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New global migration estimates show rates steady since 1990, high return migration

All about Ultima: New Horizons flyby target is unlike anything explored in space

All about Ultima: New Horizons flyby target is unlike anything explored in space

Researchers develop 128Mb STT-MRAM with world's fastest write speed for embedded memory

Our universe: An expanding bubble in an extra dimension

Our universe: An expanding bubble in an extra dimension

Researchers use 'blacklist' computing concept as novel way to streamline genetic analysis

Electronics of the future: A new energy-efficient mechanism using the Rashba effect

Hybrid qubits solve key hurdle to quantum computing

Discovery of topological LC circuits transporting EM waves without backscattering

Give it the plasma treatment: Strong adhesion without adhesives

Illuminating nanoparticle growth with X-rays

Sustainable 'plastics' are on the horizon

Collecting clean water from air, inspired by desert life

New insights into pion condensation and the formation of neutron stars

Newborn insects trapped in amber show first evidence of how to crack an egg

Sound waves levitate multiple objects

Researchers monitor electron behavior during chemical reactions for the first time

3D-printed robot hand plays the piano

3D-printed robot hand plays the piano

Lean electrolyte design is a game-changer for magnesium batteries

A safe, wearable soft sensor

Twisting light to enable high-capacity data transmission

New AI computer vision system mimics how humans visualize and identify objects

Droughts boost emissions as hydropower dries up

Bees can count with just four 'nerve cells' in their brains

Bees can count with just four 'nerve cells' in their brains

NASA telescopes take a close look at the brightest comet of 2018

Baby star's fiery tantrum could create the building blocks of planets

Holiday asteroid imaged with NASA radar

The coolest experiment in the universe

NASA's InSight places first instrument on Mars

Artificial intelligence system learns to diagnose, classify intracranial hemorrhage

Baby star's fiery tantrum could create the building blocks of planets

Turbulence in exceptionally hot solar corona

Quantum tricks to unveil the secrets of topological materials

Chemists create new quasicrystal material from nanoparticle building blocks

What do we see in a mirror?

Description of rotating molecules made easy

Looking at molecules from two sides with table-top femtosecond soft-X-rays

Strong interactions produce a dance between light and sound

Chloroform emissions could delay ozone recovery by up to 8 years

Electric fish in augmented reality reveal how animals 'actively sense' world around them

New study first to predict which oil and gas wells are leaking methane

Bacteria-based drug delivery system that outperforms conventional methods

Researchers develop method to non-destructively measure the salt content of concrete structures

Magnetoresistance ratio enhancement opens door to highly sensitive magnetic field sensors

A major step closer to a viable recording material for future hard disk drives

World's smallest tic-tac-toe game board made with DNA

Novel imaging technique brings diagnostic potential into operating room

World's smallest tic-tac-toe game board made with DNA

Discovery could lead to munitions that go further, much faster

Age is more than just a number: Machine learning may predict if you're in for a healthy old age

Study on low noise, high-performance transistors may bring innovations in electronics

Scientists program proteins to pair exactly

Network orchestration: Researcher uses music to manage networks

Predicting the properties of a new class of glasses

Scientists program proteins to pair exactly

Himalayan marmot genome offers clues to life at extremely high altitudes

Beyond the black hole singularity

Mighty morphing materials take complex shapes

A lung-inspired design turns water into fuel

Translating the 'language of behavior' with artificially intelligent motion capture

Micropores let oxygen and nutrients inside biofabricated tissues

Faint starlight in Hubble images reveals distribution of dark matter

Mighty morphing materials take complex shapes

Faint starlight in Hubble images reveals distribution of dark matter

Scientists use magnetic defects to achieve electromagnetic wave breakthrough

A mountain of evidence on air pollution's harms to children

Newly discovered adolescent star seen undergoing 'growth spurt'

Newly discovered adolescent star seen undergoing 'growth spurt'

