At first glance, it looks like a branch of kelp, but then an eye moves among…
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Paper stickers to monitor pathogens are more effective than swabs
Using paper stickers to collect pathogens on surfaces where antisepsis is required, such as in food…
Engineers create a simple test that can measure stress hormones in sweat, blood, urine or saliva
Stress is often called “the silent killer” because of its stealthy and mysterious effects on everything…
Dead roots, not just waves, account for marsh losses in gulf
A new Duke University-led study finds that the death of marsh plants due to disturbances like…
Soil communities threatened by destruction, instability of Amazon forests
The clearing and subsequent instability of Amazonian forests are among the greatest threats to tropical biodiversity…
Finding the cause of capacity loss in a metal-oxide battery material
Because of their high energy-storage density, materials such as metal oxides, sulfides, and fluorides are promising…
Tapping the power of AI and high-performance computing to extend evolution to superconductors
Owners of thoroughbred stallions carefully breed prizewinning horses over generations to eke out fractions of a…
Tesla's bad news accelerates as Wall Street loses faith
Late last year, Tesla Inc. was fully charged and cruising down the highway on Autopilot. …
CEOs get $800,000 pay raise, leaving workers further behind
Did you get a 7% raise last year? Congratulations, yours was in line with what CEOs…
Meteor magnets in outer space—study finds elusive giant planets
Astronomers believe planets like Jupiter shield us from space objects that would otherwise slam into Earth.…