How rain can move mountains
Research News Study reveals how even the mightiest of mountain ranges bends to raindrops October 26, 2020 Scientists have long thought that rainfall has a dramatic effect on the evolution…
Declines in shellfish species on rocky seashores match climate-driven changes
Research News Two decades of data document a dwindling of mussels, barnacles and snails October 26, 2020 The waters of the Gulf of Maine are warming faster than oceans almost…
All-terrain microrobot flips through a live colon
Research News Robot as tiny as a few human hairs can travel throughout a colon October 23, 2020 A rectangular robot as tiny as a few human hairs can travel…
Dueling proteins give shape to plants
Research News Research reveals antagonistic relationship behind flower development October 22, 2020 In an elegant choreography, plants take cues from their environment and channel them into forms: flowers, roots and…
Scientists show jet lag impairs immune response in mice
Research News Chronic jet lag creates favorable cancer conditions in experimental models October 22, 2020 Imagine you’ve just arrived in Paris. Your body thinks it should be midnight — a…
Scientists shed new light on role of viruses in coral bleaching
Research News Lead to breakdown of relationship between corals and the algae they rely on for energy October 21, 2020 Scientists at Oregon State University have shown that viral infection…
Physicists observe room-temperature superconductivity
Research News Breakthrough in long sought-after quest for “holy grail” of energy efficiency October 21, 2020 Researchers at the University of Rochester and the University of Las Vegas, Nevada, have…
Seagrasses restored to Virginia bays are flourishing
Research News Scientists see ecosystem-wide results of globe’s largest seagrass restoration October 20, 2020 In the late 1920s, a pathogen began killing seagrasses in Virginia’s seaside bays. A 1933 hurricane…