Rationing: A fairer way to fight climate change?

World War II-style rationing could be an effective way to reduce carbon emissions, according to new…

Geckos know their own odor

Geckos can use their tongue to differentiate their own odor from that of other members of…

Food quality matters for southern resident killer whales

Not all Chinook salmon are created equal, and this has a major impact on the energetics…

How the Mongolian gerbil may help speed recovery of a rare inner ear problem

Scientists develop testing model to enhance understanding of a condition known as ‘third window syndrome.’ …

Feedback loops make climate action even more urgent, scientists say

Researchers have identified 26 global warming accelerators known as amplifying feedback loops that the researchers say…

Space travel influences the way the brain works

Scientists have found how the human brain changes and adapts to weightlessness, after being in space…

Astrophysics: Scientists observe high-speed star formation

New observations have brought to light that stars can form through the dynamic interaction of gas…

Electronic metadevices break barriers to ultra-fast communications

EPFL researchers have come up with a new approach to electronics that involves engineering metastructures at…

Aurorae discovered on all four major moons of Jupiter

A team of astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii has discovered that aurorae…

Smooth sailing for electrons in graphene

Physicists have directly measured, for the first time at nanometer resolution, the fluid-like flow of electrons…