Smart cities aim to make urban life more efficient—but for citizens’ sake they need to slow down

All over the world, governments, institutions and businesses are combining technologies for gathering data, enhancing communications…

How UK journalists compare with their German counterparts—new research

The British press is regarded by the rest of the world as notoriously raucous. If you…

Let’s get real with college athletes about their chances of going pro

When the NFL draft takes place, it will represent a professional dream come true for the…

American expects $350 million hit from grounded Boeing plane

American Airlines expects to take a $1 billion hit from two things it didn't expect when…

NASA sees remnants of Tropical Cyclone Kenneth over northern Mozambique

NASA's Aqua satellite provided a visible image of the remnant clouds and storms still lingering over…

Scientists take a ‘metamaterials’ approach to earthquake damage

In the past decade scientists have been experimenting with metamaterials, artificial materials designed with periodic internal…

US Southeast Atlantic coast facing high threat of sea-level rise in the next 10 years

New research shows 75 percent of the Atlantic Coast from North Carolina to Central Florida will…

Quick reconnaissance after 2018 Anchorage quake reveals signs of ground failure

A day after the 30 November 2018 magnitude 7 earthquake in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. Geological Survey…

Biological machinery of cell’s ‘executioner’ yields secrets of its control

Researchers led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital structural biologists have discovered how the cell switches…

Mapping industrial ‘hum’ in the US

Using a dense sensor network that scanned the United States between 2003 and 2014, researchers have…