Wetter than wet: Global warming means more rain for Asian monsoon regions

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University studied how the weather will change with global warming in Asian…

Wrong number of fingers leads down wrong track

Have you ever wondered why human hands have five fingers? And what about amphibians? They usually…

Discovery of disordered nanolayers in intermetallic alloys

Intermetallic alloys potentially have high strength in a high-temperature environment. But they generally suffer poor ductility…

High and dry: developed Cambodian wetlands raise flood risk

More than a million Cambodians are at risk from increased flooding and worsening food security, NGOs…

Hurricane Douglas gains strength; skirts the state of Hawaii

Hurricane Douglas gained some strength and began to spin away from many of the Hawaiian Islands…

Experimental optimal verification of entangled states using local measurements

Quantum information is a field where the information is encoded into quantum states. Taking advantage of…

Researchers develop an optical fiber made of gel derived from marine algae

An optical fiber made of agar has been produced at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in…

How the zebrafish got its stripes

Animal patterns—the stripes, spots and rosettes seen in the wild—are a source of endless fascination, and…

Coming of Age on Mars

In a new book, planetary scientist Sarah Stewart Johnson recalls how the Red Planet drew her…

Life in the pits: Scientists identify the key enzyme behind body odor

Scientists have discovered a unique enzyme responsible for the pungent characteristic smell we call body odor…