Month: March 2012

There is an emerging consensus among scientists that animals share functional parallels with humans’ conscious…

A simple way to remove carbon from the atmosphere is by adding charcoal, or biochar,…

In the continual quest for better thermoelectric materials — which convert heat into electricity and…

An optical diode made with silicon technology can be used for quantum information. Researchers propose…

When bird watchers joined this year’s Great Backyard Bird Count, they recorded the most unusual…

Scientists are learning how the fat molecules within cell membranes help the cells’ signaling proteins…

An odd, previously unseen landform could provide a window into the geological history of Mars,…

Mount Everest is a natural laboratory for studying heart disease, lung problems, muscle loss, sleeping…

New research sheds light on the critical part played by a little-studied element, molybdenum, in…

Seven years ago, astronomers boggled when they found the first runaway star flying out of…