'Brown-bagging' crop seed affects producers as well as research advances

As producers get back into their fields for a new season, Texas A&M AgriLife Foundation Seed…

Where mathematics and a social perspective meet data

Community structure, including relationships between and within groups, is foundational to our understanding of the world…

Nano-architected material refracts light backward; an important step toward creating photonic circuits

A newly created nano-architected material exhibits a property that previously was just theoretically possible: it can…

Why Gambia should fast-track gender quotas for women

Women have historically been poorly represented in positions of power and decision-making in Gambia. Out of…

What is a bomb cyclone? An atmospheric scientist explains

A bomb cyclone is a large, intense midlatitude storm that has low pressure at its center,…

Meat and masculinity: Why some men just can't stomach plant-based food

Meat alternatives are suddenly everywhere, from burger joints to supermarket shelves to restaurant-grade food. …

Chemist identifies new way to search for extraterrestrial life

Have we been looking for extraterrestrials in all the wrong places? San Diego State University chemists…

Illuminating how solvent additives improve efficiency in polymer solar cells

All-polymer blend solar cells are expected to play an important role in the transition to clean…

Underestimated ozone production in cities: Higher HOx observed with self-developed instrument

The local ozone generation was greatly underestimated with current mechanism under high NOx conditions, according to…

Void-confinement effect of nanoreactor promotes heterogeneous catalysis

A research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of…