Sniffing out error in detection dog data

New research finds three alternative answers beyond errors in handler or dog training that can explain…

Viruses under the microscope

Human herpesviruses such as HHV-6 can remain dormant in cells for many years without being noticed.…

BPA exposure in US-approved levels may alter insulin response in non-diabetic adults

In a first study of its kind study, researchers have found that a common chemical consumers…

Social class determines how the unemployed talk about food insecurity

'Cherry Blossom,' a 39-year-old woman worked as a hotel breakfast bar hostess around the start of…

Aerial survey reveals great diversity and abundance in NE Canyons Marine National Monument

Airborne marine biologists were amazed by the sheer abundance and diversity of large marine wildlife in…

The walking dead: Fossils on the move can distort patterns of mass extinctions

Using the fossil record to accurately estimate the timing and pace of past mass extinctions is…

How a tetrahedral substance can be more symmetrical than a spherical atom

Scientists have theoretically demonstrated that special tetrahedron nanostructures composed of certain metals have a higher degree…

Organic farming methods favors pollinators

Pollinating insects are endangered globally, with a particularly steep decline over the last 40 years. An…

World speed record for polymer simulations shattered by over a hundred-fold

By analogy to linear polymers, which reptate with a random walk embedded in a 3D network,…

Ecologists report sighting rare wild goat species in Afghanistan

Based on field surveys in northern Afghanistan, ecologists report that they have for the first time…