Half of pupils who get low grades in GCSEs already judged to be behind at age 5, study finds

Assessments of children as early as age three and five are powerful predictors of who will…

Estimating uranium and thorium abundance with geoneutrinos

A planet’s interior heat comes from two principal sources: leftover energy amassed from collisions between planetesimals…

Neural networks predict forces in jammed granular solids

Granular matter is all around us. Examples include sand, rice, nuts, coffee and even snow. These…

Holocaust photos found in attics and archives are helping to recover lost stories and provide a tool against denial

The summer of 2022 marked the 80th anniversary of the first Nazi deportation of Jewish families…

Better metal oxides to boost the green credentials of many energy applications

Researchers have solved a key hurdle in greener manufacturing, carbon capture, energy storage and gas purification—using…

Scientists show how terrain evolves on an icy comet

With an eye toward a possible return mission years in the future, Cornell astronomers have shown…

Inhibiting key metabolic enzyme shows promise against melanoma

Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys, led by Ze’ev Ronai, Ph.D., have shown for the first time…

SU(N) matter is about 3 billion times colder than deep space

Japanese and U.S. physicists have used atoms about 3 billion times colder than interstellar space to…

Microbial communities stay healthy by swapping knowledge

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a microbial community phenomenon that essentially equates to teaching…

Will Paris succeed? Research assesses if governments will make pledges a reality

Much of the world’s efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change hinge on the success…