Study finds income affects bus ridership in bad weather

Temperature extremes and heavy rain reduce weekday bus ridership in Lane County, except in low-income neighborhoods…

Are we teaching children to be afraid of exams?

Some Australian students are reportedly shunning Year 12 exams in favour of more favourable, and less…

Preventative antibiotics after assisted childbirth almost halve maternal infection rate and reduce overall antibiotic use

Giving a single dose of preventative antibiotics to all women after childbirth involving forceps or vacuum…

NASA to get an extra $1.6 billion to put the first woman on the moon

NASA’s mission to get humans, including the first woman, to the moon again in 2024 has…

Conquering cancer's infamous KRAS mutation

Scientists have shown that a compound called PHT-7.3 shrinks KRAS-driven tumors in mice. In contrast to…

Walk inside a plant cell or glide over a coral reef: Three ways virtual reality is revolutionising teaching

You’ve probably heard how Virtual Reality (VR) is going to change everything: the way we work,…

Generating high-quality single photons for quantum computing

MIT researchers have designed a way to generate, at room temperature, more single photons for carrying…

Microplastics in freshwaters

As small as a grain of dust—but of great global significance. The word microplastics is familiar…

Laser-based technology helps doctors image full eye in 3-D

It is estimated that in 2015, 217 million people had moderate to severe vision impairment, while…

How a declining environment affects populations

Stable ecosystems occasionally experience events that cause widespread death—for example, bacteria in the human gut may…