Physics camp has proven benefits for high school girls
Even a small effort up front can boost the abilities and confidence of girls as they anticipate taking challenging science courses.
A long-running summer program...
The collapse of Northern California kelp forests will be hard to reverse
Satellite imagery shows that the area covered by kelp forests off the coast of Northern California has dropped by more than 95 percent, with...
X-ray microscopy reveals the outstanding craftsmanship of Siberian Iron Age textile dyers
The Pazyryk carpet is the world's oldest example of a knotted-pile carpet and is kept at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. The carpet,...
Roundworms ‘read’ wavelengths in the environment to avoid dangerous bacteria that secrete colorful toxins
Roundworms don't have eyes or the light-absorbing molecules required to see. Yet, new research shows they can somehow sense color. The study, published in...
Fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke more harmful than pollution from other sources
Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego examining 14 years of hospital admissions data conclude that the fine particles in wildfire...
New quantum theory heats up thermodynamic research
Researchers have developed a new quantum version of a 150-year-old thermodynamical thought experiment that could pave the way for the development of quantum heat...
Apparent Atlantic warming cycle likely an artifact of climate forcing
Volcanic eruptions, not natural variability, were the cause of an apparent "Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation," a purported cycle of warming thought to have occurred on...
Super-Earth discovered: Data will characterize planetary atmosphere models
During the past 25 years astronomers have discovered a wide variety of exoplanets, made of rock, ice and gas, thanks to the construction of...
Nuclear engineering researchers develop new resilient oxide dispersion strengthened alloy
Texas A&M University researchers have recently shown superior performance of a new oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) alloy they developed for use in both fission...
‘Egg carton’ quantum dot array could lead to ultralow power devices
A new path toward sending and receiving information with single photons of light has been discovered by an international team of researchers led by...
High strength through hierarchy: Researchers develop new process for building ultralight materials
As light as possible and as strong as possible at the same time. These are the requirements for modern lightweight materials, such as those...
