Giant mass of warm water off the Pacific Coast could rival 'the blob'

A large and unusually warm mass of water is threatening to disturb the marine ecosystem along…

Why does so much news seem negative? Human attention may be to blame

Ever wonder why there’s so much bad news out there? Maybe it’s because people find bad…

India's Moon mission: Preparing a pitstop for Mars

India is due this weekend to become only the fourth nation after the US, Russia and…

Innovative method provides unique insights into the structure of cells and tissues

Cells are the basic building blocks of life—and, as such, they have been the object of…

Measuring changes in magnetic order to find ways to transcend conventional electronics

Researchers around the world are constantly looking for ways to enhance or transcend the capabilities of…

Earliest spread of millet agriculture outside China linked to herding livestock

5000 years before the modern rise of millet as a popular grain, this Chinese crop was…

Science puts historical claims to the test

The latest analytical techniques available to scientists can confirm the validity of historical sources in some…

New climate model for the IPCC

Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute now, for the first time, feed the results from their…

Selenium anchors could improve durability of platinum fuel cell catalysts

Platinum has long been used as a catalyst to enable the oxidation reduction reaction at the…

Major environmental challenge as microplastics are harming our drinking water

Plastics in our waste streams are breaking down into tiny particles, causing potentially catastrophic consequences for…