Quasiparticles that behave like massless fermions, known as Weyl fermions, have been in recent years at the center of a string of exciting findings in condensed matter physics. Physicists now report e..

A new program automatically detects regions of interest within images, alleviating a serious bottleneck in processing photos for wildlife research.

Researchers have clarified the development of the ability to attend to a speaker in a noisy environment — a phenomenon known as the 'cocktail party effect.' Published in JNeurosci, the stud..

A part of the brain that maps letters to sounds can acquire a second, visually distinct alphabet for the same language, according to a study of English speakers. The research challenges theoretical co..

Researchers have developed a mapping tool that identifies sites for re-establishing oyster reefs that maximize their ecological benefits — such as water filtration. This Geographic Information System..

New research finds that aquaculture, or fish farming, does not help conserve wild fisheries.

Hypertension affects over 60 million adults in the United States and less than half have their condition under control. A new study found that grocery store-based nutrition counseling was effective in..

While disease surveillance has shifted toward greater use of electronically transmitted information to decrease the reporting burden on physicians, the challenge of getting the right information to pu..

The noble false widow spider, Steatoda nobilis, native to Madeira and the Canary Islands, has been introduced accidentally to countries around the globe, causing considerable concerns. Thus, a team of..

To what extent is our personality an adaptation to our appearance or even our physique? A team of scientists has investigated this question. Their results: it depends – on our gender and on which beha..