Improving city parks may be one path to help make residents more active
Researchers found that small improvements to a city's ParkScore -- an evaluation of a city's park system -- could lead to more physical exercise...
Transmission of antibiotic resistant E. coli mapped in wild giraffe social networks
A team has shown that antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli bacteria in wild giraffes most likely come from anthropogenic sources, such as local cattle herds and...
A two-atom quantum duet
Researchers have achieved a major breakthrough in shielding the quantum properties of single atoms on a surface. The scientists used the magnetism of single...
Tiny structures’ construction, drip by drip
Researchers explore methods of using carefully controlled droplets as a way to make soft, biomimetic structures. The trick comes in controlling the droplets, which...
Graphene on the way to superconductivity
Scientists have found evidence that double layers of graphene have a property that may let them conduct current completely without resistance. They probed the...
Baby ‘boom’ and ‘bust’: Nations’ rates of childbirth vary significantly
Ninety-one nations are not producing enough children to maintain their current populations, while the opposite is true in 104 countries where high birth rates...
Watch a 3D-engineered human heart tissue beat
Researchers have developed a way to grow human heart tissue that can serve as a model for the upper chambers of the heart, known...
Creating better devices: The etch stops here
Researchers have discovered a new, more precise method to create nanoscale-size electromechanical devices.
Patients with untreated hearing loss incur higher health care costs over time
Older adults with untreated hearing loss incur substantially higher total health care costs compared to those who don't have hearing loss -- an average...
Brain signature of depressed mood unveiled in new study
New research has identified a common pattern of brain activity that may be behind low mood feelings, particularly in people who have a tendency...
