Is social media to blame for poor grades?

Do teenagers who frequent Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram and other social media sites perform worse academically? Scientists…

Many colors from a single dot

Physicists have shown how even a separate single nanoparticle can be used to emit different colors…

Microanalysis of biological samples for early disease detection

Researchers have developed a sensing method with the potential to significantly contribute to early detection of…

Electric eel-inspired device reaches 110 volts

In an effort to create a power source for future implantable technologies, a team of researchers…

College roommates underestimate each other’s distress, new psychology research shows

College roommates are sensitive to their roommates' distress but tend to underestimate the level of distress…

An enzyme’s evolution from changing electric fields and resisting antibiotics

Bacteria can produce enzymes that make them resistant to antibiotics; one example is the TEM beta-lactamase…

Calcium may play a role in the development of Parkinson’s disease

Researchers have found that excess levels of calcium in brain cells may lead to the formation…

Unconventional superconductor may be used to create quantum computers of the future

With their insensitivity to decoherence what are known as Majorana particles could become stable building blocks…

Why bees soared and slime flopped as inspirations for systems engineering

Honeybees gathering nectar inspired an algorithm that eased the burden of host servers handling unpredictable traffic…

Studying mitosis’ structure to understand the inside of cancer cells

Cell division is an intricately choreographed ballet of proteins and molecules that divide the cell. During…