Physicists pin down the pay off between speed and entropy

“You have to work harder to get the job done faster,” explains Gianmaria Falasco, a researcher…

Climate change and the challenge of community relocation

Climate change will profoundly affect how people move and where people live. Coastal communities, home to…

Mineral dust ingested with food leaves characteristic wear on herbivore teeth

Mineral dust ingested with food causes distinct signs of wear on the teeth of plant-eating vertebrates,…

Plant living with only one leaf reveals fundamental genetics of plant growth

Clinging to the walls of tropical caves is a type of plant with a single leaf…

Supercomputer helps scientists find new features, mechanisms in tornadoes

At their most extreme, supercell thunderstorms—those with persistent rotating updrafts—can spawn tornadoes, causing widespread devastation. …

New imaging technique helps resolve nanodomains, chemical composition in cell membranes

For those not involved in chemistry or biology, picturing a cell likely brings to mind several…

50 new planets confirmed in machine learning first

Fifty potential planets have been confirmed by a new machine learning algorithm developed by University of…

Galactic bar paradox resolved in cosmic dance

New light has been shed on a mysterious and long-standing conundrum at the very heart of…

A colorful detector

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have developed a new kind of color-shifting crystalline material that…

Researchers develop new system to conduct accurate telomere profiling in less than 3 hours

The plastic tips attached to the ends of shoelaces keep them from fraying. Telomeres are repetitive…