Confrontation may reduce white prejudices, study finds

Confronting a white person who makes a racist or sexist statement can make them reflect on…

Universal right to health could inspire people, organizations to make real change

Acknowledging health as a universal human right could galvanize people and organizations to make major improvements…

'Quantitative easing' program let households spend more during the last recession. Could it work again?

A new study shows that the central bank tool known as quantitative easing helped consumers substantially…

Researchers develop method for producing precision diffraction gratings

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a method for the production of wavy surfaces with nanometer…

Researchers discover new boron-lanthanide nanostructure

The discovery of carbon nanostructures like two-dimensional graphene and soccer ball-shaped buckyballs helped to launch a…

Mountain meadow restoration can bring birds back

In a new study led by scientists at Point Blue Conservation Science and in collaboration with…

Three exoplanets are close enough for us to see their atmospheres

A star just 11 light years away is calm enough that we may be able to…

Why are plants green?

When sunlight shining on a leaf changes rapidly, plants must protect themselves from the ensuing sudden…

Mystery of solar cycle illuminated

The sun’s convection zone plays a key role in the generation and evolution of the Sun’s…

Super-Earths discovered orbiting nearby red dwarf

The nearest exoplanets to us provide the best opportunities for study, including searching for evidence of…