Adults are more generous in the presence of children, new research shows

Most of us assume that we tend to be kinder towards children than we are to…

Comprehensive genetic analyses confirm four different giraffe species and seven subspecies

Visually, they are hardly distinguishable, but genetic analyses show: There are four distinct species of giraffe…

Novel tool could fast-track cell discoveries

Proteins are the workhorses of cells, responsible for almost all biological functions that make life possible. …

Researchers produce laser pulses with record-breaking intensity

Researchers have demonstrated a record-high laser pulse intensity of over 1023 W/cm2 using the petawatt laser…

Dust Storms and Valley Fever in the American West

Valley fever is a dangerous threat to human health – and cases are on the rise…

ROSES-21 Amendment 15: Space Weather Science Application Research-to-Operations-to-Research Text Length Increase and Due Date Extension

ROSES-21 Amendment 15: Space Weather Science Application Research-to-Operations-to-Research Text Length Increase and Due Date Extension …

Survey: Some bosses are using the pandemic as an excuse to push workers

A middle-aged woman in the public sector says she and her colleagues have been “underappreciated, overworked…

Random close packing or jamming of spheres in a container

Scientists at the theoretical institutes, Chinese Academy of Science and Cybermedia Center at Osaka University performed…

Changing carbohydrates into lipids for microalgae biofuels

A cross-institutional collaboration has developed a technique to repartition carbon resources from carbohydrates to lipids in…

Space weather is difficult to predict—with only an hour to prevent disasters on Earth

Recent developments at the forefront of astronomy allow us to observe that planets orbiting other stars…