Secure metropolitan quantum networks move a step closer

Successful new field tests of a continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) system over commercial fiber networks…

Ocean and space exploration blend at URI's Graduate School of Oceanography

Scientists with a NASA-led expedition are operating from the Inner Space Center at the University of…

Kratom's reputed pain-relief benefits could come from one of its metabolites

Kratom is a Southeast Asian tree with a long history of use in traditional medicine. In…

New study details outcomes from long-term environmental justice partnership in East End

For the past 40 years, research has proven that people of color, low-income communities and ethnic…

Farmers and food companies hit the dirt to improve soil health

Big food brands, such as Kellogg, Campbell, Mars Wrigley and General Mills, have started investing in…

Self-harm images on Instagram associated with subsequent self-harm in viewers

Research has documented the widespread availability of graphic images of self-harm, such as cuttings, on the…

PIA23253: Herschel Crater – False Color

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

How to Travel at (Nearly) the Speed of Light

Learn about the three ways to travel at (nearly) the speed of light. Click…

Three Ways to Travel at (Nearly) the Speed of Light

Light travels at a blistering 670 million mph — a speed that’s immensely difficult to achieve…

New substance can form in the oriented attachment process of crystal growth, study reveals

Chinese scientists have revealed that a new substance can form during the oriented attachment (OA) process…