Drawing on evidence from a Pennsylvania power plant located upwind of New Jersey, a group…
Category: Science
There’s a cost to ‘bee-ing’ too smart
Researchers have discovered that smart bumblebees die sooner and don’t collect as much food over…
Archaeologist explains innovation of ‘fluting’ ancient stone weaponry
Approximately 13,500 years after nomadic Clovis hunters crossed the frozen land bridge from Asia to…
Birth weight is risk factor for fatty liver disease in children
The impact of low and high birth weights in developing Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease…
Has music streaming killed the instrumental intro?
Remember those drawn-out, dramatic intros into the pop power ballads of the 80s? They’re all…
The inner lives of molecules
A new experimental technique to take 3-D images of molecules in action has been developed…
Streamlining mass production of printable electronics
While memory devices are becoming progressively more flexible, their ease of fabrication and integration in…
How nanoparticles affect flow through porous stuff in surprising ways
Viscous fingering occurs in porous media where fluids of differing viscosity converge in finger-shaped patterns…
Supercomputers reveal how cell membranes keep cancer-causing proteins turned off
Two biophysicists have used supercomputers to show how cell membranes control the shape, and consequently…
In negotiations, two jerks are better than one
Negotiations work best when both sides have matching personality traits—even if they’re both disagreeable—according to…