Classroom crowdscience: UC students challenged to detect schizophrenia genes

Teaching big data to future scientists means having them think creatively about ways to harness the…

Digital cathedrals: bringing Notre-Dame de Paris back to life

The devastating fire at Notre-Dame de Paris sparked intense emotion around the world, demonstrating the cathedral’s…

A Neanderthal tooth discovered in Serbia reveals human migration history

In 2015, our Serbian-Canadian archaeological research team was working at a cave site named Pešturina, in…

Antarctica: the final frontier for marine biological invasions?

A new study looking at the implications of increased shipping activity and the impact on Antarctic…

German scientists create see-through human organs

Researchers in Germany have created transparent human organs using a new technology that could pave the…

Nanosized container with photoswitches: Release of cargo upon irradiation in water

Researchers have developed a nanosized container bearing photoswitches that takes up hydrophobic compounds of various size…

Rapid destruction of Earth-like atmospheres by young stars

The discoveries of thousands of planets orbiting stars outside our solar system has made questions about…

Schadenfreude: Your pain is my gain

If someone in the workplace is mistreated, their colleagues may respond with empathy — or with…

43-year-old mystery of Polynya in Antarctica unraveled

A new study has unraveled the four decade long mystery surrounding the occurrence of a mid-sea…

Targeting how fungi 'taste' wheat could be key to developing control

Exploring how a hazardous fungal pathogen ‘tastes’ its surroundings within a wheat plant to coordinate virulence…