E-cigarettes may be on the rise, with 21% of UK consumers aged between 18 and 24 occasionally or... more

Women who have heart attacks experience the same key symptoms as men, quashing one of the reasons given for women receiving unequal care. more

In a first-ever randomized trial, patients at a short-term inpatient program began long-term outpatient treatment with buprenorphine before discharge, with better outcomes than detox... more

Writing a technical paper about the deepest secrets of the universe isn't an easy task at all. That is why... more

The vast majority of earthquakes we feel come soon after smaller ones, according to new research that offers new insights into how seismology works. more

At the start of each term in Brian Soebbing's class on financial management in sports, he asks students how many would always bet on... more

Two weeks after Louisiana patients started receiving medical marijuana, pharmacies haven't reported any supply chain problems and the program appears to be going smoothly more

On an August morning in Paris, when most of the city is in an advanced state of summer torpor, hundreds of young men and women are sweating it... more

“Risk-aware” traffic engineering could help service providers such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Google better utilize network infrastructure. more

Heterogeneous integration of nanomaterials has enabled advanced electronics and photonics applications. However, similar progress has been challenging for thermal applications, in part due to shorter wavelengths of heat carriers (phonons) compared to... more

Close to $200 million in legal claims from dozens of families separated at the border may be just the start of litigation more

Is the way we bark out orders to digital assistants like Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant making us less polite? Prompted by growing concerns, two information systems researchers decided to find out. more

Researchers have used machine learning to start making links between seemingly instinctive, random behaviors and genetic factors. more

Want to make a super strong material from nano-scale building blocks? Start with the highest quality building blocks, right? more

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New research on the importance of non-cognitive skills -- such as conscientiousness, self-esteem and feeling in control of one's life... more

New research on the importance of non-cognitive skills—such as conscientiousness, self-esteem and feeling in control of one's life—for graduates' earnings... more

New research details how two highly lethal viruses have greater pathogenic potential when their proteins are combined. more

Pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars observed to have pulses of radiation at very regular intervals that typically range from milliseconds to seconds. If... more

If parts of the neutron star interior start to move outwards, the star spins faster. This is called a “glitch,”... more

Plastic microbeads were banned from shower gels and toothpaste in the UK last year, but could still be hiding in your suncream or lipstick. Now start-up company Naturbeads, based at... more

Modern light microscopic techniques provide extremely detailed insights into organs, but the terabytes of data they produce are usually nearly impossible to process. New software is helping researchers make sense of these reams of data. more

Parents: It's time to start strategizing how you'll get your kids to eat a healthy breakfast on a busy school morning more

Astronomers are planning to hunt for cores of exoplanets around white dwarf stars by 'tuning in'... more

A duo of researchers at Purdue University has modified a popular theorem — called Bell’s inequality... more