International travelers experience the harmful effects of air pollution

Even a short stay for travelers in cities with high levels of air pollution leads to…

Recreation video shows how 'earliest Pictish fort' may have looked

A stunning video, based on research by the University of Aberdeen, has revealed what one of…

Four ways your name can affect your job prospects

What’s in a name? A lot, according to research. Your name can have a huge influence…

Chemists prove the mechanism of direct amination from benzene

A team of chemists from Tomsk Polytechnic University discovered a mechanism of direct electrophilic amination and…

Natural spectral lines

Certain ranges of frequency across the electromagnetic spectrum are reserved by regulators for particular applications: TV,…

Researchers trace the genetic history and diversity of wheat

A team of researchers from Université Clermont Auvergne and BreedWheat in France and the International Wheat…

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover finds a clay cache

NASA’s Curiosity rover has confirmed that the region on Mars it’s exploring, called the “clay-bearing unit,”…

Call to consider raising minimum legal length of bluefish in New South Wales

A UNSW study has found the length that tailor (bluefish) are reaching maturity has increased by…

Study points to non-Newtonian force affecting particles' flight

The quotation marks had the force of tradition—and the tradition of force—behind them. Click…

A new view of exoplanets with NASA's upcoming Webb Telescope

While we now know of thousands of exoplanets—planets around other stars—the vast majority of our knowledge…