Chromosomes look different than you think

Study finds opposite-gender mentorships may be more beneficial to female researchers

Small finlets on owl feathers point the way to less aircraft noise

Does air pollution increase women's risk of dementia?

Pandemic has surprising impacts on public transit demand

Physicists use computer simulation to investigate aging in living glassy systems

Oysters produce 3-D structures organised by physical processes

Study finds sexual lineage plays key role in transgenerational plasticity

Small finlets on owl feathers point the way to less aircraft noise

Catapult-like hydrogel actuator designed to deliver high contraction power

Dual brake on transport protein prevents cells from exploding

More children and youth drowning as warming temperatures create unstable lake ice

Versatile building blocks make structures with surprising mechanical properties

First US nationwide estimates of sexual minority representation in STEM fields

Leveraging collective intelligence and AI to benefit society

Mushroom cultivation produces three times its weight in waste. It's now being turned into burgers and fertiliser

Researchers describe fundamental processes behind movement of magnetic particles

Combining data helps birds and bird research

The bull Y chromosome has evolved to bully its way into gametes

Prospects for Life on Venus Fade--but Aren't Dead Yet

The 'Workspace of the future,' vizLab will unlock the secrets of the universe

Spacewalking astronauts prep for 2021 arrival of Russian lab

More Frequent, Severe Climate-Fueled Disasters Exacerbate Humanitarian Crises

Study confirms contribution of bioenergy to climate change mitigation

In the mysterious Blue Ring Nebula, scientists see the fate of binary stars

EmTech Stage: Twitter’s CTO on misinformation

Coinfection: More than the sum of its parts

A gel for dosage compensation

Gold nanoparticles turn the spotlight on drug candidates in cells

Faster detection of photocatalyst-generated oxygen has big implications for clean energy

No drinking! No fighting! The laws of early Edo Japan to keep the peace

A new understanding of ionic interactions with graphene and water

What is AI? We made this to help.

We found a huge flaw in Australia's environment laws—wetlands and woodlands will pay the price

Motorized sensors aim to improve and speed up early-stage disease diagnosis

Language study explores how boxing coaches communicate under pressure

Word choice matters in weather communications

Prehistoric shark hid its largest teeth

The end of fake news

Researchers establish proof of principle in superconductor study

Unraveling a mystery surrounding embryonic cells

Mattress flammability standard is a lifesaver, NIST report finds

Ten times more hyper-luminous galaxies observed than stars can produce

Fostering creativity in researchers: How automation can revolutionize materials research

Which particulate air pollution poses the greatest health risk?

Using materials efficiently can substantially cut greenhouse gas emissions

Cichlid fishes from African Lake Tanganyika shed light on how organismal diversity arises

A record close shave: Asteroid 2020 VT4 just skimmed by Earth

Missing in lockdown – new report reveals the vulnerable are more at risk

How the COVID-19 pandemic can reshape our streets and relationship to cars

Extreme losses in a few populations drive apparent global vertebrate decline

Lurking in genomic shadows: How giant viruses fuel the evolution of algae

Algae breathe life into 3-D engineered tissues

Gut microbiome manipulation could result from virus discovery

Nutrient-rich water is heaven for disease-spreading mosquitoes

Swedish space instrument participates in the search for life around Jupiter

New technique seamlessly converts ammonia to green hydrogen

Astronomers' success: Seven new cosmic masers

The timeless, complimentary taste of oysters and champagne—explained

Research on environmental history: 330-year-old poplar tree tells of its life

The first mechanosynthesis of a molecular crystal with a Borromean topology

Volcanic eruptions have more effect in summer

A DNA-based nanogel for targeted chemotherapy

Community helps scientists evaluate smoke forecasts

The ultimate conditions to get the most out of high-nickel batteries

Shifting loyalty: How customer behavior changes when retail rewards programs go mobile

How chemical clues from prehistoric microbes rewrote the story of one of Earth's biggest mass extinctions

Researchers apply nanoscale graphene 'magic' angle to acoustics

ExoMars parachute testing moves forward

Invasive fish discovered in Georgia creek

Scientists make insta-bling at room temperature

Study finds health trade-offs for wildlife as urbanization expands

Study shows climate change can help crab escape its parasites

Nothing 'pseudo' about them: Drilling down into the function of pseudophosphatases

Study demonstrates importance of government investment in education

An AI helps you summarize the latest in AI

Time for scientists to speak up and be heard

Solve suffering by blowing up the universe? The dubious philosophy of human extinction

High skills freelance economy surges as digital talent platforms help build new on-demand workforce

Novel cellulose finding may lead to new chemicals, biofuels

Trees and green roofs can help reduce the urban heat island effect, finds a new study

Election polls are more accurate if they ask participants how others will vote

Evidence from one of Earth's biggest underwater landslides ever sheds light on East African rifting

Super-resolution 'street view' microscopy hits the SPOT

Faster magnetic switch with lower energy consumption developed

Process modeling for more efficient pulp and paper manufacturing

Citizens are turning face recognition on unidentified police

A technique to over-dope graphene beyond the van Hove singularity

Faster detection of photocatalyst-generated oxygen has big implications for clean energy

2020 Nobel Peace ceremony won't be held in person in Oslo

Certain CBD oils no better than pure CBD at inhibiting certain cancer cell lines

Five new dwarf galaxies detected around M63

Bats have different song cultures and chatter about food, sleep, sex and other bats

Ironing out technetium contamination

Tiny tubes come in big packages

How the TB bacterium develops rapid resistance to antibiotics

Researchers identify gene that regulates how plants respond to stress

Global warming triggered the evolution of giant dinosaurs

Starved, stuffed and squandered: Consequences of decades of global nutrition transition

Like fire and ice: Why societies are increasingly fragmenting

Petrovite: Scientists discover a new mineral in Kamchatka

A more sensitive way to detect circulating tumor cells

Antibiotic resistance surveillance tools in Puerto Rican watersheds after Hurricane Maria

Mysteries of COVID Smell Loss Finally Yield Some Answers

What Does a Guilty Brain Look Like?

Otters Show How Predators Can Blunt Climate Damage

The way we train AI is fundamentally flawed

Researchers combine Zillow and census data to determine residential water needs

Geoscientists discover Ancestral Puebloans survived from ice melt in New Mexico lava tubes

Will small rockets finally lift off?

Iota, weakened but deadly, rips through Central America

Sorry, Grinch. Virus won't stop NORAD from tracking Santa

Historic deal revives plan for largest US dam demolition

Piecing together the Alaska coastline's fractured volcanic activity

Machine learning innovation to develop chemical library for drug discovery

For Billion-Dollar COVID Vaccines, Basic Government-Funded Science Laid the Groundwork

Large predatory fish thrive on WWII shipwrecks off North Carolina coast

Birds of a feather do flock together

Farms, tables and vast impacts between and beyond

Oil droplet predators chase oil droplet prey

Tackling food allergies at the source

Small differences, big impact: A Hox paradigm for studying protein evolution

How fishermen have adapted to change over the past 35+ years

Review examines sexual aggression in mammals

Could your vacuum be listening to you?

In the Amazon's 'sand forests,' birds play by different evolutionary rules

Teaching and complex tools 'evolved together'

New analysis refutes claim that dinosaurs were in decline before asteroid hit

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