A previously unknown mechanism of active matter self-organization essential for bacterial cell division follows the motto “dying to align”: Misaligned...
When a global pandemic forced previous graduate student Devon Boland, Ph.D., out of the lab and onto the computer, he...
A megadrought that occurred 4,200 years ago had catastrophic impacts, potentially wiping out early empires and leading to large-scale changes...
We know many things about our universe, but astronomers are still debating exactly how fast it is expanding. In fact,...
Applying chaos theory to the movement of iconic arctic whales uncovered a 24-hour diving cycle and a long-range (~100 km)...
Researchers at Utrecht University in the Netherlands have identified a new way in which the toxic protein aggregates associated with...
As organizations rush to implement artificial intelligence (AI), a new analysis of AI-related risks finds significant gaps in our understanding,...
Humans have long turned to nature for solutions, from deciphering the mysteries of flight to creating stronger materials. For Javier...
For the decades since their discovery, seismic signals known as PKP precursors have challenged scientists. Regions of Earth’s lower mantle...
Two University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists have discovered a new type of “whistler,” an electromagnetic wave that carries a substantial...
In the famous double-slit experiment, an interference pattern consisting of dark and bright bands emerges when a beam of light...
A fish on land still waves its fins, but the results are markedly different when that fish is in water....
