Artificial intelligence accelerates discovery of metallic glass
Blend two or three metals together and you get an alloy that usually looks and acts like a metal, with its atoms arranged in...
Individual impurity atoms detectable in graphene
A team including physicists from the University of Basel has succeeded in using atomic force microscopy to obtain clear images of individual impurity atoms...
Large wildfires bring increases in annual river flow
Large wildfires cause increases in stream flow that can last for years or even decades, according to a new analysis of 30 years of...
New method predicts evolution
Predicting chance-driven evolution seems impossible. Nevertheless, scientists from AMOLF in Amsterdam and the ESPCI in Paris have succeeded in making predictions about the evolution...
The secret behind a choice cuppa or a perfect pint—a mathematician
If you want to know how to pour the perfect pint or create the ultimate cup of coffee, then you really need a mathematician.
That...
Using caffeine as a catalyst, researchers create new gels for drug delivery
Caffeine is well-known for its ability to help people stay alert, but a team of researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital has...
Two atoms combined in dipolar molecule
In terms of size, it may be the smallest scientific breakthrough ever made at Harvard.
Harvard Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Kang-Kuen Ni...
Night owls have higher risk of dying sooner
"Night owls" -- people who like to stay up late and have trouble dragging themselves out of bed in the morning -- have a...
Animal images used in marketing may skew public perception about their survival risks
Many of the world's most charismatic animal species -- those that attract the largest interest and deepest empathy from the public -- are at...
To impress females, Costa’s hummingbirds ‘sing’ with their tail feathers
In the world of Costa's hummingbirds, it's not size that matters -- it's sound. During breeding season, male Costa's perform a high-speed dive during...
Class of proteins involved in essential cell functions has an unexpected role, scientists discover
In 2013, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to three scientists for their contributions to uncovering the mechanisms governing vesicle transport...
