Environmental groups renew legal challenge of massive Denver Water reservoir expansion

A years-long legal battle over the expansion of one of the reservoirs holding Denver’s water supply…

New study reveals the power of railroads to buffer coal plants from a carbon emissions tax

A new study by University of Maryland economist Louis Preonas provides empirical evidence that railroads are…

Machine learning contributes to better quantum error correction

Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing have used machine learning to perform error correction…

A new LED design for next-level realism in immersive displays

From pterodactyls flying overhead in a game to virtually applying cosmetics prior to making a purchase,…

Scientists unlock secrets of red blood cell transporter, potentially paving the way for new drugs

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified the structure of a…

Who's that singing? As fall migration arrives, apps that ID birds by sound have taken off

I was sitting in solitude earlier this summer in an Adirondack chair in my backyard, when…

Tonga volcano unleashed fastest ever undersea flows: study

An unprecedentedly violent volcanic eruption that triggered a tsunami off the Pacific island nation of Tonga…

Recipients can recognize—and correct—positive bias

The beneficiaries of “positive bias” due to racial profiling and other types of favoritism are more…

RNA modification: Mechanisms and therapeutic targets

RNA modifications are dynamic and reversible chemical modifications on substrate RNA that regulate mRNA stability, translation,…

Climate change supercharged this summer's record heat: study

Record-shattering temperatures that impacted billions of people in the northern hemisphere this summer were given a…