Scientists create virus-resistant tomato plants

Researchers of Valencia’s Polytechnic University (UPV) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) have used tools…

Scientists discover dust from Middle East cools the Red Sea

Researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have discovered dust from the…

Small precipitates make big difference in mitigating strength-ductility tradeoff

Researchers from the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, teaming up with scientists…

Supporting worker sleep is good for business

A long-haul truck driver fell asleep during his shift in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, on Jan. 13. Heading…

A company's good deeds can make consumers think its products are safer

Companies like to highlight when they do good things for society, such as making charitable donations,…

Metal-organic frameworks can separate gases despite the presence of water

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising materials for inexpensive and less energy-intensive gas separation even in the…

A new set of targets to protect the natural world

Science and scientists are converging around the knowledge that our planet, with us in the driver’s…

Scientists 'film' a quantum measurement

Measuring a quantum system causes it to change—one of the strange but fundamental aspects of quantum…

Help find the location of newly discovered black holes in the LOFAR Radio Galaxy Zoo project

Scientists are asking for the public’s help to find the origin of hundreds of thousands of…

Comparing greenhouse gas footprints of online versus traditional shopping

When consumers are trying to decide between traditional and online shopping, many factors come into play,…