Building water-efficient cities

A new study shows a community’s built environment is closely related to how much water single-family…

Having an elder brother is associated with slower language development

Several studies had already demonstrated that children who have an elder sibling have poorer linguistic performance…

Similar information rates across languages, despite divergent speech rates

Spanish may seem to be spoken at a higher speed than Vietnamese, but that doesn’t make…

Unique report details dermatological progression and effective treatment of a severe jellyfish sting

A detailed case report documents the dermatological progression of a patient stung by a jellyfish off…

Innovative technique for labeling and mapping inhibitory neurons reveals diverse tuning profile

Researchers uncovered a diverse palette of inhibition within layer 2/3 of the visual cortex, suggestive of…

Using nature to produce a revolutionary optical material

An international team of researchers has reported a new way to safeguard drones, surveillance cameras and…

Winners of the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics Announced

Winners of the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics Announced …

A new duck-billed dinosaur

The dinosaur, whose nearly complete skeleton was unearthed from 72 million year old marine deposits in…

Silicon as a semiconductor: Silicon carbide would be much more efficient

In power electronics, semiconductors are based on the element silicon — but the energy efficiency of…

Report cards on women in STEM fields finds much room for improvement

Data from a four-year study of institutional ‘report cards’ suggest that although a growing number of…