Why the Sumatra earthquake was so severe

An international team of scientists has found evidence suggesting the dehydration of minerals deep below the…

US nuclear regulators greatly underestimate potential for nuclear disaster

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission relied on faulty analysis to justify its refusal to adopt a…

Magnetic switch turns strange quantum property on and off

A research team has developed the first switch that turns on and off a quantum behavior…

Juno mission to Jupiter delivers first science results

NASA's Juno mission is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about Jupiter specifically, and gas giants…

The big star that couldn’t become a supernova

For the first time in history, astronomers have been able to watch as a dying star…

Water forms ‘spine of hydration’ around DNA, group finds

How water relates to and interacts with biological systems -- like DNA, the building block of…

Concrete for taller wind turbine towers passes tests, could help expand wind energy nationwide

An 18-month, $1 million study of concrete technology for taller wind turbine towers has just wrapped…

Sorting out HIV: Research collaboration devises a new method that could speed up vaccine development for HIV

A new technique for rapidly sorting HIV viruses has now been created, which could lead to…

Ancient genetic markers in sockeye salmon can help manage healthier fish stocks

A recent study identifies new genetic markers in sockeye salmon that can help improve management of…

Preliminary: BRCA variations may work alongside COMT variation to reduce breast cancer

Researchers find through looking at genetic data sets of presumed cancer-free women who carry BRCA 1/2…