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Networks describe relations between objects. They show how objects relate to one another and which ones are mutually influential. In this context, how does space impact structure? Geoinformatics scientist Dr. Franz-Benja...

NASA is preparing to launch a cutting-edge, laser-armed satellite that will spend three years studying Earth's changing ice sheets.

If cleanliness is next to godliness, then this is one divine droplet.

AI is one of the biggest buzzwords in tech (and in general) these days, and there's no question AI gets a lot of hype, both for better and for worse. But the latest round of machine learning--which trains algorithms on h...

(Vanderbilt University) Running computers on virtually invisible beams of light would make them faster, lighter and more energy efficient. A Vanderbilt team found the answer in a familiar formula.

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) Researchers bioprint complex tubular tissues to replace dysfunctional vessels and ducts in the body.

Spiros Michalakis, manager of outreach and staff researcher at Caltech's Institute for Quantum Information and Matter (IQIM), and Matthew Hastings, a researcher at Microsoft, have solved one of the world's most challengi...

Researchers report administering an autobiographical memory test to those with genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's may determine who will develop the disease. The study found those with the APOE e4 mutation describe aut...

According to researchers, people with higher levels of peace of mind have more positive dream emotions. By contrast, those who feel anxious report more negative dreams.

The team of Li Chengfeng, Zhou Zongquan and others from the CAS Key Lab of Quantum Information developed a multi-degree-of-freedom (DOF) multiplexed solid-state quantum memory, and demonstrated photon pulse operation fun...

Hopes of colonizing Mars rest on the premise that we could terraform the red planet, making it habitable for humans with a breathable atmosphere and clement temperatures. However, a recent study cast doubt on the idea, c...

When wood is stripped down to its grain and infused with gel, it becomes a strong yet flexible material that could be used in muscle implants and prosthetics

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new approach to 3-D x-ray imaging that can visualize bulky materials in great detail--an impossible task with convention...

Waves as high as 25 feet (7.6 meters) could smash into the Hawaiian coastline today (Aug. 24) as Hurricane Lane approaches.

Facebook will notify 4 million users of potential data misuse because of the myPersonality project. A New Scientist investigation revealed the scandal earlier this year

For decades, researchers have been exploring ways to replicate on Earth the physical process of fusion that occurs naturally in the sun and other stars. Confined by its own strong gravitational field, the sun's burning p...

In some physical systems, even elements quite distant from one another are able to synchronize their actions. At a first glance, the phenomenon appears mysterious. Using a network of simple electronic oscillators interco...

Within the past couple of days, some media outlets have reported that a "potentially dangerous" asteroid will come "dangerously close" to Earth on Tuesday (Aug. 28) -- but unfortunately for sensationalists, this is not t...

Scientists can spend a long time in heated debates over tiny details - for example, how and whether atoms in a crystal move when heated, thereby altering the symmetry. Using computer simulations for the mineral lead tell...

Drinking alcohol in moderation is more harmful than previously thought, according to a new study that concludes there's no "safe" level of alcohol consumption.

Ancient skeletons from a cave in Israel show genetic links to people from what is now Turkey and Iran.

Light has momentum, and scientists can hear it.