Earthquake faults may have played key role in shaping the culture of ancient Greece

The Ancient Greeks may have built sacred sites deliberately on land affected by previous earthquake activity,…

AI — Engineering: merging, morphing, mobile robots

Researchers have developed self-reconfiguring modular robots that can merge, split and even self-heal while retaining full…

Father’s environmental exposure affects sperm epigenetics, study shows

Authors of a new report believe that theirs is among the first human studies to investigate…

Coffee and bees: New model of climate change effects

Areas in Latin America suitable for growing coffee face predicted declines of 73-88 percent by 2050.…

Researchers identify potential biomarkers of age-related macular degeneration

Patients with any stage of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) carry signs of the disease in their…

Cancer drug stimulates tripolar mode of mitosis

Taxanes inhibit cell division and make cancer cells sensitive to radiation therapy. A current study has…

Graphene based terahertz absorbers

A terahertz saturable absorber has been created using printable graphene inks with an order of magnitude…

Explosion in number of known life forms

New research has helped increase the number of known genomes by almost 10 percent. Scientists have…

Biding time could improve conservation outcomes

Strategic delays in conservation efforts could be the key to protecting more species according to researchers.…

Exposure to head impacts in youth football practice drills

Researchers have examined differences in the number, location, and magnitude of head impacts sustained by young…