science
Computer science college seniors in U.S. outperform peers in China, India...
Undergraduate computer science programs at universities and colleges in the United States appear to produce more skilled students on average than equivalent programs in...
Superbugs have colonized the International Space Station—but there’s a silver lining
Astronauts leave behind many things when they boldly go. Bacteria, however, stay with them.
Extreme spaceflight conditions can force these bacteria to toughen up, while simultaneously lowering...
From foam to bone: Plant cellulose can pave the way for...
Researchers from the University of British Columbia and McMaster University have developed what could be the bone implant material of the future: an airy,...
Food safety: Dung beetles and soil bacteria reduce risk of human...
Food safety regulations increasingly pressure growers to remove hedgerows, ponds and other natural habitats from farms to keep out pathogen-carrying wildlife and livestock. Yet,...
Researchers create hydrogen fuel from seawater
Stanford researchers have devised a way to generate hydrogen fuel using solar power, electrodes and saltwater from San Francisco Bay.
The findings, published March 18...
Mammals’ unique arms started evolving before the dinosaurs existed
Bats fly, whales swim, gibbons swing from tree to tree, horses gallop, and humans swipe on their phones—the different habitats and lifestyles of mammals...
On-chip, electronically tunable frequency comb
Lasers play a vital role in everything from modern communications and connectivity to bio-medicine and manufacturing. Many applications, however, require lasers that can emit...
Alligator study reveals insight into dinosaur hearing
To determine where a sound is coming from, animal brains analyze the minute difference in time it takes a sound to reach each ear—a...
Supercrystal: A hidden phase of matter created by a burst of...
This is one of the first examples of a new state of matter with long-term stability transfigured by the energy from a sub-pico-second laser...
Spiraling giants: Witnessing the birth of a massive binary star system
Scientists from the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research in Japan, Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and the University of Virginia in the USA...
A new Einstein cross is discovered
This study, which has combined images from the Hubble Space Telescope with spectroscopic observations from the GTC, has confirmed the existence of a new...
