Most links between personality traits and life outcomes are replicable

Studies showing links between personality traits and life outcomes, such as marital stability and vocational achievements,…

What the Finnish concept of sisu can offer the world

The first study dedicated to sisu looks at more than 1,000 responses on what the concept…

How good are protein disorder prediction programs actually?

Disorder in proteins is vital for biological function, and structural disorder in protein is more pervasive…

Power plants: Getting to the bottom of the ‘boiling crisis’

Researchers review how a 'boiling crisis' can occur in environments such as nuclear power plants. The…

Eyes reveal early Alzheimer’s disease

Reduced blood capillaries in the back of the eye may be a new, noninvasive way to…

Tidying up: A new way to direct trash to autophagy

Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown structural feature of living cells that is critical to tidying…

Unexpected rain on sun links two solar mysteries

Researchers find rain on the sun in an unexpected place. The findings could create a new…

Science-based guidelines for building a bee-friendly landscape

Many resources encourage homeowners and land care managers to create bee-friendly environments, but most of them…

Australian Murray River habitat restoration increases native fish populations

Dubbed the 'honeypot effect' -- a team of scientists from around Australia have shown that providing…

Damaging Sichuan earthquakes linked to fracking operations

Two moderate-sized earthquakes that struck the southern Sichuan Province of China last December and January were…