Flexible ‘skin’ can help robots, prosthetics perform everyday tasks by sensing shear force

Engineers have developed a flexible sensor 'skin' that can be stretched over any part of a…

Cancer: New compound targets energy generation, thereby killing metastatic cells

Researchers have identified an enzyme that supports the survival and dissemination of metastatic cells, and developed…

Preservation for the (digital) ages

Researchers working with classicists and computer scientists have developed a method to preserve digital humanities databases.…

Study reshapes understanding of climate change’s impact on early societies

A new study linking paleoclimatology -- the reconstruction of past global climates -- with historical analysis…

Assessment shows metagenomics software has much room for improvement

A recent critical assessment of software tools represents a key step toward taming the 'Wild West'…

Scientists determine source of world’s largest mud eruption

More than 11 years after the Lusi mud volcano first erupted on the Indonesian island of…

Study shows how water could have flowed on ‘cold and icy’ ancient Mars

Research by planetary scientists finds that periodic melting of ice sheets on a cold early Mars…

Tropical beetles face extinction threat

Climate change is putting many tropical high altitude beetles at risk of extinction, warn an international…

What training exercise boosts brain power best? New research finds out

One of the two brain-training methods most scientists use in research is significantly better in improving…

A new way to test body armor

In response to several high profile body armor failures, researchers have developed a new and extremely…