Autism’s social deficits are reversed by an anti-cancer drug
Of all the challenges that come with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the social difficulties are among the most devastating. Currently, there...
Method to grow large single-crystal graphene could advance scalable 2-D materials
A new method to produce large, monolayer single-crystal-like graphene films more than a foot long relies on harnessing a "survival of the fittest" competition...
Modern humans flourished through ancient supervolcano eruption 74,000 years ago
Imagine a year in Africa that summer never arrives. The sky takes on a gray hue during the day and glows red at night....
‘Sweet spot’ in sweet material for hydrogen storage
Rice University engineers have zeroed in on the optimal architecture for storing hydrogen in "white graphene" nanomaterials—a design like a Lilliputian skyscraper with "floors"...
Hubble finds relic galaxy close to home
Astronomers have put NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on an Indiana Jones-type quest to uncover an ancient "relic galaxy" in our own cosmic backyard.
The very...
Feed or flee—the brain cells that tell us when to eat and when to...
Feeling peckish? Eating may be taken for granted as a fundamental part of life, but getting it wrong can have serious consequences for our...
Studies show urbanization impacts storms, rainfall despite surroundings
Two Purdue University studies show that urbanization changes storm patterns and rainfall amounts, highlighting the need for urban planning and infrastructure design that considers...
Study finds that genes play a role in empathy
A new study published today suggests that how empathic we are is not just a result of our upbringing and experience but also partly...
Unique diamond impurities indicate water deep in Earth’s mantle
A UNLV scientist has discovered the first direct evidence that fluid water pockets may exist as far as 500 miles deep into the Earth's...
Three NASA satellites recreate solar eruption in 3-D
The more solar observatories, the merrier: Scientists have developed new models to see how shocks associated with coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, propagate from...
A half degree more global warming could flood out 5 million more people
The 2015 Paris climate agreement sought to stabilize global temperatures by limiting warming to "well below 2.0 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels," but a...
