Safest locations for wastewater injection
New stress maps of Texas and Oklahoma, with black lines indicating stress orientation. Blue-green colors indicate regions of extension in the crust, while yellow-orange...
Consumers are more accepting of native advertisements, research finds
The line between online content written by journalists and story-like ads that are paid for by specific corporations can be blurry, but, according to...
Geologists discover how a tectonic plate sank
Saint Louis University researchers report new information about conditions that can cause the Earth's tectonic plates to sink into the Earth.
In a paper published...
NASA finds unusual origins of high-energy electrons
This image represents one of the traditional proposed mechanisms for accelerating particles across a shock, called a shock drift acceleration. The electrons (yellow) and...
Cheaper, more effective cleanup of abandoned oil and gas wells
The locations of abandoned wells studied in western Pennsylvania. Credit: Princeton University
Abandoned oil and gas wells are a significant source of greenhouse gases but...
Forest Fires in Sierra Nevada Driven by Past Land Use
The low-to-moderate intensity surface fire in this prescribed burn will lower the fuel load in this forest in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Credit: Alan...
Stress-induced changes in maternal gut could negatively impact offspring for life
Prenatal exposure to a mother's stress contributes to anxiety and cognitive problems that persist into adulthood, a phenomenon that could be explained by lasting...
Children born by Cesarean section may have a greater risk of obesity
Children delivered by Cesarean section may have an increased risk for obesity compared to children born vaginally, according to research presented at the American...
Paralyzed ALS patient operates speech computer with her mind
At UMC Utrecht, a brain implant has been placed in a patient enabling her to operate a speech computer with her mind. The researchers...
2016 is set to break even the temperature records of 2015
Global temperatures showing the change from pre-industrial times. The global temperatures for January to September 2016 were approximately 1.2°C above pre-industrial levels and 0.88°C...
Attention, Bosses: Why Angry Employees Are Bad for Business
Image Credit: Flickr/Justin
New research from the University of Arizona underscores how important it is for supervisors to pay attention to employees' emotions—especially when the...
