That low-frequency fuzz that can bedevil cellphone calls has to do with how electrons move through and interact in materials ...

What is lost when a worker completes actions—such as helping a client or ensuring safety—in exchange for incentives like digital badges, placement on a leaderboard, or in-office rankings? A study by ...

Two-dimensional (2D) materials promise revolutionary advances in electronics and photonics, but many of the most interesting ...

Great things can come from failure when it comes to geology. The Midcontinent rift formed about 1.1 billion years ago and ...

For decades, scientists have tried to answer a simple question: why be honest when deception is possible? Whether it is a peacock's tail, a stag's roar, or a human's résumé, signals are means to ...

Scientists have captured a rare view of one of the ocean's least understood whales—without ever seeing it. By listening to ...

A new study challenges the idea that climate change drove early human innovation. Instead, researchers find that cultural developments arose under different environmental conditions, shaped by ...

Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered experimental evidence that particles of matter emerging from energetic ...

A study from FAU has shown that lipid nanoparticles restructure their membrane significantly after being absorbed into a cell and ending up in an acidic environment. Vaccines and other medicines are ...

Terpenes are volatile organic compounds that are responsible for, among other things, the typical scents of plants, resins or ...

Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States, ...