Rice U. scientists optimize biomaterials screening, identify ‘winning’ formulations
Labelling of plastic products needs a drastic overhaul including a new "sustainability scale" to help consumers, researchers say.
Study offers evidence, based on gravitational waves, to show that the total area of a black hole’s event horizon can never decrease.
We examine the relationship between niche construction theory (NCT) and human behavioral ecology (HBE), two branches of evolutionary science that are important sources of theory in archeology.
Parents are more likely to take action against climate change if observed by their children, a study reveals.
A new study led by Yale School of Medicine scientists has pinpointed why some adults – by some estimates, at least 50 percent of the population after 75 years of age – develop hearing problems.
Study suggests a common mechanism underlies some behavioral traits seen in autism and schizophrenia.
Behavior is a way for organisms to respond flexibly to the environmental conditions they encounter.
SLEEP You may think that a good night’s sleep should be uninterrupted. But in fact, the neurotransmitter noradrenaline causes you to wake up more than 100 times a night, new research from the University of Copenhagen concludes. It is perfectly normal and may even indicate that you have slept well.
Across diverse societies, task assignment is a socialization practice that gradually builds children's instrumental skills and integrates them into the flow of daily activities in their community.
Pheasants' heads cool rapidly as they prepare to fight – then heat up afterwards, new research shows.
Temporal aspects of child and adolescent time allocation in diverse cultural settings have been difficult to model using conventional statistical techniques.
Assemblies of tiny molecular proteins span the membranes that encapsulate our cells, directing cellular activities and regulating the transport of materials and information in and out.
Vaccine hesitancy could be reduced by providing health information in a foreign language, a new study finds.
A recent developmental study reveals that—at least in primates—a slow life history might be a prerequisite for skilled manipulation and technological behavior.
Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia in post-industrialized populations.
A new study reveals a staggering disparity in life expectancy between Black Americans and their white counterparts between 1999 and 2020.
Operant chambers are small enclosures used to test animal behavior and cognition.
Around 30% of the global burden of disease is treatable with surgery. But surgeon-scientists receive very little research funding, a new study finds.
A hallmark of human societies is the scale at which we cooperate with many others, even when they are not closely genetically related to us.