The number of students traveling abroad for education has increased substantially over the past 20 years.…
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Sustainable light achieved in living plants
The movie Avatar evoked an imaginary world of lush bioluminescent jungles. Now the popular fascination for…
They remember: Communities of microbes found to have working memory
Biologists studying collectives of bacteria, or “biofilms,” have discovered that these so-called simple organisms feature a…
NASA’s Swift Mission Tallied Water From Interstellar Comet Borisov
For the first time, NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory tracked water loss from an interstellar comet,…
How do viruses mutate and jump species?
Viruses are little more than parasitic fragments of RNA or DNA. Despite this, they are astonishingly…
NASA Joins the Fight Against COVID-19
On Friday, April 24, 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine visited the White House to brief President…
COVID-19 lockdown hits coastal communities the hardest
A new study by the University of Southampton and the Centre for Towns has shown that…
Accelerating clinical use of Raman spectroscopy's chemical fingerprints
“The technique of Raman spectroscopy—in combination with emerging machine-learning methods—is making its way into operating rooms…
Solving the puzzle of life's development
Stanislav Shvartsman dreams of modeling every minuscule interaction in the embryo in all its tortuous detail. …
Support for increased police powers depends on public trust
Public support for increased police powers relies heavily on trust and legitimacy, according to a new…