Air pollution under clear skies reduces sunlight reaching the Earth's surface

Scientists have found that air pollution absorbs and disperses sunlight and thereby reduces the amount that…

Scientist identifies cone snail's strike as one of the quickest in the animal kingdom

With the use of ultra-high-speed videography, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Associate Professor Emanuel Azizi and colleagues…

Research team aims to reduce cost of drug development using 3-D-printed living tissues

Thomas E. Angelini, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at the…

Illinois engineer continues to make waves in water desalination

For the past several years, University of Illinois researcher Kyle Smith has proven his growing expertise…

How children who dread PE lessons at school can be given a sporting chance

For some school children, PE is the best lesson of the week—a chance to leave the…

Defrosting surfaces in seconds

In the future, a delayed flight due to ice will be no cause for a meltdown. …

Glauconite can become an eco-friendly alternative to potassium fertilizers

Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University are studying the mineral glauconite as an eco-friendly and effective alternative…

Using bacteria from hot springs, biochemist studies RNA splicing in humans

About 70 percent of the human genome doesn’t code for anything. When it’s transcribed to RNA—the…

1.3 billion tons of food being wasted each year. Can we stop it?

Across the planet, more than a billion tons of essential, nutritious, life-sustaining food goes to waste…

Exoplanets can't hide their secrets from innovative new instrument

In an unprecedented feat, an American research team discovered hidden secrets of an elusive exoplanet using…