Scientists in Finland have developed a nanodevice that can measure the absolute power of microwave radiation down to the femtowatt…
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[]The wreck of a British World War II submarine that helped usher in the era of special military operations has…
The Midwestern United States has lost 57.6 billion tons of topsoil due to farming practices over the past 160 years,…
A sculptor’s rendering of the hominid Australopithecus afarensis in an exhibition that included the 3.2 million-year-old fossilized remains of “Lucy.”…
FEW of life’s milestones are as unappealing and unceremonious as arrival in middle age. Our skin becomes noticeably looser, grey…
Editor’s Note (5/25/23): Today the U.S. Supreme Court released its ruling in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency. The Court found…
SCIENTIFIC revelations come from the unlikeliest of places. Like a rat, in a lab, doing a “downward dog” stretch. According…
The rush in conservative states to ban abortion after the overturn of Roe v. Wade is resulting in a startling consequence that…
The mental distress of cognitive dissonance — encountering information that conflicts with how we act or what we believe –…
Greater mouse tailed bat- a major migrant in Israel. Credit: Jens Rydell For the first time ever, researchers can track…
In an analysis of the Look AHEAD study, researchers from the Brigham and Joslin Diabetes Center found that participants who…
The George Institute for Global Health today announced data from the phase III INTERACT3 study demonstrating that a new combination…
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. My first experience…
Global heat storage has increased significantly in the ground (red line), in thawing permafrost (green line) and in inland water…
Graphical Abstract. Credit: iScience (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106851 The slimy outer layer of fungi and bacteria known as the “extracellular matrix,”…
Anna McCleary had her daughter in October 2019. McCleary, who works at a law firm in Chicago, had just returned…
Nuclear clocks could allow scientists to probe the fundamental forces of the universe in the future. LMU researchers have made…
If you’re searching for a fun-to-use health tracking watch, then look no further. Fitbit’s Sense 2 is over $70 off at…
I HAVE seen my future and it is full of beans, both literally and metaphorically. As well as upping my…
WHETHER it is a bracing sea breeze, the gentle lapping of waves or the glint of sunshine on a rippling…
Ultrafast laser physicists from the attoworld team at LMU and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics have gained new…
Examples of factors that affect the forest landscape and should be considered inregeneration decisions. From abiotic factors like sun radiation,…
Eight rural communities (case sites) in Fiji. Source: Fiji – R. Sanderson with data from The Pacific Community (SPC) Statistics…
Mobility limitation is an initial stage of human mobility disability and an early sign of functional decline. It can manifest…
IT CAN often feel like our days are governed by numbers in the most mundane ways. They tell you that…
Patients with MS show structural abnormalities in their white matter even before MS inflammation develops. This is the conclusion of…
To overcome global energy challenges and fight the looming environmental crisis, researchers around the world investigate new materials for converting…
How do people fall asleep? I’m afraid I’ve lost the knack,” muses the unnamed protagonist in Dorothy Parker’s 1933 short…
MY FAMILY holidays in France are synonymous with one thing: bread. But this year, as everyone else sits down to…
THE year is 2032 and you are at the cutting edge of a revolution. You have just received a blueprint…