Frustration incorporated: How mismatched geometries can enhance material strength and toughness
Anyone who's ever tried tiling a floor, a backsplash or even an arts-and-crafts project probably knows the emotional frustration of working with pieces whose shapes don't perfectly complement each ...
From social to biological networks: New algorithm uncovers key proteins in human disease
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a machine-learning algorithm that could enhance our understanding of human biology and disease. The new method, Weighted Graph ...
New research finds fluorescence in feathers of Long-eared Owls
While there is an astounding variety of physical differences in wildlife that humans can easily observe, new research from ...
Computer simulations suggest COâ‚‚ can be stored underground indefinitely
We have to stop emitting carbon dioxide (CO2) if we want to save the climate—there is no doubt about that. But that alone ...
Predicting animal movements under global change
On our planet, at any one moment, billions of animals are on the move. From migratory birds, insects, marine mammals and ...
Study finds evidence that prehistoric rhinos lived in huge herds
Rhinos that flourished across much of North America 12 million years ago gathered in huge herds, according to a new study by the University of Cincinnati.
A simple animal's response to sickness highlights the nervous system's surprising degree of flexibility
Whether you are a person about town or a worm in a dish, life can throw all kinds of circumstances your way. What you need is ...
Life recovered rapidly at site of dino-killing asteroid. A hydrothermal system may have helped
About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the planet, wiping out all non-avian dinosaurs and about 70% of all ...
China plans to build the world's largest dam. But what of India and Bangladesh downstream?
China recently approved the construction of the world's largest hydropower dam, across the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet. When fully up and running, it will be the world's largest power plant—by some ...
Rivers are increasingly being given legal rights
A district council in England has passed a motion to grant its local river the rights to flow freely, to be free from ...
The latest update on NZ's state of the environment is sobering, but there are glimmers of progress
If left unaddressed, many environmental changes in Aotearoa New Zealand could threaten livelihoods, health, quality of life ...
What autistic people think should be prioritized in education for autistic learners
The education of autistic children and young people in western societies has been heavily influenced by a medicalized ...