New algorithm provides a more detailed look at urban heat islands
Urban areas are warmer than the adjacent undeveloped land, a phenomenon known as the urban heat island effect. A new interactive map gives us...
The privacy risks of compiling mobility data
A new study finds that the growing practice of compiling massive, anonymized datasets about people's movement patterns is a double-edged sword: While it can...
Bacterial ‘sleeper cells’ evade antibiotics and weaken defence against infection
New research unravels how so-called bacterial persister cells manipulate our immune cells, potentially opening new avenues to finding ways of clearing these bacterial cells...
Study upends timeline for Iroquoian history
New research raises questions about the timing and nature of early interactions between indigenous people and Europeans in North America.
Seeing and avoiding the ‘blind spot’ in atomic force measurements
Researchers have discovered a 'blind spot' in atomic force microscopy -- a powerful tool capable of measuring the force between two atoms, imaging the...
Graphic warnings snuff out cigarettes’ appeal to kids
New research suggests graphic warning labels on cigarette ads have the same anti-smoking effect as similar warning labels on cigarette packs.
Double the stress slows down evolution
Bacteria evolve resistance to antibiotics more slowly if they also have to defend themselves against predators.
Inflammatory bowel disease linked to prostate cancer
Men with inflammatory bowel disease have four to five times higher risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer. This is the first report to...
News about a plant hormone
The plant hormone jasmonic acid also performs a function that was previously unknown. It ensures that the leaf pores close when leaves are injured....
Gender bias sways how we perceive competence in faces
Faces that are seen as competent are also perceived as more masculine, according to new research.
