Climate change could revive medieval megadroughts in US Southwest

About a dozen megadroughts struck the American Southwest during the 9th through the 15th centuries, but…

Amoeba builds barriers for protection against bacteria

In some respects, animals and amoebae are not that different. For instance, both are at risk…

Some Pacific salmon populations are especially at risk from climate change

Four population groups of Pacific salmon in California, Oregon, and Idaho are especially vulnerable to climate…

The road to Scandinavia's bronze age: Trade routes, metal provenance, and mixing

The geographic origins of the metals in Scandinavian mixed-metal artifacts reveal a crucial dependency on British…

Seismologists monitor ridgecrest aftershocks using novel fiber optic network

Seismologists from Caltech are using fiber optic cables to monitor and record the aftershocks from the…

Light pollution may be increasing West Nile virus spillover from wild birds

We’re in the midst of summertime mosquito bite season and cities across the country are reporting…

Ford shutters French transmission plant

A Ford plant that produced transmissions in southwestern France shut down for good on Wednesday after…

Rome tests recycling bottles for transit cash

Travelers in Rome have a new way to earn cash towards public transportation tickets: recycling plastic…

Suomi NPP satellite sees Tropical Depression Dalila fading

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided a visible image of weakening Tropical Depression Dalila in the Eastern…

Researchers use light to serve up on-demand genome folding

Every cell in your body has a copy of your genome, tightly coiled and packed into…