Geoscience data group urges all scientific disciplines to make data open and accessible

Institutions, science funders, data repositories, publishers, researchers and scientific societies from all scientific disciplines must work…

Dowsing for electric fields in liquid crystals

You may not know it, but you probably spend several hours a day looking at nematic…

The racist roots of American policing: From slave patrols to traffic stops

Outrage over racial profiling and the killing of African Americans by police officers and vigilantes in…

The war on women coaches

During the past women’s college basketball season, two prominent head coaches, University of North Carolina, Chapel…

A combination of insecticides and mites weakens honeybees

Today, scientists at the Institute of Bee Health of the University of Bern and the honeybee…

Top Russian internet firm reportedly under pressure on data

Russia’s leading internet company says it’s committed to data privacy as it responds to reports that…

Laws of physics replace trial and error in new approaches to bioprinting

3-D printers can be used to make a variety of useful objects by building up a…

Estimating the wear and tear of ice on physical structures over coming decades or even centuries

Conditions in Arctic waters are among the most extreme in the world. Strong winds and currents…

Mathematicians work out how to predict success in show business

Mathematicians from Queen Mary University of London have found a way to predict whether an actor’s…

Supercomputing dynamic earthquake rupture models

Some of the world’s most powerful earthquakes involve multiple faults, and scientists are using supercomputers to…