Mojave rattlesnakes’ life-threatening venom is more widespread than expected

The Mojave rattlesnake, living in the deserts of the southwestern United States and central Mexico, is…

Helping anxious students excel on science exams

A new study released today reveals that helping lower-income high school freshman to regulate their test-taking…

Light up logic: Engineers perform computational logic with light

For the first time, researchers performed logic operations -- the basis of computation -- with a…

Multimaterial 3D printing used to develop fast response stiffness-tunable soft actuator

Researchers have designed and fabricated a fast-response, stiffness tunable (FRST) soft actuator which is able to…

Bike share programs show infrequent helmet use, little disparity among neighborhoods

People riding free-floating bike share rentals in Seattle are wearing helmets infrequently, according to a new…

B-group vitamins can improve concentration among people with first episode psychosis

A new study explored the impact of increasing a person's intake of vitamins B12, B6, and…

Dissidents under authoritarian rule: Staying anonymous yet trustworthy

Minority and dissident communities face a perplexing challenge in countries with authoritarian governments. They need to…

Scientists identify two new species of fungi in retreating Arctic glacier

Two new species of fungi have made an appearance in a rapidly melting glacier on Ellesmere…

MANF identified as a rejuvenating factor in parabiosis

Older mice who are surgically joined with young mice in order to share a common bloodstream…

Big genome found in tiny forest defoliator

Scientists have sequenced the genomes of the European gypsy moth and its even more destructive cousin,…