Measuring the sensitivity of COVID tests with new material from NIST

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have produced synthetic gene fragments from…

Video is not always effective in science communication, study suggests

Audiences shown a video about coral reefs had less willingness to pay (WTP) for conservation than…

Study reveals two major microbial groups can't breathe

A new scientific study has revealed unique life strategies of two major groups of microbes that…

Researchers use fossilized teeth to reveal dietary shifts in ancient herbivores and hominins

A new study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…

NASA gathers nighttime images of Laura becoming a Hurricane

Tropical Storm Laura strengthened to a hurricane in the morning hours of Aug. 25, and NASA…

Study shines new light on how young tree seedlings develop

The first few weeks of a tree seedling’s life can be the most precarious. …

Researchers on a path to build powerful and practical quantum computer

For the first time, researchers have designed a fully connected 32-qubit trapped-ion quantum computer register operating…

3 days of rains in Pakistan kill 90, disrupt life in Karachi

Three days of monsoon rains have killed at least 90 people and damaged at least a…

Hurricane Laura tracks toward US Gulf Coast after slamming Haiti

Storm Laura was upgraded to a destructive hurricane on Tuesday and is forecast to make landfall…

A case for botanical gardens to lead in global plant crisis

The world is experiencing a sixth global mass extinction event, and a new paper advocates that…