'Disk Detective' Needs Your Help Finding Disks Where Planets Form

Members of the public can help scientists learn how planets form by sifting through…

NASA Announces Mini Payload Challenge Winners

The winners for the JPL-led “Honey, I Shrunk the NASA Payload” challenge have been…

Vision scientists discover why people literally don't see eye to eye

We humans may not always see eye to eye on politics, religion, sports and other matters…

Converting female mosquitoes to non-biting males with implications for mosquito control

Researchers have proven that a single gene can convert female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes into fertile male…

1240-1300 MHz discussed at CEPT SE 40 meeting

The 69th meeting of CEPT ECC Working Group SE-40, held June 23-25, discussed the amateur radio…

No evidence that predator control will save mountain caribou, study says

Addressing potential threats from predators has not slowed the dramatic decline of mountain caribou in British…

Quantum body scanner? What happens when vector vortex beams meet scattering media

Propagate light through any kind of medium — be it free space or biological tissue —…

A Raspberry Pi-based virtual reality system for small animals

The Raspberry Pi Virtual Reality system (PiVR) is a versatile tool for presenting virtual reality environments…

What determines a warbler's colors?

A new study has narrowed down the region of the genome that drives the black color…

China rushes to contain floods after record rainfall

Soldiers erected sandbag flood barriers in a city near China’s largest freshwater lake after the heaviest…