Ling Li has a lesson in one of his mechanical engineering courses on how brittle materials…
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Winds of change move western smoke into the Pacific
NOAA/NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured these series of images (made into an animated GIF) showing the…
Physical deformities linked to inbreeding discovered among cougars in the Santa Monica Mountains
The discovery was heartbreaking for biologists, who consider the mountain lions of Southern California to be…
Ammonium triggers formation of lateral roots
Despite the importance of changes in root architecture to exploit local nutrient patches, mechanisms integrating external…
Galapagos guides to 'barcode' wildlife
Galapagos tourist guides are being retrained to catalog the islands’ famous biodiversity. Click here…
Lab-on-paper strip: Small, inexpensive platform for diagnosing tropical fevers
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shown how important it is to have tools that can rapidly…
Understanding electron transport in graphene nanoribbons
Graphene is a modern wonder material possessing unique properties of strength, flexibility and conductivity whilst being…
Fifteen killed, 500,000 evacuated as western US burns out of control
Crews battled sprawling wildfires up and down the US West Coast on Friday in a wave…
Pandemic spawns 'infodemic' in scientific literature
The science community has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with such a flurry of research studies…
Why clouds are the missing piece in the climate change puzzle
How much our world will warm this century depends on the actions we take in coming…