Defects that break the symmetry of otherwise orderly material are called topological defects. In solid crystals, they are called dislocations...

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA This image from Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) shows a section of NGC 1448, a...

Boulder, Colo. -- March 20, 2017 -- NASA announced it has selected a new team led by Southwest Research Institute...

PITTSBURGH, PA - Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) today announced the creation of a new...

Credit: Dr. Paulo H. C. Corgosinho A new species of groundwater copepod has been discovered in the rocky savannas of...

Credit: Photo NIOZ Dikes could be lower if they are protected against the waves by grassy marshes. But the protective...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers are nebulizing soybean aphids with RNA, which, when incorporated into...

Bogor (Indonesia) and Nairobi (Kenya), March 20, 2017 - Forests and trees play a major role on water cycles and...

PHILADELPHIA - Pembrolizumab, an antibody drug already used to treat other forms of cancer, can be effective in the treatment...

Credit: University of Texas at Dallas For several years, a team of researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas...

Credit: Courtesy of Saleem Ali, University of Delaware An international team of researchers, led by the University of Delaware's Saleem...

Boulder, Colorado, USA - Geoscientists from the southeastern United States and beyond will convene in Richmond, Virginia, on 30-31 March...

Innovative research looking at the timing and sequence of bird calls could provide new insight into the social interaction that...

Transport systems face disruption by extreme weather - better risk management is needed Extreme weather conditions due to climate change...

Credit: Photo by Randy Montoya ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories is working with three industry partners to commercialize a...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 20, 2017--Recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors for delivering therapeutic genes...

Credit: © Till Korten, Cornelia Kowol Crashing computers or smartphones and software security holes that allow hackers to steal millions...

Tucson, Ariz., March 20, 2017 -Critical Path Institute (C-Path) is pleased to announce the launch of the Type 1 Diabetes...

Credit: Jessica Unda / UPV/EHU The research into contamination of sediments and particulate matter across the River Deba catchment, one...

Credit: Figure provided by A. Kvashnin Physicists have simulated the structure of a new material based on fullerite and single...