Brazil's Amazon rainforest and development at a crossroads

Night falls in Brazil’s Amazon and two logging trucks without license plates emerge from the jungle.…

To help protect research, experts agree on a definition of predatory publishing

Leading scholars and publishers from The Ottawa Hospital’s Centre for Journalology, the University of Ottawa’s Telfer…

New technology improves gravitational wave detectors by cutting quantum noise

Physicists have successfully developed a new instrument that significantly reduces quantum-level noise that has thus far…

Chemists' calculations may advance cancer prediction

When do cancer-prone cells turn into full-blown cancer? A Rice University scientist and his colleague believe…

Virus multiplication in 3-D

For viruses to multiply, they usually need the support of the cells they infect. In many…

The mathematics of prey detection in spider orb-webs

Spider webs are one of nature’s most fascinating manifestations. Many spiders extrude proteinaceous silk to weave…

Novel e-skin achieves self-powered hippocampal neural stimulation

Chinese scientists recently developed a flexible electronic skin (e-skin) capable of self-powered neural stimulation and inducing…

Deforestation, erosion exacerbate mercury spikes near Peruvian gold mining

Scientists from Duke University have developed a model that can predict the amount of mercury being…

Model simulation experiments give scientists a clearer understanding of factors that influence monsoon behavior

Monsoons can have a significant impact on human populations all around the world, bringing heavy rainfall…

Team finds bovine kobuvirus in US

A virus that afflicts cattle that was first discovered in Japan in 2003 has made its…