Changes in non-extreme precipitation may have not-so-subtle consequences

Extreme floods and droughts receive a lot of attention. But what happens when precipitation -- or…

Winner takes all: Success enhances taste for luxury goods, study suggests

Footballers in flashy cars, City workers in Armani suits, reality TV celebrities sipping expensive champagne while…

UK oil and gas reserves may last only a decade, study suggests

The UK has low oil and gas resources and limited prospects for fracking, according to a…

Running roaches, flapping moths create a new physics of organisms

Sand-swimming lizards, slithering robotic snakes, dusk-flying moths and running roaches all have one thing in common:…

One-way track for microwaves based on mechanical interference

Researchers use interference in the motion of a micrometer-size drum to route microwave signals in a…

Scientists discover complex axis of immune suppression exploited by cancers

A new mechanism by which cancer cells evade destruction by the immune system has been discovered…

How to remove a tick and prevent future bites

As tick populations grow and spread across the country, their prevalence is increasing the public’s risk…

Rogue wave analysis supports investigation of the El Faro sinking

A new analysis done to support the investigation into the 2015 sinking of the El Faro…

Getting emotional after failure helps you improve next time, study finds

Emotional responses to failure rather than cognitive ones are more effective at improving people's results for…

Fluorescence microscopy on a chip: no lenses required

Fluorescence microscopy gives researchers incredible power to illuminate the tiniest structures and capture the real-time activities…