When bridges collapse: Researchers study whether we’re underestimating risk

Studying how and why bridges have collapsed in the past identifies the limitation of current risk…

Overdose prevention and naloxone rescue among family members of people who use opioids

Family members are often the ones who administer naloxone during an opioid overdose and should be…

Bonobos may be better representation of last common ancestor with humans

A new study examining the muscular system of bonobos provides firsthand evidence that the rare great…

Mapping the edge of reality

A genetic algorithm has been determined to confirm the rejection of classical notions of causality.

Testosterone makes men less likely to question their impulses

Testosterone makes men less likely to realize when they're wrong, a new study shows. The researchers…

Hybrid circuits can increase computational power of chaos-based systems

Combining digital and analog components in nonlinear, chaos-based integrated circuits can improve their computational power by…

Long-term fate of tropical forests may not be as dire as believed, says study

Conventional wisdom has held that tropical forest growth will dramatically slow with high levels of rainfall.…

Ultracold atom waves may shed light on rogue ocean killers

By precisely controlling the quantum behavior of an ultracold atomic gas, physicists have created a model…

Study examines state of social, personality psychology research

Two studies have examined the state and quality of social and personality research and how practices…

Rising costs, potential savings for generic, topical steroids

Although most topical steroids prescribed to patients were generic in a new American study, there was…