Slow charge generation plays big role in model material for solar cells

Next-generation devices based on molecular materials have the potential to efficiently use sunlight to produce electricity…

New insight into how obesity, insulin resistance can impair cognition

Obesity can break down our protective blood brain barrier resulting in problems with learning and memory,…

Group decisions: When more information isn't necessarily better

Modular — or cliquey — group structure isolates the flow of communication between individuals, which might…

Will design-thinking strategies benefit students after class is dismissed?

As schools focus on building students’ capacity to learn and solve problems outside the formal classroom,…

Earth vs. asteroids: humans strike back

Incoming asteroids have been scarring our home planet for billions of years. This month humankind left…

Satellites are checking if boats in remote places are fishing legally

The Indonesian government is using tiny internet-providing satellites to check if boats in the middle of…

To save life on Earth, here's the $100 billion-a-year solution

There have been five mass extinctions in the history of the Earth. But in the 21st…

Poachers threaten precious Madagascar forest and lemurs

Under a leaden sky, six rangers walk silently in single file through Vohibola, one of the…

Greek researchers enlist EU satellite against Aegean sea litter

Knee-deep in water on a picture-postcard Lesbos island beach, a team of Greek university students gently…

Tesla probes car fire in Shanghai

US electric auto maker Tesla said Monday it had launched an investigation after a video circulating…