New device could increase battery life of electronics by a hundred-fold

Among the chief complaints for smartphone, laptop and other battery-operated electronics users is that the battery…

People make different moral choices in imagined versus real-life situations

Researchers often use hypothetical scenarios to understand how people grapple with moral quandaries, but experimental results…

New technique reveals details of forest fire recovery

Do you know someone who's so caught up in the details of a problem that they…

Astronomers find fastest-growing black hole known in space

Astronomers have found the fastest-growing black hole known in the universe, describing it as a monster…

Unusual laser emission from the Ant Nebula

Astronomers have discovered an unusual laser emission that suggests the presence of a double star system…

A quantum entanglement between two physically separated ultra-cold atomic clouds

Scientists have achieved, in an experiment, quantum entanglement between two ultra-cold atomic ensembles, called Bose-Einstein condensates,…

Plug-and-play diagnostic devices

Researchers have developed modular blocks that can be put together in different ways to produce diagnostic…

How large can a tsunami be in the Caribbean?

The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has researchers reevaluating whether a magnitude 9.0 megathrust earthquake and resulting…

Exercise beats genetics in determining amount of body fat

With obesity now a global epidemic, there is increased focus on risk factors that contribute to…

C’mon get happy: Upbeat songs by female singers dominate the charts, UCI study finds

Roll over, Beethoven. Elvis Presley too. Female singers with upbeat dance songs are far more likely…