Breaking (and restoring) graphene's symmetry in a twistable electronics device

A recent study from the labs of James Hone (mechanical engineering) and Cory Dean (physics) demonstrates…

In the war on emerging crop diseases, scientists develop new 'War Room' simulations

Farmers rely on seed systems for access to high-quality, disease-free planting material at the start of…

Study establishes how some songs sound 'right' in different social contexts, all over the world

Nearly 200 years ago, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow asserted “Music is the universal language of mankind.” Today,…

Deep learning to analyze neurological problems

Getting to the doctor’s office for a check-up can be challenging for someone with a neurological…

Nature's secret recipe for making leaves

The secret recipe nature uses to make the diverse leaf shapes we see everywhere around us…

Magnesium deprivation stops pathogen growth

When pathogens invade cells, our body combats them using various methods. Researchers at the University of…

Dung beetle discovery revises biologists' understanding of how nature innovates

When studying how organisms evolve, biologists consider most traits, or features, as derived from some earlier…

Red tide grew drastically along Florida's west coast in less than a month

In a little less than three weeks, red tide bloom intensified greatly along Florida’s west coast,…

NASA found Atlantic's Sebastien was fighting wind shear

NASA’s Terra satellite captured a visible image of Tropical Storm Sebastien that showed wind shear had…

Building better bacteriophage to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Researchers are pursuing engineered bacteriophage as alternatives to antibiotics to infect and kill multi-drug resistant bacteria.…