Bacterial protein could help find materials for your next smartphone

The coming of age of plasma physics

Preventing concrete bridges from falling apart

Robots with sticky feet can climb up, down, and all around

Chemical catalyst turns 'trash' into 'treasure,' making inert C-H bonds reactive

Small changes in oxygen levels have big implications for ocean life

Robots with sticky feet can climb up, down, and all around

The oldest large-sized predatory dinosaur comes from the Italian Alps

Satellite study proves global quantum communication will be possible

Planetary astronomers identify cycle of spectacular disturbances at Jupiter's equator

Better security achieved with randomly generating biological encryption keys

Holey graphene as Holy Grail alternative to silicon chips

Huge armored dinosaurs battled overheating with nasal air-conditioning

Mortality rates rising for Gens X and Y too

Why is sea level rising faster in some places along the US East Coast than others?

Sac with spiral surface patterns facilitate substance delivery

Precision experiment first to isolate, measure weak force between protons, neutrons

Researchers make liquid crystals do the twist

Sapphires and rubies in the sky

Sapphires and rubies in the sky

E-bandage generates electricity, speeds wound healing in rats

Groups of pilot whales have their own dialects

E-bandage generates electricity, speeds wound healing in rats

Team locates nearly all US solar panels in a billion images with machine learning

Some prehistoric horses were homebodies

Plastic waste disintegrates into nanoparticles

The secret life of cloud droplets

Computer hardware designed for 3D games could hold the key to replicating human brain

How does your garden grow in space?

Powder could help cut CO2 emissions

New houseplant can clean your home's air

Getting a glimpse inside the moon

Proton scattering reveals the secrets of strongly-correlated proton-neutron pairs in atomic nuclei

Getting a glimpse inside the moon

Disordered crystals are promising for future battery technology

Exposure to cannabis alters the genetic profile of sperm

Borrowing a natural recipe for sugar synthesis

Machine learning-detected signal predicts time to earthquake

Upwind wind plants can reduce flow to downwind neighbors

Chemistry: The vanished mirror image

New megalibrary approach proves useful for the rapid discovery of new materials

System monitors radiation damage to materials in real-time

Dive-bombing for love: Male hummingbirds dazzle females with a highly synchronized display

New megalibrary approach proves useful for the rapid discovery of new materials

Graphene's magic is in the defects

Greener days ahead for carbon fuels

Machine-learning research unlocking molecular cages' energy-saving potential

Assessing the promise of gallium oxide as an ultrawide bandgap semiconductor

A new model of ice friction helps scientists understand how glaciers flow

Greener days ahead for carbon fuels

Understanding dynamic stall at high speeds

Technique allows integration of single-crystal hybrid perovskites into electronics

Fossils suggest flowers originated 50 million years earlier than thought

Peering into Little Foot's 3.67 million-year-old brain

Tiny implantable device short-circuits hunger pangs, aids weight loss

Tiny implantable device short-circuits hunger pangs, aids weight loss

Space telescope detects water in a number of asteroids

Mystery of coronae around supermassive black holes deepens

Fossil from the Big Bang discovered with W. M. Keck Observatory

Space telescope detects water in a number of asteroids

Explaining differences in rates of evolution

Fossil from the Big Bang discovered with W. M. Keck Observatory

Flexible thermoelectric generator module: A silver bullet to fix waste energy issues

