
Scientists inch closer to fusion energy with discovery of a process that stabilizes plasmas
Scientists seeking to bring the fusion reaction that powers the sun and stars to Earth must keep the superhot plasma free from disruptions.
Jan 9, 2019

Scientists seeking to bring the fusion reaction that powers the sun and stars to Earth must keep the superhot plasma free from disruptions.
Jan 9, 2019

A new study suggests certain types of consumer behaviors, including flossing with Oral-B Glide dental floss, contribute to elevated levels in the body of toxic PFAS chemicals.
Jan 9, 2019

Bottle feeding infants is associated with left-handedness, according to a new study from the University of Washington.
Jan 8, 2019

Charcoal seems to be the latest thing—for cleansing your face and purifying your insides—and even brushing your teeth.
Jan 8, 2019

Sudden, unpredictable drops in personal income during young adulthood are associated with an increased risk of developing heart disease and/or dying from any cause, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.
Jan 7, 2019

One of four patients admitted to hospitals for evaluation of seizures don’t have epilepsy but rather have a debilitating and difficult to diagnose condition known as psychogenic non-epileptic seizures, or PNES.
Jan 7, 2019

Fade In: People wearing masks Ride their bicycles through A skyline of exhaust fumes and Dirty, blackened smoke.
Jan 4, 2019
With the spin resolution enabled by SARPES, Berkeley Lab researchers revealed magnetic properties of Bi-2212 that have gone unnoticed in previous studies.
Jan 4, 2019

In a recent study, published in Radiology, Sohn combined neuroimaging with machine learning to try to predict whether or not a patient would develop Alzheimer’s disease when they first presented with a memory impairment – the best time to intervene.
Jan 4, 2019

A Magellanic penguin mated pair mutually preening.Natasha Gownaris
Jan 3, 2019

As scientific funding becomes increasingly scarce, professors in STEM fields spend more time in their offices writing grant applications: by one estimate, as much as one-fifth of their research time.
Jan 3, 2019

By enticing away the repressors dampening unexpressed, silent genes in Streptomyces bacteria, researchers at the University of Illinois have unlocked several…
Jan 2, 2019

A new neurostimulator developed by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, can listen to and stimulate electric current in the brain at the same…
Jan 2, 2019

Beneath the dusty soil and arid earth Your tentacles branch outwards; Driven by an unseen architect To create multifaceted monoliths Of gnarly twine and knotted rope.
Dec 27, 2018