With increasingly advanced data, Michael McDonald and colleagues study a galaxy cluster bursting with new stars.
Warmer and wetter weather inevitably means the return of mosquitos and their insatiable thirst for blood.
Faulty versions of the Foxp2 gene disrupt neurons’ ability to form synapses in brain regions involved in speech, a new study shows.
A team of communication experts calls for researchers and organizations to take a global view when assessing how to use social media for crisis communication efforts, particularly in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A new study from North Carolina State University finds that one key to promoting STEM education, and to making students feel capable of working on STEM subjects outside of the classroom, is to find ways to make classrooms feel more inclusive.
Using data gathered by satellite, North Carolina State University researchers found that higher elevation forests in the Blue Ridge Mountains are often maintaining, and sometimes even increasing, their water use during extreme droughts.
Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that soybean crops planted near pollinator habitat produce larger soybeans than soybean crops that are not planted near pollinator habitat.
Around 40% of colorectal cancer patients have a particular gene mutation. A new study shows it’s linked to reduced cell death and worse survival rates in men.
Earth will meet a similar fate in 5 billion years.
SoftZoo is a soft robot co-design platform that can test optimal shapes and sizes for robotic performance in different environments.
Following cataract removal, some of the brain’s visual pathways seem to be more malleable than previously thought.
The event was spotted in infrared data — also a first — suggesting further searches in this band could turn up more such bursts.
California blackworms tangle themselves up by the thousands, then separate in a split second. Their trick may inspire the design of self-detangling materials and fibers.
Fellowship funds graduate studies for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants.
PhD student Rishabh Datta seeks to further understanding of astrophysical phenomena.
Cambridge University scientists have come up with a system of measuring animal welfare that enables reliable comparison across different types of pig farming.
At least 80% of sites identified as being internationally important for biodiversity on land currently contain infrastructure − of which more than 75% contain roads. In the future, more sites that are important for biodiversity could contain powerplants, mines and oil and gas infrastructure
Researchers have discovered how a South African daisy makes fake lady flies on its petals to trick male flies into pollinating it.
Researchers have mapped the complete trajectory of placental development, helping shed new light on why pregnancy disorders happen.
Illusion involving a hidden thumb confounds capuchin and squirrel monkeys for the same reason as humans – it misdirects the expected outcomes of actions they can carry out.