Category: Science Daily

Like a parent of teenagers at a party, Mother Nature depends on chaperones to keep…

During learning, the brain is a prediction engine that continually makes theories about our environment…

Heavy wildfire smoke may raise the risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. To reduce exposure to…

Children have a never-ending curiosity about the world around them and frequently question how and…

High-fructan wheat provides benefits for growers and consumers. Read Original Article: Breeding a hardier, more…

Since the 2010 BP oil spill, marine scientists have sampled more than 2,500 individual fish…

Researchers have analyzed preserved scales from wing cases of two fossil weevils from the Late…

Scientists may have solved one of the most puzzling and persistent mysteries in neuroscience: why…

A new study shows that transposable elements play an important role in regulating genetic expression…

Drought and heat put stress on plants and reduce grain yield. For some farmers, irrigation…

When the sun expels plasma, the solar wind cools as it expands through space —…

Extended periods in space have long been known to cause vision problems in astronauts. Now…

Scientists have fabricated a solar cell with an efficiency of nearly 50%. The six-junction solar…

Self-isolation in the face of a pandemic may save lives but it comes at the…

Researchers using the Gemini North telescope on Hawai’i’s Maunakea have detected the most energetic wind…

A new study finds volcanic activity played a direct role in triggering extreme climate change…

At the regional level and worldwide, the occurrence of large shallow earthquakes appears to follow…

Researchers have discovered a key insight for the development of quantum devices and quantum computers….

The discovery that immune T cells have a spectrum of responsiveness could shed light on…

Researchers quantified variation in life span in the fruit fly genome, providing valuable insights for…

Biological structures sometimes have unique features that engineers would like to copy. For example, many…

Light can be used to knock electrons out of atoms, with light particles and electrons…

Molecules in tarantula venom could be used as an alternative to opioid pain killers for…

A research team has successfully recorded the millisecond electrical signals in the neurons of an…

A new Columbia Engineering study shows that increased water stress — higher frequency of drought…

People with a gene variant that puts them at high risk for Alzheimer’s disease are…

It turns out we should follow our parent’ advice when we’re thinking about becoming parents…

First detailed study of scenarios for how wind energy can expand to 20 percent of…

Sound waves reveal the unique properties of an ultracold quantum gas, a model system for…

Scientists have developed a technique that could significantly reduce the time of discovering potential new…

Researchers have found that disruption of protein domain networks that are driven by the RAC1…

According to a new study, students struggle to critically assess information from the Internet and…

Flamingos form friendships that last for years, new research shows. Read Original Article: Flamingos form…

Since its discovery in 2017, an air of mystery has surrounded the first known interstellar…

Researchers developed and demonstrated for the first time a silicon-based electro-optical modulator that is smaller,…

Cancer cells avoid an immune system attack after radiation by commandeering a cell signaling pathway…

High-mass stars, which are eight or more times the mass of our Sun, live hard…

Cells in some of the body’s most vulnerable entry routes to bacterial infection buffer themselves…

A new chemical compound is lighting the way for renewable energy. Read Original Article: Illuminating…

After surveying smartphone users, researchers found that many people misunderstand online status indicators but still…

Scientists have shown that the drug remdesivir is highly effective in stopping the replication mechanism…

Commercially prepared baby foods that purport to be loaded with dark green vegetables are sweetened…

Earth’s molten core may be leaking iron, according to researchers who analyzed how iron behaves…

Researchers are using cell-free manufacturing to ramp up production of valinomycin, a promising drug that…

The parasite causing the most severe form of human malaria uses proteins to make red…

Researchers have closed-cell plate-nanolattices that are stronger than diamonds in terms of a ratio of…

Scientists show how plant genes select which microbes get to live inside their leaves in…

Despite the time spent with smartphones and social media, young people today are just as…

It is widely accepted that higher levels of body fat increase the risk of developing…

Researchers moved one step closer to the ability to make heparin in cultured cells. Heparin…