Toward brain-like computing: New memristor better mimics synapses

How a personality trait puts you at risk for cybercrime

Biodegradable, edible film kills pathogens on seafood

Switch-in-a-cell electrifies life

Scientists design new material to harness power of light

Hiding images and information in plain sight

Paradigm shift needed for designing tsunami-resistant bridges

A fire-breathing dragon helps fight ember attacks on thatched-roof buildings

New discovery pushes origin of feathers back by 70 million years

Old mines cast a long shadow on their surroundings

Pressure tuned magnetism paves the way for novel electronic devices

Advancing the description of 'mysterious' water to improve drug design

Adventures in phase space: Unified map on plastic and elastic glasses

Data storage using individual molecules

Satellite data exposes looting of archaelogical sites

Microtube with built-in pump

Satellite data exposes looting of archaelogical sites

Alien imposters: Planets with oxygen don't necessarily have life

Narrowing the universe in the search for life

New type of low-energy nanolaser that shines in all directions

Discovered: The most-distant solar system object ever observed

Saturn is losing its rings at 'worst-case-scenario' rate

Discovered: The most-distant solar system object ever observed

Drivers who can 'bid' for parking spaces may improve parking options around the world

Saturn is losing its rings at 'worst-case-scenario' rate

'Treasure trove' of dinosaur footprints found in southern England

Drones can detect protected nightjar nests

A damming trend

Video game players frequently exposed to graphic content may see world differently

Mathematical solver for analog computers

Jiggly Jell-O to make powerful new hydrogen fuel catalyst

How complexity science can quickly detect climate record anomalies

Scientists maximize the effectiveness of platinum in fuel cells

Scientists overhaul corn domestication story with multidisciplinary analysis

Shrinking objects to the nanoscale

Scientific basis for EPA's Endangerment Finding is stronger than ever

Shrinking objects to the nanoscale

Quantum chemical calculations on quantum computers

How complexity science can quickly detect climate record anomalies

Adhesives for biomedical applications can be detached with light

HIV vaccine protects non-human primates from infection

A young star caught forming like a planet

Machine learning to speed chemical discoveries, reduce waste

Computer chip vulnerabilities discovered

Collagen nanofibrils in mammalian tissues get stronger with exercise

Peeling off slimy biofilms like old stickers

Mars InSight lander seen in first images from space

Brainwaves suppress obvious ideas to help us think more creatively

Tangled magnetic fields power cosmic particle accelerators

Origins of Pain

Biologists turn eavesdropping viruses into bacterial assassins

Data use draining your battery? Tiny device to speed up memory while also saving power

Neanderthal genes give clues to human brain evolution

Monitoring the environment with artificial intelligence

For a longer battery life: Pushing lithium ion batteries to the next performance level

New device could help answer fundamental questions about quantum physics

High-efficiency discovery drives low-power computing

Early animals: Death near the shoreline, not life on land

Organic food worse for the climate

How particles arrange themselves into complex structures

New discovery improves use of optical tweezers

Where did the hot Neptunes go? A shrinking planet holds the answer

Where did the hot Neptunes go? A shrinking planet holds the answer

An energy-efficient way to stay warm: Sew high-tech heating patches to your clothes

An energy-efficient way to stay warm: Sew high-tech heating patches to your clothes

Ingestible capsule can be controlled wirelessly

Ingestible capsule can be controlled wirelessly

First sensor package that can ride aboard bees

First sensor package that can ride aboard bees

Large population of potential young planets found in distant planetary systems

Scientists identify new minerals for carbon capture

Large population of potential young planets found in distant planetary systems

How deep learning is bringing automatic cloud detection to new heights

Professor models system using baking soda filled capsules to capture CO2 emissions

Clue to epidemics in 'bursty' social behavior

Crashes increase when speed limits dip far below engineering recommendation

Earth's cobalt deposits formed much later than previously believed

How unconventional metals behave, with an eye on high-temperature superconductors

DNA study shows stethoscopes loaded with bacteria, including staphylococcus

Obtaining polyester from plant oil

Bose-Einstein condensates cannot currently detect gravitational waves

First-ever look at complete skeleton of Thylacoleo, Australia's extinct 'marsupial lion'

NASA's Juno mission halfway to Jupiter science

NASA's InSight takes its first selfie

Why deep oceans gave life to the first big, complex organisms

The epoch of planet formation, times twenty

The epoch of planet formation, times twenty

Low-cost catalyst boosts hydrogen production from water

New research questions the 'Glass Cliff' and corroborates the persistent 'Glass Ceiling'

