Community and officer buy-in might be key to police reform

The guilty verdicts delivered against Derek Chauvin on April 20, 2021, represented a landmark moment—but courtroom…

New structural details about the specific arrangement of atoms in conjugated polymers

Advanced X-ray techniques have revealed new structural details about the specific arrangement of atoms in conjugated…

Geoscientists call for action on tackling racial inequality in field

An article published in the journal Nature Geoscience has highlighted the shocking under-representation of students from…

Glacier avalanches more common than thought

One tends to think of mountain glaciers as slow moving, their gradual passage down a mountainside…

New view of species interactions offers clues to preserve threatened ecosystems

As the health of ecosystems in regions around the globe declines due to a variety of…

Model could create hurricane forecasts up to 18 months in advance

Every spring, researchers publish their projected forecasts of the upcoming hurricane season—how many storms may form,…

Latest observations by MUSER help clarify solar eruptions

Prof. Yan Yihua and his research team from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy…

Researchers develop compact on-chip device for detecting electric-field waveforms with attosecond time resolution

Understanding how light waves oscillate in time as they interact with materials is essential to understanding…

'Become human again' to address social, environmental challenges

“Hyposubjects: On Becoming Human,” a new book from Rice professors Timothy Morton and Dominic Boyer, takes…

Get to know your plants through ionomics

Living beings need elements to develop properly. The study of ionomics measures and analyzes the element…