Mahogany tree family dates back to last hurrah of the dinosaurs

You might own something made from mahogany like furniture, paneling or a musical instrument. …

COVID-19 drives CFO optimism down to Great Recession levels

The new coronavirus drove CFO business optimism to a low point last seen during the Great…

Temporary urban solutions help us deal with crisis—and can lead to radical shifts in city space

The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in new thinking about how cities are best organised to meet…

Novel tin 'bubbles' spur advances in the development of integrated chips

The use of extreme ultraviolet light sources in making advanced integrated chips has been considered, but…

Unusually clear skies drove record loss of Greenland ice in 2019

Last year was one of the worst years on record for the Greenland ice sheet, which…

Computational origami: A universal method to wrap 3-D curved surfaces with nonstretchable materials

The counterintuitive question on how to wrap a curved spherical surface using conventionally stiff and non-stretchable…

Additions to resource industry underwater robots can boost ocean discoveries

Underwater robots are regularly used by the oil and gas industry to inspect and maintain offshore…

OsFIT and OsIRO2 interact to regulate iron homeostasis in rice

Iron (Fe) is necessary for plant growth and development because it is involved in many physiological…

Using DNA-like punch cards to store data

A team of researchers at the University of Illinois and the University of Texas has developed…

The Wolfram Physics Project hopes to find fundamental theory of physics

Physicist and entrepreneur Stephen Wolfram has unveiled “The Wolfram Physics Project,” which he subtitles “A Project…