Redefining the kilogram means redefining how we measure wealth

Between November 2008 and October 2014, an additional $85 billion was created on an almost-monthly basis…

Some good conservation news: India's tiger numbers are going up

Indian tiger numbers are up, according to one of the most detailed wildlife surveys ever conducted.…

DIY pump takes science out of the lab

A simple pressure pump, made from balloons and nylon stockings, will give more people in more…

Travelling towards a quantum internet at light speed

A research team lead by Osaka University demonstrated how information encoded in the circular polarization of…

A catalyst for sustainable methanol

Scientists at ETH Zurich and oil and gas company Total have developed a new catalyst that…

Freezing cells made safer thanks to new polymer

Cell freezing (cryopreservation)—which is essential in cell transfusions as well as basic biomedical research—can be dramatically…

Image: Ahuna Mons on Ceres

This image, based on observations from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, shows the largest mountain on the dwarf…

Seeing moving objects around corners

David Lindell, a graduate student in electrical engineering at Stanford University, donned a high visibility tracksuit…

Ghanaian case study: How 'bride price' reinforces negative stereotypes

Marriage is an institution common to all cultures. Very often it’s accompanied by transfers—in most cases…

Desert seed-harvesting ants will save nestmates from spiderwebs

It started out as a typical day at work for ant researcher Christina Kwapich. …