Warming seas could lead to 70 percent increase in hurricane-related financial loss

Hurricane-related financial loss could increase more than 70 percent by 2100 if oceans warm at the…

3D packaging of DNA regulates cell identity

The ability of a stem cell to differentiate into cardiac muscle (and by extension other cell…

Tropical tree roots represent an underappreciated carbon pool

Estimates of the carbon stored by tropical forests rarely take tree roots into consideration. Scientists report…

Like it or not: Broccoli may be good for the gut

For the broccoli haters of the world, researchers may have more bad news: the vegetable may…

Mechanism for precise targeting of the immune response uncovered

The immune system checks the health of cells of the body by examining a kind of…

Luring hornets: Scientists unlock sex pheromone of notorious honey bee predator

Biologists have developed a solution for controlling the invasive Asian hornet Vespa velutina based on the…

Satellites map photosynthesis at high resolution

Life on Earth is impossible without photosynthesis. It provides food and oxygen to all higher life…

Measurement promises complete picture of Milky Way

Distance measured out to the far side of our Milky Way means that radio astronomers now…

Scientists pinpoint surprising origin of melanoma

A team of researchers has tracked down the cellular origin of cutaneous melanoma, the deadliest form…

In a first for wearable optics, researchers develop stretchy fiber to capture body motion

New research offers the first demonstration of optical fibers sturdy enough to sense a wide range…