Youth violence lower in countries with complete ban on corporal punishment

A study shows that in countries where there is a complete ban on all corporal punishment…

Population aging and decrease may have socioeconomic and environmental benefits

Environmental scientists argue that societies should embrace population aging and decrease. They cite multiple reports of…

Climate changes require better adaptation to drought

Europe's future climate will be characterized by more frequent heat waves and more widespread drought. Heat…

New memristor boosts accuracy and efficiency for neural networks on an atomic scale

Hardware that mimics the neural circuitry of the brain requires building blocks that can adjust how…

Age-related increase in estrogen may cause common men’s hernia

An age-related increase in estrogen may be the culprit behind inguinal hernias, a condition common among…

This RNA-based technique could make gene therapy more effective

Biological engineers have devised a way to regulate the expression of messenger RNA once it gets…

New reservoir computer marks first-ever microelectromechanical neural network application

A group of researchers reports the construction of the first reservoir computing device built with a…

Satellite tech to create more effective, ‘true’ shark sanctuaries

When they first set out to follow grey reef sharks around the Republic of the Marshall…

A bad influence: Interplay between tumor cells and immune cells

Research has yielded new insights into the environment surrounding different types of lung tumors, and described…

Automated system identifies dense tissue, a risk factor for breast cancer, in mammograms

Researchers have developed an automated model that assesses dense breast tissue in mammograms -- which is…