Vegetation resilient to salvage logging after severe wildfire

Nearly a decade after being logged, vegetation in forested areas severely burned by California's Cone Fire…

Protecting quantum computing networks against hacking threats

As we saw during the 2016 US election, protecting traditional computer systems, which use zeros and…

Study provides new evidence that exercise is not key to weight control

Compelling new evidence has been gained that exercise may not be the key to controlling weight.…

Cancer drug could promote regeneration of heart tissue

An anticancer agent in development promotes regeneration of damaged heart muscle -- an unexpected research finding…

Quantum RAM: Modelling the big questions with the very small

When it comes to studying transportation systems, stock markets and the weather, quantum mechanics is probably…

Finding the needle in a genomic haystack

Researchers have identified a genomic mutation that causes physical abnormalities and developmental delays in children. Upon…

Study finds mutual reinforcement of phenotypic diversity and cooperation

A new model exploring how evolutionary dynamics work in natural selection has found that phenotypic diversity,…

Red ‘color channel’ may aid in screening for diabetic eye disease

In photographs of the eye used to screen for diabetes-related eye disease, separating out the red…

Why doctors may keep a patient awake for brain surgery

An article gives a rare look at brain surgery with the patient alert and awake. It's…

Faster way of detecting bacteria could save your life

A faster way to detect the bacteria causing patients to become sick has now been developed,…