Even in competitive markets, shareholders bear burden of corruption

A new paper co-written by a University of Illinois expert in the use of financial information…

Study reveals zebrafish make an unexpected decision when faced with conflicting opportunities

When making decisions that are important to the species’ survival, zebrafish choose mating over fleeing from…

Spread-changing orders and deletions affect stock prices

The first rule on the stock market is to buy low and sell high. Economists are…

Improving the signal-to-noise ratio in quantum chromodynamics simulations

Over the last few decades, the exponential increase in computer power and accompanying increase in the…

Lionfish ear-bones reveal a more mobile invasion

Just as lions are apex predators on land, lionfish in Florida are an underwater force to…

Homo naledi and Australopithecus sediba to be exhibited in Perot Museum

The University of Witwatersrand (Wits University), the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in the U.S.…

New computational technique resolves compressed X-ray data

Argonne develops novel method to more clearly see complex materials physics in difficult-to-access environments. …

How mammals' brains evolved to distinguish odors is nothing to sniff at

The world is filled with millions upon millions of distinct smells, but how mammals’ brains evolved…

France Nudges Europe Into Space Race, Where It Lags Behind

Fifty years after the Apollo 11 mission, a new French plan for a space command must…

New pathways for sensory learning in the brain

Researchers have developed an automated, robotic training device that allows mice to learn at their leisure.…