Pearls: New light on enhancing lightweight armor for soldiers

By mimicking the outer coating of pearls (nacre, or as it’s more commonly known, mother of…

New observations help explain the dimming of Tabby's Star

For years, astronomers have looked up at the sky and speculated about the strange dimming behavior…

PIA23455: Sand Dunes

           Target: Mars Mission:  2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument:  THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Click here…

International survey finds researchers want research outputs to be accompanied by better quality indicators

Ten years on from the influential peer review survey of 2009, new findings show researchers have…

Deaths halved among infarct patients attending Heart School

Patients who attend ‘Heart School’, as almost every patient in Sweden is invited to do after…

Starting HIV treatment in ERs may be key to ending HIV spread worldwide

Researchers say they have evidence that hospital emergency departments (EDs) worldwide may be key strategic settings…

Study shows importance of tailoring treatments to clearly defined weed control objectives

A new study in the journal Invasive Plant Science and Management shows that working smarter, not…

The magic wavelength of cadmium

Researchers experimentally determined a property of cadmium called the magic wavelength which is considered essential for…

The stellar nurseries of distant galaxies

Star clusters are formed by the condensation of molecular clouds, masses of cold, dense gas that…

New research identifies a climate signature in rivers globally

For decades geoscientists have been trying to detect the influence of climate on the formation of…