Lidar systems use pulses of infrared light to measure distance and map a 3D scene with high resolution, allowing autonomous vehicles to rapidly react to obstacles that appear in their path. But ...

A new study warns that climate change is creating serious and growing risks for millions of pilgrims performing Hajj, with extreme heat and humidity already pushing human physiological limits during ...

A team of researchers from the Universities of Tübingen, Bayreuth, and Kassel, and the Polish Academy of Sciences has developed a method for precisely controlling the movement of magnetic ...

The myriapoda group of arthropods includes the many-legged centipedes and millipedes that most people are familiar with.

Researchers at The University of Manchester's National Graphene Institute have shown that electrons in ultra-clean graphene can be steered with high precision while keeping their spin information ...

Earlier this year I gave a talk about my research at Oxford's All Souls College, and worked with a chef to design an ...

Climate change makes the southern Amazon's rain increasingly sensitive to deforestation, a new study finds. Clearing large areas of forest can trigger severe and lasting reductions in rainfall ...

Mixing tree species can lead to better growth in the forest—at least above ground. A new study published in Nature shows that ...

A University of Calgary archaeologist has found evidence that the Classic Period Maya were trading live dogs over long ...

How are ordinary people drawn into extremist circles—and what role can artificial intelligence play in that process? This ...

A new study led by Ph.D. student Idan Sheizaf, under the guidance of Prof. Ariel Chipman from The Hebrew University of ...