New research shows that nearly 28% of all electric scooters reported injuries were head and neck…
Sorghum, a close relative of corn, tested for disease resistance on Pennsylvania farms
With sorghum poised to become an important crop grown by Pennsylvania farmers, researchers tested more than…
Probing the dynamics of photoemission
Physicists have used ultrashort laser pulses to probe the dynamics of photoelectron emission in tungsten crystals. …
Where No Plywood Has Gone Before: A Space Agency Will Launch A Tiny, Wooden Satellite
In Europe, engineers are planning to send a plywood-sheathed satellite into orbit to test how well…
Heat spells doom for Aussie marsupials
When animals are hot, they eat less. This potentially fatal phenomenon has been largely overlooked in…
Coelacanths may live nearly a century, five times longer than researchers expected
Once thought to be extinct, lobe-finned coelacanths are enormous fish that live deep in the ocean.…
First months decisive for immune system development
Many diseases caused by a dysregulated immune system, such as allergies, asthma and autoimmunity, can be…
Physicists bring human-scale object to near standstill, reaching a quantum state
To the human eye, most stationary objects appear to be just that—still, and completely at rest.…
New tools needed to effectively and fairly plan relocation of those displaced by climate
Current approaches for planning relocation for potentially millions of people affected by climate change and related…
Long-term Himalayan glacier study
The glaciers of Nanga Parbat – one of the highest mountains in the world – have…