Technology to screen for higher-yielding crop traits is now more accessible to scientists

Like many industries, big data is driving innovations in agriculture. Scientists seek to analyze thousands of…

Study connects specific genes with defective social behavior

Animals rely on group behavior to survive, whether it’s fish swimming together to avoid predators or…

Scientists quantify how wave power drives coastal erosion

Over millions of years, Hawaiian volcanoes have formed a chain of volcanic islands stretching across the…

Coronavirus: Nitrogen dioxide emissions drop over Italy

New data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite reveal the decline of air pollution, specifically nitrogen dioxide…

Nanostructured rubber-like material with optimal properties could replace human tissue

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have created a new, rubber-like material with a unique…

Human activity affects interactions between plants and seed-dispersing birds

Research conducted in recent decades has shown how the destruction of forests brings about a decline…

ORNL neutrons add advanced polarization capability for measuring magnetic materials

Understanding magnetism at its most fundamental level is vital to developing more powerful electronics, but materials…

Study suggests LEGO bricks could survive in ocean for up to 1,300 years

A LEGO brick could survive in the ocean for as many as 1,300 years, according to…

Food systems are fodder for curbing cities' environmental impacts

Focusing on urbanization as a key driver of environmental change in the 21st century, researchers at…

Majority in national survey against separating immigrant families at US/Mexico Border

A clear majority of participants in a national survey about the zero-tolerance policy on the United…