Italy fines Facebook over Cambridge Analytica case

Italy’s data protection watchdog slammed Facebook Friday with a fine of one million euros ($1.1 million)…

Red tide still killing dolphins off the coast of Florida

It’s been six months since Florida was officially red tide free, but the effects of the…

Germany swelters in record June temperatures

Germany experienced temperatures more than four degrees higher in June than the average during an international…

Facebook's digital currency may flourish in the analog world

Europeans and Americans have their Visa and Mastercards. For everyone else, here comes … Libra? …

Researchers decipher the history of supermassive black holes in the early universe

Astrophysicists at Western University have found evidence for the direct formation of black holes that do…

Synthetic bacterial memory circuits enable microbial diagnostics for sensing biomolecules in the gut

Millions of people take capsules of probiotics with the goal of improving their digestion, but what…

Is the lean start-up method really universally applicable?

After Eric Ries’ publication of The Lean Startup in 2011, the underlying method quickly spread among…

Multifaceted design optimization for superomniphobic surfaces

In materials science, surfaces that strongly repel low surface tension liquids are classified ‘superoleophobic,” while high…

How we closed in on the location of a fast radio burst in a galaxy far, far away

Astronomers have spent the past dozen years hunting for fast radio bursts (FRBs) – flashes of…

New type of glass inspired by nature is more resistant to impacts

Using the iridescent mother-of-pearl often found lining seashells, researchers have engineered a new composite glass with…