Youth binge drinking, cardiovascular disease possibly linked

A new study is underway to determine whether binge drinking is related to cardiovascular disease in…

Where scientist meets machine: A fresh approach to experimental design at SLAC x-ray laser

Big leaps in technology require big leaps in design ­– entirely new approaches that can take…

Video captures bubble-blowing battery in action

Researchers have created a unique video that shows oxygen bubbles inflating and later deflating inside a…

Barley genome sequenced

Looking for a better beer or single malt Scotch whiskey? A team of researchers may have…

Stabilizing molecule could pave way for lithium-air fuel cell

Lithium-oxygen fuel cells boast energy density levels comparable to fossil fuels and are thus seen as…

Move over, Superman! New method sees through concrete to detect early-stage corrosion

A noninvasive 'spectral fingerprint' technique using terahertz waves has been developed that reveals the corrosion of…

Genes that help trout find their way home

In the spring when water temperatures start to rise, rainbow trout that have spent several years…

Headless dinosaur reunited with its skull, one century later

Researchers have matched the headless skeleton to a Corythosaurus skull from the university's Paleontology Museum that…

Researchers quantify the changes that lightning inspires in rock

New research has identified the minimum temperature of a bolt of lightning as it strikes rock.…

Mastodon discovery shakes up understanding of early humans in the New World

An Ice Age site in San Diego, Calif., preserves 130,000-year-old bones and teeth of a mastodon…