Insects are the world’s smallest flying migrants, but they can maintain perfectly straight flight paths even in unfavorable wind conditions, according to a new study from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (MPI-AB) and the University of Konstanz in Germany, and the University of Exeter in the UK.
Safeguarding Indigenous Peoples' lands offers the best chance of preventing the extinction of the world's primates, researchers say.
Blood pressure should be measured in both arms and the higher reading should be adopted to improve hypertension diagnosis and management, according to a new study.
Aerosol particles in the atmosphere have a bigger impact on cloud cover – but less effect on cloud brightness – than previously thought, new research shows.
Global heating could become “catastrophic” for humanity if temperature rises are worse than many predict or cause cascades of events we have yet to consider, or indeed both.
Employees who practise mindfulness are less bored at work and less likely to quit, according to a new study.
Researchers from North Carolina State University used computational analysis to predict how optical properties of semiconductor material zinc selenide (ZnSe) change when doped with halogen elements, and found the predictions were confirmed by experimental results.
A Policy Forum article published today in Science calls for a new approach to regulating genetically engineered (GE) crops, arguing that current approaches for triggering safety testing vary dramatically among countries and generally lack scientific merit –
Codon compiles Python code to run more efficiently and effectively while allowing for customization and adaptation to various domains.
New repair techniques enable microscale robots to recover flight performance after suffering severe damage to the artificial muscles that power their wings.
Eleven new faculty members join six of the school's academic departments and institutes.
Their technique could allow chip manufacturers to produce next-generation transistors based on materials other than silicon.
A new study from North Carolina State University shows soil temperature can be used to effectively monitor and predict the spread of the corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea), an important pest that ravages corn, cotton, soybeans, peppers, tomatoes and other vegetable crops.
A new way to make carbon fiber could turn refinery byproducts into high-value, ultralight structural materials for cars, aircraft, and spacecraft.
A new artificial intelligence technique only proposes candidate molecules that can actually be produced in a lab.
Rice study: Students benefits when teachers pursue professional development
Fourier transformations reveal how deep neural network learns complex physics
A machine-learning model can identify the action in a video clip and label it, without the help of humans.
Rice scientists discover Aedes aegypti’s chromosomes are unique among species
Researchers devise an efficient protocol to keep a user’s private information secure when algorithms use it to recommend products, songs, or shows.