Undocumented immigrants far less likely to commit crimes in U.S. than citizens: study
Crime rates among undocumented immigrants are just a fraction of those of their U.S.-born neighbors, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis of Texas arrest and...
Team develops component for neuromorphic computer
Neural networks are some of the most important tools in artificial intelligence (AI): they mimic the operation of the human brain and can reliably...
Seizing military weapons does not increase violent crime nor risk police safety
More local law enforcement agencies are using military equipment, such as tear gas, armored vehicles and rubber bullets, to handle social justice protests—calling into...
Harnessing quantum properties to create single-molecule devices
Researchers, led by Columbia Engineering Professor Latha Venkataraman, report today that they have discovered a new chemical design principle for exploiting destructive quantum interference....
Dark energy camera snaps deepest photo yet of galactic siblings
Images from the Survey of the MAgellanic Stellar History (SMASH) reveal a striking family portrait of our galactic neighbors—the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds....
Supercomputer simulations could unlock mystery of Moon’s formation
Astronomers have taken a step towards understanding how the Moon might have formed out of a giant collision between the early Earth and another...
Hidden structure found in essential metabolic machinery
In his first year of graduate school, Rice University biochemist Zachary Wright discovered something hidden inside a common piece of cellular machinery that's essential...
Research reveals how airflow inside a car may affect COVID-19 transmission risk
A new study of airflow patterns inside a car's passenger cabin offers some suggestions for potentially reducing the risk of COVID-19 transmission while sharing...
First physics results from prototype detector published
The DUNE collaboration has published their first scientific paper based on data collected with the ProtoDUNE single-phase detector located at CERN's Neutrino Platform. The...
Researchers uncover key clues about the solar system’s history
In a new paper published in the journal Nature Communications Earth and Environment, researchers at the University of Rochester were able to use magnetism to determine,...
Solar telescope releases first image of a sunspot
The world's largest solar observatory, the U.S. National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, just released its first image of a sunspot. Although...
