The best time to harvest yams? Science says when the lower leaves turn yellow

Nigeria accounts for 60% of the world’s yam output and 74% of the total production in…

Exceptional catapulting jump mechanism in a tiny beetle could be applied in robotic limbs

The fascinating and highly efficient jumping mechanism in flea beetles is described in a new research…

Shining a new light on biomimetic materials

Advances in biomimicry – creating biological responses within non-biological substances – will enable synthetic materials to…

CSA contract giant leap towards launching Western into Space

Western University’s Institute for Earth and Space Exploration (Western Space) has landed a major contract from…

CaPtAs: A new noncentrosymmetric superconductor

A research group from Zhejiang University in China has found that the noncentrosymmetric compound CaPtAs is…

Synthesizing a superatom: Opening doors to their use as substitutes for elemental atoms

Scientists have demonstrated how superatoms of a desired valency, stability, and volume can be synthesized in…

Cynicism and disrespect: A vicious cycle

An international study with data from Europe and the USA has found that disrespectful treatment leads…

American Astronomical Society Announces First Class of AAS Fellows

American Astronomical Society Announces First Class of AAS Fellows Click here for original story,…

SwRI Ultraviolet Instrument Delivered for ESA's Jupiter Mission

Ultraviolet Instrument Delivered for ESA’s Jupiter Mission Click here for original story, SwRI Ultraviolet…

Picturing permafrost in the Arctic

Permafrost plays an important role in the global climate and is also one of the components…