Artificial intelligence helps banana growers protect the world's favorite fruit

Artificial intelligence-powered tools are rapidly becoming more accessible, including for people in the more remote corners…

A new timeline of Earth's cataclysmic past

Welcome to the early solar system. Just after the planets formed more than 4.5 billion years…

How do atoms vibrate in graphene nanostructures?

In order to understand advanced materials like graphene nanostructures and optimize them for devices in nano-,…

USDA tried to cast doubt on study about climate effects on nutrients in rice

U.S. Department of Agriculture officials made a behind-the-scenes effort last year to cast doubt on a…

New study shows impact of largescale tree death on carbon storage

Largescale ‘disturbances’, including fires, harvesting, windstorms and insect outbreaks, which kill large patches of forest, are…

Arctic sea-ice loss has 'minimal influence' on severe cold winter weather, research shows

The dramatic loss of Arctic sea ice through climate change has only a “minimal influence” on…

Study gauges trees' potential to slow global warming in the future

Like the eponymous character in Shel Silverstein’s classic children’s tale, trees are generous with their gifts,…

Glitch in neutron star reveals its hidden secrets

Neutron stars are not only the most dense objects in the Universe, but they rotate very…

Perception biases in social networks

The result of the 2016 US presidential election was, for many, a surprise lesson in social…

Bacteria made to mimic cells, form communities

Rice University scientists have found a way to engineer a new kind of cell differentiation in…