Heat-conducting plastic could lead to lighter electronics, cars

Advanced plastics could usher in lighter, cheaper, more energy-efficient product components, including those used in vehicles,…

Exoplanet shines with glowing water atmosphere

Scientists have found compelling evidence for a stratosphere on an enormous planet outside our solar system.…

New simulations could help in hunt for massive mergers of neutron stars, black holes

Scientists have developed new computer models to explore what happens when a black hole joins with…

Increasing productivity by one day each month

Corporate wellness programs have been shown to save companies money by reducing absenteeism and health insurance…

Three Klebsiella species cause life-threatening infections and share drug resistance genes

Three different species of Klebsiella bacteria can cause life-threatening infections in hospital patients and that all…

Comprehensive sequencing program shows promise of precision medicine for advanced cancer

A new study shows just how complex metastatic cancer is and offers some clues to attacking…

Good cellular neighbors combat incipient cancers

Scientists have spent decades studying the nature of tumor cells, but few have looked to see…

‘Perfect liquid’ quark-gluon plasma is the most vortical fluid

Particle collisions recreating the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) that filled the early universe reveal that droplets of…

First civilizations of Greece are revealing their stories to science

A new analysis of genome sequences from the ancient Minoans and Mycenaeans offers insight into the…

Catalysts efficiently and rapidly remove BPA from water

Chemists have developed an approach that quickly and cheaply removes more than 99 percent of bisphenol…