More birders sighted in Central Park this spring migration

This spring, longtime Central Park birder and naturalist Gabriel Willow is feeling a little less nervous…

COVID-19 impact: Work from home more appealing than return to 'business as usual,' Harvard survey shows

Despite potentially longer hours, most Americans enjoy working remotely and want the option to keep doing…

The 'great leveler' revisited: Why the COVID pandemic might boost inequality in society

A study by prof. Bas van Bavel and prof. Marten Scheffer shows that throughout history, most…

Scientists uncover a process that stands in the way of making quantum dots brighter

Bright semiconductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots give QLED TV screens their vibrant colors. But attempts…

Fast-acting, color-changing molecular probe senses when a material is about to fail

Materials that contain special polymer molecules may someday be able to warn us when they are…

Rural Alaskans struggle to access and afford water

Water scarcity in rural Alaska is not a new problem, but the situation is getting worse…

New technology enables ultrafast identification of COVID-19 biomarkers

Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Francis Crick Institute have developed a mass spectrometry-based technique capable of measuring…

New study maps wildlife microbiota

Wild Biotech, a preclinical stage drug discovery & development company emerging out of stealth mode, today…

Tired of video conferencing? Research suggests you're right to question its effectiveness

In the year since the coronavirus pandemic upended how just about every person on the planet…

Florida manatee deaths spur federal investigation

Efforts to figure out what’s killing scores of manatees in Florida’s waters this year just got…