New surface treatment could improve refrigeration efficiency

Unlike water, liquid refrigerants and other fluids that have a low surface tension tend to spread…

Machine learning predicts mechanical properties of porous materials

Machine learning can be used to predict the properties of a group of materials which, according…

Monitoring Earth’s shifting land

The monitoring of land subsidence is of vital importance for low-lying countries, but also areas which…

Beresheet Impact Site Spotted

SpaceIL, a non-profit organization, attempted to land its spacecraft in this ancient volcanic field on the…

Century-scale deep-water circulation dynamics in the North Atlantic Ocean

Dr. Moriaki Yasuhara, Dr. Hisayo Okahashi, and Dr. Huai-Hsuan May Huang from School of Biological Sciences…

US seeks new tools to counter unrelenting wave of robocalls

U.S. regulators are proposing new tools to counter the unrelenting waves of robocalls received each year…

Tencent profit climbs as it emerges from gaming quagmire

Chinese internet giant Tencent said Wednesday net profit soared nearly 17 percent in the first quarter…

Combination therapy advisable for bowel disorder IBS

The more abnormalities in intestinal and brain function that IBS sufferers have, the more severe their…

For-profit dialysis provider charges private insurers 4 times more than government payers

Private insurers covering people receiving treatment for dialysis paid four times more than government insurance programs…

Unprecedented weakening of Asian summer monsoon

Rainfall from the Asian summer monsoon has been decreasing over the past 80 years, a decline…