New bird that humans drove to extinction discovered in Azores

Inside the crater of a volcano on Graciosa Island in the Azores archipelago, in the Atlantic…

Compound shows promise in treating melanoma

While past attempts to treat melanoma failed to meet expectations, an international team of researchers are…

Managers often fail to use or understand their own data on customer satisfaction

Despite the millions companies spend to gather information about customer satisfaction, senior managers often fail to…

Why some people are so sure they’re right, even when they are not

Two studies examine the personality characteristics that drive dogmatism in the religious and nonreligious. In both…

Chatting coordinates heterogeneity in bacteria

Bacterial populations can, under certain conditions, react in a coordinated manner to chemical messages produced by…

Lake Baikal: Protection of a unique ecosystem

Researchers are studying the impact of climate change and environmental toxins on the lake's fauna. They…

Taking technology to the next level

Physicists have developed a new hybrid integrated platform, promising to be a more advanced alternative to…

Adjusting fertilizers vital in claypan ag soils

New research could help claypan farmers improve yields while saving costs.

New approach to hitting the gym: Optimizing weight and endurance training

Sports scientists are warning that fatigue from weight training can carry over to endurance training and…

‘Magic Bench’ lets users see, hear and feel animated characters

Sit on Disney Research's Magic Bench and you may have an elephant hand you a glowing…