Excitons: Taking electronics into the future

Researchers have developed a transistor based on excitons -- a type of particle most people have…

Tropical forests may soon hinder, not help, climate change effort

Forests in tropical regions could soon become a source of greenhouse gases, contributing to global warming…

The blueprint for El Niño diversity

A new study isolates key mechanisms that cause El Niño events to differ. Researchers found that…

New clues to origins of mysterious atmospheric waves in Antarctica

Scientists find a link between gravity waves in the upper and lower Antarctic atmosphere, helping create…

Unconventional connections: How inhibition hones cortical selectivity

Researchers have discovered a fundamentally new role for inhibition in the visual cortex, refining how neurons…

Faulty cytoskeleton impairs immune cells

The rearrangement of the cell´s inner scaffold, the cytoskeleton, is a vital process for immune cells.…

A century-old model for life’s origin gets significant substantiation

In 1924, Russian biochemist Alexander Oparin claimed that life on Earth developed through gradual chemical changes…

Homing pigeons use local natural odors to find their way

Homing pigeons use familiar smells to navigate their way across hundreds of kilometers of unfamiliar territory.…

Brain activity cautions against buying stocks

Despite long-term profit expectations, many people shy away from investing their money in supposedly riskier forms…

Chemicals that keep drinking water flowing may also cause fouling

Many city drinking water systems add softening agents to keep plumbing free of pipe-clogging mineral buildup.…