Team finds reliable predictor of plant species persistence, coexistence

Like many ecological scientists, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign plant biology professor James O’Dwyer has spent much…

Researchers discover a new way to develop drugs without side effects

Have you ever wondered how drugs reach their targets and achieve their function within our bodies?…

A tracking device that uses animal movements as a power source

A team of zoologists, animal behaviorists and engineers from the Natural History Museum of Denmark, University…

An electron microscopy study unravels the mysteries of actin filament polarity

Actin filaments—protein structures critical to living movement from single cells to animals—have long been known to…

Aviation turbulence strengthened as the world warmed, research shows

The skies aircraft fly through are bumpier today than four decades ago, scientists have found, after…

Employers should think twice before implementing peer recognition programs

In fast-paced and often rapidly changing work environments, employers continue to seek new and improved ways…

Study finds socially tolerant monkeys have better impulse control

Researchers have tested one of the ideas put forward to explain how humanity evolved to become…

Researchers tune thermal conductivity of materials 'on the fly' for more energy-efficient devices

A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities scientists and engineers discovered a new method…

Why earthquakes happen more frequently in Britain than Ireland

Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies have discovered that…

World warming at record 0.2 C per decade, scientists warn

Record-high greenhouse gas emissions and diminishing air pollution have caused an unparalleled acceleration in global warming,…