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In the last four decades materials science has evolved and developed into a very diverse range of highly specialised family of compounds -- from what...

WHAT: Webinar on WhaleWatch tool for estimating blue whale locations and densities WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 22, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Pacific Time WHO: Helen...

Credit: Bharat Bhuva, Vanderbilt University You may not realize it but alien subatomic particles raining down from outer space are wreaking low-grade havoc on your...

Fathers given boosts of the hormone oxytocin show increased activity in brain regions associated with reward and empathy when viewing photos of their toddlers, an...

Loading video... Credit: EPFL/Alain Herzog When vertebrates run, their legs exhibit minimal contact with the ground. But insects are different. These six-legged creatures run fastest...

A new technique using liquid metals to create integrated circuits that are just atoms thick could lead to the next big advance for electronics. The...

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) present a new method that should enable controlled drug delivery into the bloodstream using DNA computers. In the...

BOULDER, Colo. - Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have just completed a multiyear study to identify the "best" candidates for...

Credit: Ultrafast and Nanoscale Optics Group at UC San Diego Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a material that could reduce...

Credit: Michigan State University Facial recognition is a biometric system that identifies or verifies a person from a digital image. It's used to find criminals,...

The researchers from Imperial College London analysed 20 pharmacies that were available for UK citizens to access online. This is one of the few studies...

Cuba has some of the healthiest coastal ecosystems in the Caribbean, with largely intact coastal mangroves and many of the best coral reefs in the...

Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - In cells, DNA is first converted to RNA, and RNA is next converted to proteins--a complicated process...

Credit: Ryan McGuire CC0 A new reactive vaccination strategy for future foot-and-mouth disease epidemics shows that significant cost savings can be achieved by accurately identifying...

ITHACA, N.Y. - Seagrass meadows - bountiful underwater gardens that nestle close to shore and are the most common coastal ecosystem on Earth - can...