Left eye? Right eye? American robins have preference when looking at decoy eggs

Just as humans are usually left- or right-handed, other species sometimes prefer one appendage, or eye,…

Eyes on VENUS: ORNL to deliver unique US neutron imaging capability for science discovery

The ability to directly see the atomic fabric of materials provides pivotal information in accelerating the…

Finding one's way in the rainforest

Knowing which direction to go in order to reach food or home is important for many…

Arizona city watches, worries as mountain area burns

Anxious residents packed up prized possessions Tuesday as hundreds of firefighters worked to keep a wildfire…

Official: Research satellite appears to unfurl solar sails

Mission officials say a tiny spacecraft orbiting Earth appears to have successfully unfurled its solar sails…

Restoring the American chestnut by researching its genome

At the turn of the 20th century, the American chestnut accounted for a quarter of the…

French parliament adopts copyright reform after EU law

The French parliament on Tuesday adopted a copyright reform to protect media against the use of…

Wavelength-encoded laser particles for massively multiplexed cell tagging

A new study, “Wavelength-encoded laser particles for massively multiplexed cell tagging,” by scientists in the Wellman…

Hidden world of stream biodiversity revealed through water sampling for environmental DNA

For the first time, researchers have used a novel genomics-based method to detect the simultaneous presence…

NASA analyzes new Atlantic depression's tropical rainfall

Tropical Depression 3 has formed about off the eastern coast of central Florida. NASA analyzed the…