Tasmanian devil populations continue to decline

Ongoing monitoring of wild Tasmanian devils shows that overall population numbers are continuing to decline, due…

Tricking photons leads to first-of-its-kind laser breakthrough

A team of optics researchers has demonstrated the first-ever nonmagnetic topological insulator laser, a finding that…

Ancient trail of Columbian mammoths uncovered in south-central Oregon

A fossilized trackway on public lands in Lake County, Ore., may reveal clues about the ancient…

New machine learning algorithm uncovers time-delayed interactions in cells

A new algorithm uses time-series data to show the cause-and-effect interactions that take place inside of…

Middle Earth preserved in giant bird dung

While the giant birds that once dominated New Zealand are all extinct, a study of their…

Smart bomb virus shows promise as brain tumor immunotherapy

A common cold virus engineered to attack the most common and deadly of brain tumors allowed…

Turbulence: Adequate scaling thanks to surface roughness

Turbulence in oceans, in the atmosphere or in industry, is billions of times stronger than in…

Sea level rise accelerating: acceleration in 25-year satellite sea level record

Global sea level rise is not cruising along at a steady rate per year, but rather…

Limited scope of corporate sustainability revealed

The first large-scale analysis of corporate practices for sourcing sustainable materials shows that many companies address…

Neurotransmitter may play a role in alcohol relapse, addiction

Researchers scanned the brains of individuals with alcohol abuse disorder and found that the neurotransmitter glutamate…