Lab earthquakes show how grains at fault boundaries lead to major quakes

In a ‘seismological wind tunnel,’ engineers demonstrate the impact of rock gouge — ground-up rock along…

Unfreezing waters in ligand binding sites

Scientists have revealed the effect of temperature on water in protein-ligand interactions, providing a way to…

NASA to Inflate Heat Shield on Earth Before Spaceflight Demo

NASA to Inflate Heat Shield on Earth Before Spaceflight Demo Click here for original…

High-speed, efficient and compact electro-optic modulators for free space

Current technologies to modulate light in free space are bulky, slow, static, or inefficient. Now researchers…

Yolk-shell nanocrystals with movable gold yolk: Next generation of photocatalysts

Owing to their unique permeable, hollow shell structures with inner, movable cores, yolk-shell nanocrystals are suitable…

GAO: International Space Station: Opportunities Exist to Improve Communication with National Laboratory Users

GAO: International Space Station: Opportunities Exist to Improve Communication with National Laboratory Users Click…

New theory of decision-making seeks to explain why humans don't make optimal choices

A new theory of economic decision-making offers an explanation as to why humans, in general, make…

Pressures within supply chains paved the way to an oversupply of prescription opioids, experts say

New research shows pressure from manufacturers and suppliers of opioids, particularly national corporations, influenced how pharmacies…

Nanotechnology used to destroy and prevent relapse of solid tumor cancers

As people across the globe look forward to longer life expectancies, malignant cancers continue to pose…

Scientists find new indicators of Alaska permafrost thawing

More areas of year-round unfrozen ground have begun dotting Interior and Northwest Alaska and will continue…