Stretchable, degradable semiconductors

To seamlessly integrate electronics with the natural world, materials are needed that are both stretchable and…

Artificial bees from a pressure cooker?

What if we could create artificial bees that helped us with food production? Ola Gjønnes Grendal…

Why open offices hurt collaboration and what can be done about it

Last year, Ethan Bernstein’s research hit a deep cultural nerve. Click here for original…

Study tracks DACA's benefits, limitations for undocumented immigrants

Undocumented young immigrants covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy have seen a…

Techniques for observing concrete as it sets could facilitate the development of new cements

A key part of drilling and tapping new oil wells is the use of specialized cements…

Climate change expected to shift location of East Asian Monsoons

More than a billion people in Asia depend on seasonal monsoons for their water needs. The…

Image: Aircraft nose dome assessed in ESA Hertz chamber

ESA test facilities can test more than just space hardware: here, the 2.0m-diameter nose of an…

Antidepressants polluting the water can change fish behavior

The Monash scientists who found that pharmaceutical pollutants in waterways altered reproductive behavior, anxiety levels, activity…

Modern apes smarter than pre-humans

New research from the University of Adelaide suggests living great apes are smarter than our pre-human…

Light at the end of the nanotunnel for future catalysts

Using a new type of nanoreactor, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have mapped catalytic…