New Texas supercomputer to push the frontiers of science

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced today that it has awarded $60 million to the Texas…

Study identifies distinct groups interested in types of electric vehicles

Drivers considering plug-in hybrid vehicles with a gasoline backup are most interested in economic benefits while…

Future impacts of El Niño, La Niña likely to intensify, increasing wildfire, drought risk

When an El Niño or its opposite, La Niña, forms in the future, it's likely to…

Are trees on farms the future for the timber industry?

A multi-disciplinary research team is developing new models for growing trees on farms to help meet…

Breakthrough could see bacteria used as cell factories to produce biofuels

A new technique for manipulating small cell structures for use in a range of biotechnical applications…

Light programmable guidance of direct current fields in Laplacian metadevices

To enable negative refraction and related optical illusions, metamaterials are artificially engineered with unique properties that…

China is hot spot of ground-level ozone pollution

In China, people breathe air thick with the lung-damaging pollutant ozone two to six times more…

Last Hop Options for DTN

Abstract: It is possible to use a Delay Tolerant Network (DTN) to transport data and/or commanding…

Women who run for office inspire others to do the same, study suggests

s record number of women seek seats in Congress, CU Boulder and Notre Dame researchers probe…

UN urges Facebook to ‘proactively’ fight hate speech

The UN human rights chief urged Facebook Wednesday to more proactively address hate speech but warned…