green economy’.
A biologist and a philosopher have collaborated on a new book that looks at how microbial communities regenerate--and why.
As the sun sets, bumblebees revisit "profitable" flowers they encountered during the day, new research suggests.
Exeter scientists have provided hope in the fight to control Panama disease in bananas.
Researchers from Université de Montréal and the University of Minnesota have developed a fast, nondestructive way of estimating how millions of dried plant specimens interacted with their environment.
Forty years ago, physicists at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics found a new plasma state that could be particularly suitable for energy production: the H-mode.