Why words make language

From hieroglyphics to emojis, and grunts to gestures, humans have always used multiple modes to communicate,…

New spin directions in pyrite an encouraging sign for future spintronics

A Monash University study revealing new spin textures in pyrite could unlock these materials’ potential in…

First study to combine 3-D climate modeling with chemistry refines which exoplanets are potentially habitable

In order to search for life in outer space, astronomers first need to know where to…

Trauma and kids: The role of the early childhood teacher

As catastrophic bushfires continue to rage across New South Wales and Queensland, thousands of people are…

Rivers are changing all the time, and it affects their capacity to contain floods

The rainfall that has inundated the North of England is the latest in a long line…

Sound-redirecting prototype could fool eavesdroppers

Tuning the instruments that produce some of our most indelible sound waves—guitars, pianos, vocal chords—has become…

University of Missouri loses suit over records of dogs and cats used in research

A Boone County, Mo., judge has ruled that University of Missouri violated the state’s open records…

Evidence found of gene markers that may help people survive at high altitudes

A team of researchers with members from several institutions in the U.S., one from Peru and…

Satellite data shows loss of snow cover, not soot to blame for rapid temperature rise in the Arctic

A team of researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the University of Washington and the University…

Antibiotics: New substances break bacterial resistance

Researchers at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have developed a promising new class of active…