The Price of Taking a Stance: How Corporate Sociopolitical Activism Impacts Bottom Line
Businesses should look to the values of their stakeholders to predict the effects of taking a public stance on a divisive issue, says new research…
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New Research: Trees Absorb Less Carbon Dioxide As the World’s Temperature Rises
Warming Will Reduce Trees’ Ability to Slow Climate Change New research suggests that the most abundant trees in North America absorb less carbon dioxide as…
Decoding the Skies: The Impact of Water Vapor on Afternoon Rainfall
The role of incoming water vapor on rainfall has been a complex area of study, but new research shows water vapor is a vital piece…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Produces Detailed Mosaic of Nightingale Landing Site on Asteroid Bennu
This view of sample site Nightingale on asteroid Bennu is a mosaic of images collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on March 3, 2020. A total…
NASA One Step Closer to Touching Asteroid Bennu and Collecting a Sample to Return to Earth
After the successful completion of its “Checkpoint” rehearsal, NASA’s first asteroid-sampling spacecraft is one step closer to touching down on asteroid Bennu. On April 14,…
Quantum Entanglement Offers Unprecedented Precision for GPS, Wi-Fi and More
University of Arizona researchers are using quantum entanglement to detect radio frequencies with more sensitivity and accuracy than ever. Your phone’s GPS, the Wi-Fi in…
A Planet Beyond Our Solar System Mysteriously Vanished – Here’s What Astronomers Say Now
What was thought to be an exoplanet in a nearby star system likely never existed in the first place, according to astronomers from the University…
NASA’s Asteroid Sampling Spacecraft to Pursue Its First Practice Run
In August, a robotic spacecraft will make NASA’s first-ever attempt to descend to the surface of an asteroid, collect a sample, and ultimately bring it…
The Life and Death of One of America’s Most Mysterious Trees
A symbol of life, an ancient sundial or just firewood? Tree-ring scientists trace the origin of a tree log unearthed almost a century ago. A…
Ancient Tree Rings Could Pin Down Date of Massive Thera Volcano Eruption
Research led by the University of Arizona Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research has anchored a long sequence of tree rings, providing context for the civilizations that…
Using Martian Meteorites to Reconstruct Mars’ Chaotic History
University of Arizona researchers probed Martian meteorites to reconstruct Mars’ chaotic history. Their findings suggest that Mars might not have had a global magma ocean….
Fascinating Research Solves Mystery of Tuvan Throat Singing [Audio/Video]
In Tuvan throat singing, dual tones are produced simultaneously. The unique style of singing originated in central Asia, where Tuvans have been practicing for generations….
“Bullseye TAG” – How NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Will Navigate to Touchdown on Asteroid Bennu
This summer, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will undertake NASA’s first-ever attempt to touch the surface of an asteroid, collect a sample of it, and safely back…
OSIRIS-REx Swoops Over Sample Site Nightingale on Asteroid Bennu
NASA’s first asteroid-sampling spacecraft just got its best look yet at asteroid Bennu. Yesterday, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft executed…
Unexpected Glimpse of Newly Discovered Black Hole Caught by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx
University students and researchers working on a NASA mission orbiting a near-Earth asteroid have made an unexpected detection of a phenomenon 30 thousand light-years away….
Study of Recent Extinctions Estimates That 1/3 of Plant & Animal Species Could Be Gone in 50 Years
University of Arizona researchers studied recent extinctions from climate change to estimate the loss of plant and animal species by 2070. Accurately predicting biodiversity loss…
Researchers Unearth a ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ – Synthetic Chemicals in Soils
Synthetic chemicals that were released into the environment for the first time 80 years ago have been linked to harmful health effects, and more of…
Study Traces Evolution of Acoustic Communication Back to 350 Million Years Ago
A study tracing acoustic communication across the tree of life of land-living vertebrates reveals that the ability to vocalize goes back hundreds of millions of…