Metasurfaces control polarized light at will

Researchers have uncovered hidden potential in metasurfaces and demonstrated optical devices that manipulate light’s polarization state…

Sensor spies hideouts for ?virus replication

Some types of RNA viruses cloak themselves to hide inside a cell and create copies of…

July was Earth's hottest month on record: NOAA

July 2021 was the world’s hottest month ever recorded, according to new global data released by…

NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List # 962 13 August 2021 (Space Life Science Research Results)

NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List # 962 13 August 2021 (Space Life Science Research Results) …

Crop insurance and unintended consequences

A new study suggests that crop insurance serves as a disincentive for farmers to adopt climate…

Cancer patients use less marijuana than general public, study finds

A new study shows that between 2013 and 2018, as many U.S. states were legalizing recreational…

For trees, carbs are key to surviving insect defoliation, study finds

Research reveals that a tree’s carbohydrate reserves are crucial to surviving an onslaught of hungry caterpillars. …

Polymer enables tougher recyclable thermoplastics

Researchers took a middling monomer and, by using a special catalyst, they created a tougher polymer…

Why boiling droplets can race across hot oily surfaces

Researchers have discovered why boiling droplets can race across hot oily surfaces. The commonplace phenomenon, now…

New clinical risk management tools are needed to prevent COVID-19 deaths, say experts

A new study exposes the dire need for new clinical risk management tools to help hospital…