Western US wildfire smoke plumes are getting taller

In recent years the plumes of smoke crawling upward from Western wildfires have trended taller, with…

A key role for quantum entanglement

A method known as quantum key distribution has long held the promise of communication security unattainable…

Quantum cryptography: Hacking is futile

An international team has successfully implemented an advanced form of quantum cryptography for the first time.…

Our social interactions begin at a young age

Children demonstrate early in life social skills and a strong desire to interact with their peers.…

Sports help kids develop important trait linked to adult success

Here’s another good reason for kids to participate in organized sports: They can develop the ‘grit’…

Early hunting, farming homogenized mammal communities of North America

Whether by the spear or the plow, humans have been homogenizing the mammal communities of North…

'No pain, no gain' approach improves walking ability with peripheral artery disease

People with peripheral artery disease, or PAD, who walked for exercise at a pace that induced…

New model developed to predict landslides along wildfire burn scars

Researchers have augmented a physics-based numerical model to investigate and predict areas susceptible to debris flows.…

Russia says it will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024

The head of the Russian space agency has said his country will end its participation in…

Specific brain responses to traumatic stress linked to PTSD risk

Results from the largest prospective study of its kind indicate that in the initial days and…