Self-powered paper-based ‘SPEDs’ may lead to new medical-diagnostic tools

A new medical-diagnostic device made out of paper detects biomarkers and identifies diseases by performing electrochemical…

Tricking the eye to defeat shoulder surfing attacks

Researchers have developed the first application to combat 'shoulder-surfing' of PINS and passwords: a hybrid-image keyboard…

Firing of neurons changes the cells that insulate them

Through their pattern of firing, neurons influence the behavior of the cells that upon maturation will…

Does a mother’s pre-pregnancy weight determine her child’s metabolism?

The link between a mother's body mass index (BMI) before pregnancy and the metabolic traits of…

Hubble’s twisted galaxy

Gravity governs the movements of the cosmos. It draws flocks of galaxies together to form small…

Saturn-lit Tethys

Cassini gazes across the icy rings of Saturn toward the icy moon Tethys, whose night side…

Large asteroid to safely pass Earth on Sept. 1

Asteroid Florence, a large near-Earth asteroid, will pass safely by Earth on Sept. 1, 2017, at…

Brown dwarf weather forecasts improved

Dim objects called brown dwarfs, less massive than the Sun but more massive than Jupiter, have…

Like adults, children show bias in attributing mental states to others

Young children are more likely to attribute mental states to characters that belong to the same…

The moving Martian bow shock

Physicists throw new light on the interaction between the planet Mars and supersonic particles in the…