With a hop, a skip and a jump, high-flying robot leaps through obstacles with ease

First unveiled in 2016, Salto the jumping robot stands at little less than a foot, but…

Geneticists continue to unravel how genes impact drug use and addiction

Research is revealing new insights into how genes impact drug use and addiction through a novel…

Chemical engineers develop biosecurity tool to detect genetically engineered organisms in the wild

If a genetically or synthetically engineered organism is released into the environment, how will we know?…

Researchers create most complete model of complex protein machinery

Environmental conditions, lifestyle choices, chemical exposure, and foodborne and airborne pathogens are among the external factors…

Ammonium fertilized early life on Earth: study

A team of international scientists—including researchers at the University of St. Andrews, Syracuse University and Royal…

NASA Invites Public to Help Asteroid Mission Choose Sample Site

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to the asteroid Bennu would like extra pairs of eyes to help choose…

What makes a place a home?

Invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles) are now ubiquitous throughout the Caribbean and Western Atlantic…

Eastern forests shaped more by Native Americans' burning than climate change

Native Americans’ use of fire to manage vegetation in what is now the Eastern United States…

Strain enables new applications of 2-D materials

Superconductors’ never-ending flow of electrical current could provide new options for energy storage and superefficient electrical…

Extreme draining of reservoir aids young salmon and eliminates invasive fish

A new study finds that the low-cost, extreme draining of a reservoir in Oregon aided downstream…