Ice shapes the landslide landscape on Mars

How good is your Martian geography? Scientists now explain the extent to which ice may have…

Non-fearful social withdrawal linked positively to creativity

Spending too much time alone can be unhealthy and there is growing evidence that the psychosocial…

Physicists design $100 handheld muon detector

Physicists have designed a pocket-sized cosmic ray muon detector to track these ghostly particles. The detector…

Quantum dots amplify light with electrical pumping

In a breakthrough development, scientists have shown that they can successfully amplify light using electrically excited…

The evolution of climate change activism studied by researcher

Climate change is a topic that is debated, doubted and covered by news outlets across the…

Slight climate shifts can affect optimum water use in plant communities

A new discovery is providing scientists a better understanding of how rainfall is shared beneficially by…

Arctic shorebird decline noted by study

A new study addresses concerns over the many Arctic shorebird populations in precipitous decline. Evident from…

New catalyst controls activation of a carbon-hydrogen bond

Chemists have developed another catalyst that can selectively activate a carbon-hydrogen bond, part of an ongoing…

Chimp females who leave home postpone parenthood

Female chimps that lack supportive friends and family wait longer to start having babies, researchers find.…

Survey taps students’ motivation in STEM

Researchers are learning more about undergraduates' experience in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) classes and…