Wolf-Sized Prehistoric Otter Had a Surprisingly Powerful Bite
A newly published study reveals that a massive, wolf-sized otter that lived about 6 million years ago may have been a dominant predator in its…
A newly published study reveals that a massive, wolf-sized otter that lived about 6 million years ago may have been a dominant predator in its…
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig have now shown that even six-month-old babies have a sense of…
The newly described fossils were originally recovered from a commercial quarry and belonged to tiny early primates — some half the size of a mouse….
New research from engineers at MIT shows that reconstituted silk can be several times stronger than the natural fiber and made in different forms. When…
Researchers at MIT have developed a condensation-based method that could create stable nanoscale emulsions. The reluctance of oil and water to mix together and stay…
Using a new artificial-intelligence system that would pore through research papers to deduce “recipes” for producing particular materials, scientists hope to close the materials-science automation…
People differ in their willingness to take risks. An individual’s propensity for risk taking can also vary across domains. But new research conducted at the…
Engineers at the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Yale have discovered a technique for modifying self-assembled polymers that allows their structure to be…
A newly published study reveals that cities can lower urban emissions most effectively by using energy-efficient construction. What are the best ways for U.S. cities…
New research shows that babies as old as only a few months are able to identify objects as ‘spiders’ or ‘snakes’ and respond to them….
Why do dogs, unlike wolves, make eye contact with people? New research from Yale University helps fill out the evolutionary history of the deep and…
New research shows that electrical stimulation can quickly — and reversibly — increase or decrease executive function in healthy people and change their behavior. Robert…
Researchers from MIT show that a newly discovered kind of magnetic behavior holds great promise as a way of storing data — one that could…
A team of scientists reveals how graphene, a single-atom-thin layer of carbon, can be forged into three-dimensional objects by using laser light. Researchers from Finland…
A newly published study details how defects in metal oxides may be key to their performance for a variety of high-tech applications. Sometimes things that…
A team of engineers has developed a new approach to ultrafast light pulses that could be used for rapid light-based communications systems. Two-dimensional materials called…
By observing the unusual movement of electrons in graphene, scientists have uncovered a new understanding of the physics of conductive materials. Graphene is many times…
New research from MIT reveals that about 251.9 million years ago, in a region that today is known as the Siberian Traps, a huge pulse…