New science on cracking leads to self-healing materials

Cracks in the desert floor appear random to the untrained eye, even beautifully so, but the…

For sea creatures, baseline shows disease as sentinel of change

The health of Earth’s oceans is rapidly worsening, and newly published Cornell-led research has examined changes…

Children associate white, but not black, men with 'brilliant' stereotype, new study finds

The stereotype that associates being “brilliant” with White men more than White women is shared by…

Capturing elephants from the wild hinders their reproduction for over a decade

Capturing elephants to keep in captivity not only hinders their reproduction immediately, but also has a…

Back from the dead: Some corals regrow after 'fatal' warming

For the first time ever, scientists have found corals that were thought to have been killed…

Nanoparticles may have bigger impact on the environment than previously thought

Over the last two decades, nanotechnology has improved many of the products we use every day…

Physics vs. asthma

A research team from the MIPT Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases has…

Warm ocean water attacking edges of Antarctica's ice shelves

Upside-down “rivers” of warm ocean water are eroding the fractured edges of thick, floating Antarctic ice…

Research topic contributes to persistent gap in NIH research grants to black scientists

Research topic preference accounts for more than 20% of a persistent funding gap for black scientists…

Study finds prehistoric humans ate bone marrow like canned soup 400,000 years ago

Tel Aviv University researchers, in collaboration with scholars from Spain, have uncovered evidence of the storage…