Resistant bacteria: Can raw vegetables and salad pose a health risk?

Salad is popular with people who want to maintain a balanced and healthy diet. Salad varieties…

Killer whales share personality traits with humans, chimpanzees

Killer whales display personality traits similar to those of humans and chimpanzees, such as playfulness, cheerfulness…

Feeling the pressure with universal tactile imaging

Researchers developed a universal tactile imaging technology for pressure distribution measurement using a coupled conductor pair.…

Why we shouldn’t like coffee, but we do

The more sensitive people are to the bitter taste of caffeine, the more coffee they drink,…

Electronic skin points the way north

Researchers have developed an electronic skin (e-skin) with magnetosensitive capabilities, sensitive enough to detect and digitize…

NASA learns more about interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua

The first known interstellar object to visit our solar system -- named 'Oumuamua -- was detected…

Better ways to improve the chances of survival of children with a rare immune deficiency

A new study shows that the genotype of a child with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID)…

What’s next for smart homes: An ‘Internet of Ears?’

A pair of electrical engineering and computer science professors have been experimenting with a new suite…

Auroras unlock the physics of energetic processes in space

A close study of auroras has revealed new ways of understanding the physics of explosive energy…

Climate change likely caused migration, demise of ancient Indus Valley civilization

A new study found evidence that climate change likely drove the Harappans to resettle far away…