Woody lignin, seen here in purified form, holds significant promise as a renewable biofuel, if it can be efficiently broken down into useful form. (Photo by Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Pine siskins are nomadic migratory birds who appear to take social cues from other birds when deciding to stop migrating. Photo by RT-Images on iStock.
With the help of mirrors, placed only a few hundred nanometers apart, a research team has managed to use light more efficiently.
Postdoctoral researcher Jamie Kee and Professor Su Ha and the novel reactor they developed to produce pure compressed hydrogen
A new study in PLOS ONE used machine learning to analyze temperament data on 4,438 babies in an attempt to classify the infants by gender and age.
The WSU researchers developed a process to fabricate tiny mask fibers, ranging from five to 30 millimeters in length, and then added them to cement concrete to strengthen it and to prevent its cracking.
Males and females are affected in different ways by cooperation and competition in social groups – something that could determine which group sizes work best.
A new study led by Lund University in Sweden shows that cities negatively affect the diversity of birds
Locked fingers, known as trigger finger, are more common among people with diabetes than in the general population
Contrary to popular belief, Swedish women who have joined IS were not simply passively manipulated by men.
Intermediate-mass black holes are notoriously hard to find, but a new study indicates there may be some at the center of dense star clusters located throughout the universe.
A group of bat viruses related to SARS-CoV-2 can also infect human cells but uses a different and unknown entryway.
As the Major League Baseball season gets underway, a burning question for many fans of the third most popular sport in the United States is how many home runs they will see this season.
Honey might be a sweet solution for developing environmentally friendly components for neuromorphic computers, systems designed to mimic the neurons and synapses found in the human brain.
Think evolution is a slow, gradual process? Tell that to fruit flies.
A long-overlooked first step in developing sustainable aviation fuels is to begin with the right configuration of molecular ingredients.
Researchers reveal how an algae-eating bacterium solves an environmental engineering challenge.
Researchers created Exo for writing high-performance code on hardware accelerators.
Solitary bees that ingested the pesticide clothianidin when foraging from rapeseed flowers became slower
The most common analytical method within population genetics is deeply flawed, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden.