As Great Lakes water levels rise to record heights, remotely monitoring currents and waves grows in…
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Sex, lice and videotape
A few years ago, Scott Villa of Emory University had a problem. Then a graduate student…
Large boulders help shape huge canyons, researchers find
Anyone who enjoys whitewater rafting in places like the Colorado River owes a debt of gratitude…
Changes in pressure, more so than temperature, strongly influence how quickly liquids turn to gas
It’s a process so fundamental to everyday life—in everything from your morning coffeemaker to the huge…
New tool can pinpoint origins of the gut's bacteria
A UCLA-led research team has developed a faster and more accurate way to determine where the…
Why people will beat machines in recognizing speech for a long time
Imagine a world in which Siri always understands you, Google Translate works perfectly, and the two…
Bioinspired Materials—Graphene-enabled nickel composites
Bioinspired engineering strategies rely on achieving the combined biological properties of strength and toughness inherent in…
Shape memory alloy technology leads to energy-efficient CubeSat
A team of University of North Texas College of Engineering seniors have created an energy efficient…
Researchers determine ideal areas and timing for biological control of invasive stink bug
Biological control of the brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive pest that devastates gardens and crops,…
Tiny light box opens new doors into the nanoworld
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have discovered a completely new way of capturing, amplifying…