Tenfold jump in green tech needed to meet global emissions targets

The global spread of green technologies must quicken significantly to avoid future rebounds in climate-warming emissions,…

Worries about food waste appear to vanish when diners know scraps go to compost

Diners waste far less food when they're schooled on the harm their leftovers can inflict on…

Will climate change leave tropical birds hung out to dry?

The future of the red-capped manakin and other tropical birds in Panama looks bleak. A research…

Childhood poverty can rob adults of psychological health

A large and growing body of research shows that poor kids grow up to have a…

Vaccine shows promising results for early-stage breast cancer patients

Immunotherapy is a fast growing area of cancer research. It involves developing therapies that use a…

Deeper than obesity: A majority of people is now overfat

Researchers put forth the notion of overfat, a condition of having sufficient excess body fat to…

How to 3-D print your own sonic tractor beam

After demonstrating the first acoustically driven tractor beam platform, researchers develop a simpler, cheaper version using…

Economics made simple with physics models

Both physical and economic phenomena may possess universal features that could be uncovered using the tools…

Tiny laser created using nanoparticles

Researchers have developed a plasmonic nanolaser that operates at visible light frequencies and uses so-called dark…

Inflammation halts fat-burning

Scientists have shown in mice that excess pounds can simply be melted away by converting unwanted…