Monetizing time savings makes toll roads financially stack up

Putting a dollar value on the savings from traffic congestion, noise and air pollution as a…

How to grow a spine

A genetics professor -- whose lab discovered the segmentation clock 20 years ago -- and colleagues…

New twist on asymmetric catalysis

Researchers have developed an efficient and simple chemical synthesis of a new kind of twisted helicene…

Brain disconnections may contribute to Parkinson’s hallucinations

Disconnections of brain areas involved in attention and visual processing may contribute to visual hallucinations in…

Geographic variation in Gentoo penguin calls

Vocal communication is central to the lives of many birds, which use sound to attract mates…

Songbird populations may indicate trouble in northwestern forests

Populations of many North American songbirds are declining, and in many cases we don't understand why.…

Tree-dwelling, coconut-cracking giant rat discovered in Solomon Islands

Scientists have discovered a new species of giant rat. It's more than four times the size…

Red blood cells for transfusion like a good red: A little older, a little better

The transfusion of older stored red blood cells is safe and surprisingly, associated with fewer side…

The strange structures of the Saturn nebula

The spectacular planetary nebula NGC 7009, or the Saturn Nebula, emerges from the darkness like a…

Cellular ‘message in a bottle’ may provide path to new way of treating disease

A newly discovered cellular messaging mechanism could lead to a new way to deliver therapeutics to…