DNA analysis of 6,500-year-old human remains with blue eye mutation

Scientists have discovered that waves of migration from Anatolia and the Zagros mountains to the Levant…

New kind of aurora is not an aurora at all

Thin ribbons of purple and white light that sometimes appear in the night sky were dubbed…

Teens today spend more time on digital media, less time reading

If you can't remember the last time you saw a teenager reading a book, newspaper or…

Mechanism behind orchid beauty revealed

Researchers have identified the gene related to the greenish flower mutation in the Habenaria orchid.

Rogue proteins may underlie some ALS and frontotemporal dementia cases

Some forms of ALS and frontotemporal dementia share a common loss of functioning of RNA-binding proteins that…

Nanoparticles in our environment may have more harmful effects than we think

Researchers warn that a combination of nanoparticles and contaminants may form a cocktail that is harmful…

Toward fast-charging solid-state batteries

There are currently great hopes for solid-state batteries. They contain no liquid parts that could leak…

Can we have a fire in a highly vacuumed environment?

Researchers have discovered that non-flaming combustion (smoldering) of a porous specimen can sustain, even under nearly…

Quantum bugs, meet your new swatter

A computer scientist and his colleagues have proposed a scalable algorithm for quantum state tomography to…

In teen friendships, misery does love company

A longitudinal study examined anxiety, depression, social withdrawal, and submissiveness to predict the end of teen…