Ash dieback is less severe in isolated ash trees

New research published in the British Ecological Society’s Journal of Ecology finds that ash dieback is…

NASA observes rainfall from tornado-spawning storms in the southern US

For two days in mid-April, severe storms raced through the southern U.S. and NASA created an…

Scientists offer perspectives on cavitation science

A type of damage in soft materials and tissue called cavitation is one of the least-studied…

New boron material of high hardness created by plasma chemical vapor deposition

Yogesh Vohra, Ph.D., uses microwave-plasma chemical vapor deposition to create thin crystal films of never-before-seen materials.…

Staff at Berkeley Lab's X-Ray facility mobilize to support COVID-19-related research

X-rays allow researchers to map out the 3-D structure of proteins relevant to diseases at the…

Earth-size, habitable-zone planet found hidden in early NASA Kepler data

A team of transatlantic scientists, using reanalyzed data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, has discovered an…

Questionnaire survey identifies potential separation-related problems in cats

The first questionnaire survey to identify possible separation-related problems in cats found 13.5 percent of all…

Economists find carbon footprint grows with parenthood

Increased time constraints and the need for convenience in raising children appear to offset parents’ concerns…

Researchers use snake venom to solve structure of muscle protein

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have uncovered the detailed shape of a key protein involved…

Human handling stresses young monarch butterflies

People handle monarch butterflies. A lot. Every year thousands of monarch butterflies are caught, tagged and…