Ubehebe Crater in Death Valley Could Have Future Eruption
Using isotopes in rocks blown out of the Ubehebe Crater, scientists have discovered that this prehistoric volcanic explosion occurred far more recently than previously thought….
Using isotopes in rocks blown out of the Ubehebe Crater, scientists have discovered that this prehistoric volcanic explosion occurred far more recently than previously thought….
An ancient domesticated do skull was found in a Razboinichya cave in the Altai Mountains of Siberia. Using an accelerator mass spectrometry and radiocarbon dating,…
A boxwood blight, caused by an aggressive fungus disease, has started to invade the North American continent, after it had spread throughout Europe and New…
Researchers have found that group settings can alter the expression of IQ in certain people. The researchers gathered test subjects with similar baseline IQ scores…
Smithsonian ecologists are publishing new research that shows how an orchid’s survival depends on fungi and the age of the forest that it is growing…
A recent study shows how psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, affects brain activity. 30 healthy volunteers underwent MRIs while having psilocybin in their…
A research team, comprised of Sandia chemists, is researching ways to make nuclear fuel reprocessing cleaner and to reduce the volume of high-level wastes. By…
Givaudan, a Swiss flavor company, turned to MIT researchers to help them analyze their taste-test results. Since testers tend to suffer from “smell fatigue” and…
In order to search for better cures for neurological and psychiatric diseases, researchers have had to tackle the mammalian brain and its intricate complexity of…
A controversial study from 2010 was relatively refuted by a group of scientists, trying to duplicate the findings that were published in Science. Researchers have…
While it’s colloquially believed that psychedelic drugs, such as magic mushrooms, have the capacity to expand the minds of its users, researchers have actually shown…
Students tend to take far from optimal ways to assimilate information, especially when it comes to exams. Scientists Tim Novikoff, Jon Kleinbert, and Steve Strogatz…
Clutches of eggs and tiny dinosaur footprints found at a recently unearthed excavation site reveal that dinosaurs may have remained at their nesting site for…
Researchers at Kyoto University and the University of Oxford utilized DNA origami to build a motor capable of traversing a network of tracks and switches….
There is virtually no change in the way water interacts with materials including copper, gold, and silicon after they are coated with a single layer…
Graphene is the thinnest known material. In fact, according to a new study, it is so thin that it is essentially invisible to water when…
The 35 scientists from 14 countries participating in the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 339, Mediterranean Outflow, retrieved the first sediment samples from below…
MIT neuroscientists are studying the patterns of brain activity that correlate with empathy. They hope to use their findings to determine how well people respond…