Future electronic components to be printed like newspapers

A new manufacturing technique uses a process similar to newspaper printing to form smoother and more…

Computer model predicts how fracturing metallic glass releases energy at the atomic level

Metallic glasses are an exciting research target, but the difficulties associated with predicting how much energy…

ADHD drugs do not improve cognition in healthy college students

Contrary to popular belief across college campuses, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications may fail to…

A social tool for evaluating the environmental impact of residential buildings

for the first time, an open-source computing tool can, simply and intuitively, calculate the CO2 emissions…

Deadly Rift Valley fever: New insight, and hope for the future

Health control measures alone could be ineffective in the long term fight against the deadly Rift…

Monkeys benefit from the nut-cracking abilities of chimpanzees and hogs

Researchers describe for the first time the scavenging behavior of mangabey monkeys, guinea fowls, and squirrels…

High fruit and vegetable consumption may reduce risk of breast cancer

Women who eat a high amount of fruits and vegetables each day may have a lower…

Sunscreen reduces melanoma risk by 40 per cent in young people

A world-first study has found that Australians aged 18-40 years who were regular users of sunscreen…

Engineers develop world’s most efficient semiconductor for thermal management

Working to address 'hotspots' in computer chips that degrade their performance, engineers have developed a new…

Puzzling results explained: A multiband approach to Coulomb drag and indirect excitons

A new theoretical study explains previous mystifying experimental results, in which coupled charged particles moved in…