Study shows positive lab environment critical for undergraduate success in research

Getting involved in research as an undergraduate can have significant benefits, such as enhancing a student’s…

Microplastic drifting down with the snow

Over the past several years, microplastic particles have repeatedly been detected in seawater, drinking water, and…

AI used to test evolution's oldest mathematical model

Researchers have used artificial intelligence to make new discoveries, and confirm old ones, about one of…

Researchers propose new topological phase of atomic matter hosting 'photonic skyrmions'

The field of topology or the study of how surfaces behave in different dimensions has profoundly…

Young Jupiter was smacked head-on by massive newborn planet

A colossal, head-on collision between Jupiter and a still-forming planet in the early solar system, about…

Federal agency to consider protections for lake sturgeon

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it will consider whether to list the lake sturgeon…

Portland land value tax would improve equity for homeowners, incentivize development

Shifting Oregon’s property tax structure to a land-value tax base could improve equity among homeowners of…

Nanoparticle therapy targets lymph node metastases

Metastasis, in which cancer cells break free from the primary tumor and form tumors at other…

A miniature stretchable pump for the next generation of soft robots

Scientists have developed a tiny pump that could play a big role in the development of…

A massive collision may have made Jupiter's core so weird

A few years ago we learned Jupiter’s core is much messier than expected. Now simulations suggest…