Researchers have found a critical piece of the puzzle of human deafness.
Credit: © Brian Jackson / Fotolia
A new Tel Aviv University study solves a critical piece of the puzzle of human deafness by identifying the first group of long...
New analysis by academics from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), part of the University of Oxford, predicts the dead may outnumber the living on Facebook within fifty years, a trend that will have grave implications for how we treat...
The first study of its kind found that people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer or gender non-confirming are nearly four times as likely to be victims of violent crime than those outside such communities.
Although other research has...
The STEM enrichment activities have been running to encourage more children to develop science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills.
Credit: © wckiw / Fotolia
Enrichment activities to encourage pupils to study science and technology subjects have made no difference to...
Jianguo Gu, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has now unraveled how the sensory information is processed in the Merkel discs and further conveyed to the ending of a sensory nerve, the start of its journey to...
A new textile made from a reversible fabric could warm or cool wearers and keep them comfortable. Two layers of material with different abilities to release heat energy are stacked together and sandwiched between layers of polyethylene.
Credit: Yi Cui...
Evidence of an impending breakup may exist in the small words used in everyday conversations months before either partner realizes where their relationship is heading, according to new psychology research.
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin analyzed more...
The deep image of Messier 77 taken with the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) mounted at the Subaru Telescope. The picture is created by adding the color information from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (Note 1) to the monochromatic image acquired...
The weight of an ant tower is supported by a wider cross-section at its base, which allows the ants to better distribute their weight.
Credit: Georgia Tech
If you want to see the Eiffel Tower, you don't have to go to...
Zebra.
Credit: © mbridger68 / Fotolia
In the last 20 years, the field of animal coloration research has experienced explosive growth thanks to numerous technological advances, and it now stands on the threshold of a new era.
That's the conclusion of 27...
A surge in street protests since the election of President Donald Trump nearly three years ago has scholars struggling to find new methods to study this form of social activism, according to a new paper co-authored by UConn political...
