Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift鈥攄riven not by genes, but by culture.
It is often seen as the scourge of modern society, littering our highways, byways and beaches. But now a new study argues that modern plastics are also a valuable archive documenting activities and behaviors at a crucial ...
Scientists have discovered what's thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia dating back up to 12,000 years.
Scientists have identified the origins of the blue color in one of Jackson Pollock's paintings with a little help from chemistry, confirming for the first time that the abstract expressionist used a vibrant, synthetic pigment ...
Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles have long been hailed as the future of clean mobility: cars that emit nothing but water while delivering high efficiency and power density. Yet a stubborn obstacle remains. The heart of the fuel ...
It's not easy eating green. Most plants are heavily defended with chemicals to deter plant eaters. For these herbivores, getting enough to eat, while minimizing exposure to toxins, is a persistent challenge that shapes their ...
Scientists from the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) have discovered how nanoplastics鈥攅ven smaller than microplastics鈥攄isrupt energy metabolism in brain cells. Their findings may have implications for better ...
Cornell Engineering researchers have demonstrated that, by zapping a synthetic thin film with ultrafast pulses of low-frequency infrared light, they can cause its lattice to atomically expand and contract billions of times ...
By combining AI with molecular dynamics simulations, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new tool to more accurately predict how plants and helpful microbes communicate ...
Access to school is considered to be better for children who live in urban areas than in rural areas in countries such as Kenya. But research shows that this access doesn't translate into children doing better at school if ...
