Electricity grid cybersecurity will be expensive – who will pay, and how much?

Recently, a neighbor asked one of us whether Russia, China, North Korea and Iran really are…

Complex geology contributed to Deepwater Horizon disaster, new study finds

A study from The University of Texas at Austin is the first published in a scientific…

Inequality is deliberately built into cities: segregated playgrounds are just the start

Developers in London have come under scrutiny for segregating people who live in social or affordable…

Roman mining activities polluted European air more heavily than previously thought

Roman-era mining activities increased atmospheric lead concentrations by at least a factor of 10, polluting air…

Geologists suggest Horseshoe Abyssal Plain may be start of a subduction zone

A team of geologists led by João Duarte gave a presentation at this past month's European…

Mini-centrifuge for simpler study of blood cells opens new organ-on-chip possibilities

A simple innovation the size of a grain of sand means we can now analyse cells…

The smell of dark chocolate, demystified

Chocolate is one of the most-consumed treats around the world, and the smell alone is usually…

Physicists propose perfect material for lasers

Weyl semimetals are a recently discovered class of materials in which charge carriers behave the way…

“Classical ways of conserving nature are insufficient”

Earlier this week, the Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services was been published by IPBES,…

Expert discusses the traffic impacts of Uber, Lyft

When John Zimmer took a city planning course in college, he had an epiphany: We've built…