Divorce and parental rejection influence children's educational attainment

The educational attainment of Dutch children depends not only on their parents’ socioeconomic position, but also…

Spread of early dairy farming across Western Europe

An international team of scientists analyzed the molecular remains of food left in pottery used by…

Herpes virus decoded

The genome of the herpes simplex virus 1 was decoded using new methods. Hundreds of previously…

2MASS J050051.85–093054.9 is the closest extremely low-mass white dwarf, study finds

A team of astronomers from Australia and Italy has investigated a nearby white dwarf designated 2MASS…

'Ethnic spaces' make minority students feel at home on campus

“Ethnic spaces” at U.S. universities make students from underrepresented minority groups feel a greater sense of…

Compugen sees 'encouraging signals' from early-stage cancer trial

Israeli cancer immunotherapy firm Compugen said on Monday it had positive initial results from an ongoing…

Asteroid 2020 HP6 to flyby Earth at 0.33 LD on April 27

A newly discovered asteroid designated 2020 HP6 will flyby Earth at a distance of 0.33 LD…

How to manage the COVID-19 pandemic without destroying the economy

In a new study published online on ArXiv, Profs. David Gershon, Alexander Lipton and Hagai Levine…

Applying quantum-impurity theory to quantum fluids of light

A Monash-led study develops a new approach to directly observe correlated, many-body states in an exciton-polariton…

Synthesis of pure single layer of blue phosphorus could be useful for semiconduction

NUS chemists have developed a method to synthesize monolayer blue phosphorus for potential semiconductor applications. …