Science
Scientific discoveries and research
North African-linked stone tools reached Iberia 700,000 years ago, evidence suggests
Members of the Atapuerca Research Team from the Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES), the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la...
Cell membranes may store memories after electrical stimulation
The science of memories has been pursued and studied since the days of ancient Greece and Aristotle. Today, research conducted by Dima Bolmatov, assistant profe...
Collagen analysis finds wider prey use by Neanderthals and modern humans
The Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) has taken part in a study published in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology tha...
Some cancer drugs disrupt taste by changing the cells inside taste buds, study shows
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz may have identified why many cancer patients say food suddenly tastes unpleasant during treatment. The study,...
Rose pangenome maps 55,000 genes, opening new path for breeding
Roses are among the most economically significant ornamental plants worldwide, with widespread applications in the cut flowers, garden, and cosmetics industries...
Researchers develop, validate new scale to measure use of evidence in evidence-based management
Evidence-based management is increasingly used by organizations to aid in decision-making, but research in this area is limited. In a new study, researchers dev...
Scientists take a step toward a quantum internet using New York City's fiber
As long as there's been an internet, there's been a way to hack it. Scientists have spent decades imagining a different kind of network, one where the laws of p...
Deep-rooted grass stores significantly more carbon, says new study
Soil biologist Eric Slessarev has some advice for conservationists, landscapers, and farmers with fallow fields: Go touch deep-rooted grass. Or better yet, go p...
Photonic chip generates milliwatt-level UV light, 100 times brighter than before
Researchers from the University of Twente and Harvard University have developed a new way to generate ultraviolet (UV) light on a photonic chip at power levels...
Mapping the hidden structure of the universe
The universe has a hidden structure, and a University of Virginia professor is mapping it in 3D, using 46 million galaxies and quasars and 19 million stars. Sat...
Astronomers precisely date rare brown dwarf companion, offering new test for how these objects cool
Astronomers at the University of Hawaiʻi have precisely measured the age of a nearby sun-like star and its unusual companion, known as a brown dwarf, an object...
Half of America sits in democratic limbo—and that silent middle may decide what breaks next
If you were to ask democracy scholars what they consider the greatest threat to American democracy, you might assume it is voters who support undemocratic pract...