Dracula ants possess fastest known animal appendage: The snap-jaw

How plants can generate electricity to power LED light bulbs

How plants can generate electricity to power LED light bulbs

The stiffest porous lightweight materials ever

Light-induced modification of a carboxylic acid with an aminocyclopropenone

New foldable drone flies through narrow holes in rescue missions

Researchers reverse engineer way pine trees produce green chemicals worth billions

Deep-learning technique reveals 'invisible' objects in the dark

Deep-learning technique reveals 'invisible' objects in the dark

New foldable drone flies through narrow holes in rescue missions

Novel technique may significantly reduce breast biopsies

Sun-soaking device turns water into superheated steam

New models sense human trust in smart machines

Taming turbulence: Seeking to make complex simulations a breeze

Switching to a home battery won't help save the world from climate change

ICESat-2 reveals profile of ice sheets, sea ice, forests

Copper compound as promising quantum computing unit

Calibrating cosmic mile markers

Shape-shifting cell breakthrough

New tool for understanding enzymes -- Google

Perovskite solar cells: cheaper production and high efficiency

Custom-made artificial mother-of-pearl

52 million tree stories more accessible to science

Chemical engineers develop new theory to build improved nanomaterials

Warming, sea-ice loss: Arctic Report Card tracks region's environmental changes

Did supernovae kill off large ocean animals at dawn of Pleistocene?

Terahertz laser for sensing and imaging outperforms its predecessors

Better biomedical devices, wearable displays may result from tiny light-guiding structures

Did supernovae kill off large ocean animals at dawn of Pleistocene?

New light-based technology reveals how cells communicate in human disease

New method gives microscope a boost in resolution

Green production of chemicals for industry

Online game trains players how to sort waste correctly

Bioenergy crops could be as bad for biodiversity as climate change

Shape-shifting origami could help antenna systems adapt on the fly

Water found on asteroid, confirming Bennu as excellent mission target

Humans may be reversing the climate clock, by 50 million years

Water found on asteroid, confirming Bennu as excellent mission target

Sprayable gel could help the body fight off cancer after surgery

Topological material switched off and on for the first time

Topological material switched off and on for the first time

Physicist creates tiny sensors to assist in cancer detection

Antenna evaluation method could help boost 5G network capacity and cut costs

Predicting leaky heart valves with 3D printing

A glimmer of hope for the world's coral reefs

Solar activity research provides insight into sun's past, future

Evidence for carbon-rich surface on Ceres

Topological matters: Toward a new kind of transistor

Tiny droplets of early universe matter created

Novel laser technology for microchip-size chemical sensors

Evidence for carbon-rich surface on Ceres

Tiny droplets of early universe matter created

Solar activity research provides insight into sun's past, future

Life in Deep Earth totals 15 to 23 billion tons of carbon -- hundreds of times more than humans

NASA's Voyager 2 probe enters interstellar space

Proteins for making tough rubber

NASA's Voyager 2 probe enters interstellar space

Scientists brew lava and blow it up to better understand volcanoes

Scientists discover how birds and dinosaurs evolved to dazzle with colourful displays

Tiny Australian wallaby the last living link to extinct giant kangaroos

Nanoglue can make composites several times tougher during dynamic loading

Using machine learning to design peptides

Harnessing the power of 'spin orbit' coupling in silicon: Scaling up quantum computation

Agricultural waste: Driving us closer to greener transport?

A new 'spin' on kagome lattices

Researchers probe hydrogen bonds using new technique

Magnetic reconnection in space: Experiment and satellite sightings

A 3D imaging technique unlocks properties of perovskite crystals

Fighting smog supports solar power

What sets primates apart from other mammals?

Rules to boost fuel economy for passenger vehicles will do more good than harm, new study shows

NASA InSight lander 'hears' Martian winds