Harmful fisheries subsidies are leading to more fishing vessels chasing fewer fish: Study

Fish aren’t impacted by borders, and neither are the subsidized fishing fleets that follow them. …

Differing device personalities come together for future quantum computing networks

We’re building the tools to trap ions and watch them glow (or not). The art-deco-esque device…

Having daughters might not move politicians' votes on women's issues to the left, after all

Politicians who are the parents of daughters provide researchers with a “natural experiment” to test how…

New tool helps communities shore up their wildfire defenses

A new way to plan for wildfire is moving in the right direction, thanks to University…

Tackling e-cigarettes: One path forward in the fight against e-waste pollution

Mounting evidence over the past decade has signaled to the dangers of e-cigarette use for individual…

Study: Caterpillar traces repel spider mites and may help agriculture

Competition for resources is everywhere in nature. It is a much riskier life for an animal…

Behind the formation and protection of microtubules

Cellular life hinges on a network of hollow cables called microtubules dynamically lengthening and shortening according…

Researchers develop clever algorithm to improve our understanding of particle beams in accelerators

Whenever SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory’s linear accelerator is on, packs of around a billion electrons each…

Solo rower launches Europe trek to expose river pollution

An intrepid French traveler embarked on Monday on a solo rowing expedition from Poland to France…

Middle Ordovician 'marine dwarf world' found in Castle Bank, Wales

An unusually well-preserved “Marine Dwarf World” from 462 million years ago was found at Castle Bank,…