Study shows that getting pesticide reduction policies right is crucial for food security

The term peri-urban agriculture is generally used to describe the cultivation of plants and livestock on…

New PET-like plastic made directly from waste biomass

It is becoming increasingly obvious that moving away from fossil fuels and avoiding the accumulation of…

Abortion and bioethics: Principles to guide US abortion debates

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide the fate of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973…

In colorful avian world, hummingbirds have the widest breadth of colorful plumage

Yale ornithologist Richard Prum has spent years studying the molecules and nanostructures that give many bird…

Scientists take the first step to master an all-powerful cell type from the beginning of life

From cloning to regeneration, how to find alternative paths to create or rejuvenate life has been…

Exotic photonic crystals empower robust one-way transport of light

Topological photonics is an emerging area that provides unprecedented opportunities for controlling the flow of light…

Amphioxus sequencing gives insight on vertebrate evolution

Vertebrate evolution was accompanied by two rounds of whole genome duplication followed by functional divergence in…

Researchers reveal oxygenate-based routes in syngas conversion over oxide-zeolite bifunctional catalysts

A research team led by Prof. Hou Guangjin and Prof. Bao Xinhe from the Dalian Institute…

What the frequency of your pay means for financial well-being

Wharton marketing professor Wendy De La Rosa was enjoying dinner with family when her cousin started…

New insight into the hunting patterns of ancient cephalopods

The Jurassic cephalopod Vampyronassa rhodanica, thought to be the oldest known ancestor of the modern-day vampire…