Doritos, duckies and disembodied feet: How tragedy and luck reveals the ocean's hidden highways

The grisly discovery in February of a disembodied foot on a New South Wales beach was…

Raindrops also keep fallin' on exoplanets

Researchers found that raindrops are remarkably similar across different planetary environments, even planets as drastically different…

Tattoo made of gold nanoparticles revolutionizes medical diagnostics

Scientists have developed a novel type of implantable sensor that continuously transmits information on vital values…

Hubble Spots Double Quasars in Merging Galaxies

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is “seeing double.” Peering back 10 billion years into the universe’s past,…

How can remote workers best manage work-home conflict?

What are the secrets to maintaining a productive home office? Run a white-noise machine to mask…

Finding gene neighbors leads to new protein functions

Access to sequenced genomes was a watershed moment in life science research. Genome sequences spell out…

Using electrical pulses for vaccine efficiency

Vladislav Yakovlev, professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University, is part of…

Toward a better understanding of 'fake news'

Duncan Watts, a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor and computational social scientist with appointments in the Annenberg…

The brain may have evolved to regulate digestion in presence of light rather than food stimuli

Many life forms use light as an important biological signal, including animals with visual and non-visual…

Breeding barley for a changing climate

Climate change is a global issue. It affects our environment and our food supply. …