Shen Ridenbaugh 
Researchers excavated a trench near the Nevis-Cardrona Fault in western Otago to determine when prehistoric earthquakes took place. Credit: University of Otago A new study reveals the likelihood of a …
The idea that comets delivered water to early Earth has fallen out of favor in the past decade, but a new look at data from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) …
The majority of children who started smoking tobacco at age 10 years or in their later teens continued to smoke until their mid-twenties. Continuous smoking from childhood significantly increased the …
Credit: Izumoto et al. The reliable control of traveling waves emerging from the coupling of oscillations and diffusion in physical, chemical and biological systems is a long-standing challenge within the …
Disease name: Angelman syndrome Affected populations: The disorder is believed to affect somewhere between 1 in 12,000 and 1 in 24,000 people, although these figures may be underestimated. Many cases …
Trillions of bacteria work in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, helping produce everything from beer and facial creams to biodiesel and fertilizer. The pharmaceutical industry, in particular, relies heavily on …
Rendering of VASIMR in flight around Mars. Credit: Ad Astra Rocket Company Propulsion technologies are the key to exploring the outer solar system, and many organizations have been working on …
Let me start with the following principle: “Energy is the only universal currency: One of its many forms must be transformed to get anything done.” Economies are just intricate systems …
Rising CO2 emissions are accelerating global warming and climate change. But what if scientists could repurpose excess CO2 into a potential energy source? Electrochemical reduction is a promising way to …
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Not just hurricanes and droughts: less extreme but more frequent weather events, such as thunderstorms, can have significant and lasting economic impacts, with effects that vary …