A team led by researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has created a super-strong yet light structural metal with extremely high specific strength and modulus, or stiffness-to-weight ratio.
Dec 29, 2015
Continuous skin-to-skin contact with their mothers during the first days of life may reduce low birth weight infant deaths by more than one-third compared to conventional care, according to a new meta-analysis by researchers from Harvard T.H.
Dec 24, 2015
Scientists from James Cook University have discovered two critically endangered species of sea snakes, previously thought to be extinct, off the coast of Western Australia.
Dec 21, 2015
Excessive alcohol consumption is a global public health issue. In the United States, binge drinking is the most common form -- so common, in fact, that the…
Dec 17, 2015
Antarctica was once a balmier place, lush with plants and lakes. Figuring out just how long the continent has been a barren, cold desert of ice can give clues…
Dec 15, 2015
The prices hospitals negotiate with health insurance companies vary enormously within and across geographic regions in the United States, according to a new study coauthored by a Yale economist.
Dec 15, 2015
Your cable cuts out in the fourth quarter of the football game. You can’t access the voice mails on your cell phone.
Dec 3, 2015
A good poker face might prevent others knowing what cards you're holding but it won't prevent them from knowing if you've gained or lost weight.
Dec 3, 2015
An international team of astrophysicists led by a Johns Hopkins University scientist has for the first time witnessed a star being swallowed by a black hole and ejecting a flare of matter moving at nearly the speed of light.
Nov 27, 2015
Scientists have developed a graphene based microphone nearly 32 times more sensitive than microphones of standard nickel-based construction.
Nov 27, 2015
A computer analysis of 20 years of data found that corporate funding influenced both the content and specific language used to encourage public skepticism of climate change.
Nov 24, 2015
If pigeons went to medical school and specialized in pathology or radiology, they’d be pretty good at distinguishing between digitized microscope slides and…
Nov 23, 2015
Indiana University researchers have discovered a hormonal mechanism in hamsters that connects short winter days with increased aggression in females, and that it differs from the mechanism that controls this same response in males.
Nov 18, 2015
A key issue with lithium ion batteries is aging. It significantly reduces their potential storage capacity.
Nov 17, 2015
