Month: August 2012

Any houseplant — real or artificial — could control a computer or any digital device…

Researchers have used complex computational models to design micro-swimmers that could overcome the challenges of…

Researchers find multiple potential threats to water sources posed by hydraulic fracturing as the jobs-producing…

Working with mice, researchers say they have figured out how stem cells found in a…

Grateful teens are more likely than their less grateful peers to be happy, less likely…

Voters’ racial attitudes, both conscious and unconscious, may be a significant factor in this year’s…

Traditional in-person bullying is far more common than cyberbullying among today’s youth and should be…

Telling the truth when tempted to lie can significantly improve a person’s mental and physical…

An international study will help us to understand and predict the likely impact of ocean…

New research lends hope that a phenomenon called quantum discord could be harnessed to bring…