What’s in the air? There’s more to it than we thought
Using high-powered equipment to analyze air samples, researchers were able to get a detailed look at the molecular makeup of organic aerosols, which have...
Can chocolate, tea, coffee and zinc help make you more healthy?
Ageing and a low life expectancy are caused, at least partly, by oxidative stress. Scientists have discovered that zinc can activate an organic molecule,...
Fleets of drones could aid searches for lost hikers
Researchers describe an autonomous system for a fleet of drones to collaboratively search under dense forest canopies. The drones use only onboard computation and...
How cancer-causing papillomaviruses evolved
Cancer-causing human papillomaviruses (HPVs) diverged from their most recent common ancestors approximately half a million years ago, roughly coinciding with the timing of the...
Comet tails blowing in the solar wind
Combined observations of Comet McNaught -- one of the brightest comets visible from Earth in the past 50 years -- have revealed new insights...
Online program helps prevent teen depression
A new study highlights the positive effect of a web-based depression prevention intervention, called CATCH-IT, among adolescents most at risk.
Mental health diagnoses among US children, youth continue to rise at alarming rate
The number of children and adolescents visiting the nation's emergency departments due to mental health concerns continued to rise at an alarming rate from...
One step closer to complex quantum teleportation
For future technologies such as quantum computers and quantum encryption, the experimental mastery of complex quantum systems is inevitable. Scientists have now succeeded in...
Physicists explain how large spherical viruses form
A team of physicists and a virologist explains how large virus shells are formed. Their work can also be used also to explain how...
Scientists find a ‘switch’ to increase starch accumulation in algae
New research raises prospects for large-scale production of algae-derived starch, a valuable bioresource for biofuels and other renewable materials. Such bio-based products have the...
