How to blackmail your family

Raising kids can be tough, and sometimes you need all the help you can get. Biologists…

Study challenges ecology's 'Field of Dreams' hypothesis

If you build it, they might not come. That’s the key finding of a new study…

Researchers create novel photonic chip

Researchers at the George Washington University and University of California, Los Angeles, have developed and demonstrated…

Researchers discover an immense hydrocarbon cycle in the world's ocean

Hydrocarbons and petroleum are almost synonymous in environmental science. After all, oil reserves account for nearly…

Novel photocatalyst effectively turns carbon dioxide into methane fuel with light

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the major greenhouse gases causing global warming. If carbon dioxide…

Biosensors require robust antifouling protection

Some promising biosensors and medical devices work well within pristine laboratory environments. However, they tend to…

Why food sticks to nonstick frying pans

Despite the use of nonstick frying pans, foods will sometimes get stuck to a heated surface,…

Inspiring leadership, resilience and new challenges: The keys to efficient work teams

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended many parts of daily life, one of them being our work…

Study aims to break the chains of incarceration in African American males

Over the last three decades, the United States prison population has exploded from 300,000 to more…

Significant cancer rates in California sea lions have major human health implications

Scientists at The Marine Mammal Center—the world’s largest marine mammal hospital—have found that viral-caused cancer in…