Big data could yield big discoveries in archaeology, scholar says

Centuries of archaeological research on the Inca Empire has netted a veritable library of knowledge. But…

Instrument may enable mail-in testing to detect heavy metals in water

Lead, arsenic, and other heavy metals are increasingly present in water systems around the world due…

Seeing starch: Novel technique enables gentle observation of biofuel materials

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new method to…

Insulin signaling suppressed by decoys

In a discovery that may further the understanding of diabetes and human longevity, scientists at Scripps…

Shrinking sea ice is creating an ecological trap for polar bears

San Diego Zoo Global researchers studying the effects of climate change on polar bears are using…

From China to the South Pole: Joining forces to solve the neutrino mass puzzle

Among the most exciting challenges in modern physics is the identification of the neutrino mass ordering.…

Adaptation: Competition and predation may not be the driving force scientists thought

Species adapt to their local climates, but how often they adapt to their local communities remains…

A better starting point for exploring entanglement

Quantum entanglement is perhaps one of the most intriguing phenomena known to physics. It describes how…

Stimulating resonance with two very different forces

Widely studied in many different fields, ‘nonlinear’ systems can display excessively dramatic responses when the forces…

Powerful mantis shrimp pull punches in air for self-preservation

Mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis) don’t take kindly to captivity. “They have a general baseline of being…