Research: Do bigger brains equal smarter dogs? New study offers answers —

Bigger dogs, with larger brains, perform better on certain measures of intelligence than their smaller canine counterparts, according to a new study led...

Research: Coating for metals rapidly heals over scratches and scrapes to prevent corrosion —

It's hard to believe that a tiny crack could take down a gigantic metal structure. But sometimes bridges collapse, pipelines rupture and fuselages...

Research: Ultra-slow earthquake indicates deep crustal movement near Istanbul —

A big earthquake occurred south of Istanbul in the summer of 2016, but it was so slow that nobody noticed. The earthquake, which...

Research: Study shows surprisingly strong cooling after volcanic eruptions in mid and high latitudes...

In recent decades, extratropical eruptions including Kasatochi (Alaska, USA, 2008) and Sarychev Peak (Russia, 2009) have injected sulfur into the lower stratosphere. The...

Research: Advance marks critical step toward brain-computer interfaces that hold immense promise for those...

In a scientific first, Columbia neuroengineers have created a system that translates thought into intelligible, recognizable speech. By monitoring someone's brain activity, the...

Research: To catch a wave, rocket launches from top of world —

On Jan. 4, 2019, at 4:37 a.m. EST the CAPER-2 mission launched from the Andøya Space Center in Andenes, Norway, on a 4-stage...

Research: Shifts in ocean, atmosphere heat transfer important to watch, researchers say —

The Earth's atmosphere and oceans play important roles in moving heat from one part of the world to another, and new research is...

Research: Humans colonized diverse environments in Southeast Asia and Oceania during the Pleistocene —

Investigations into what it means to be human have often focused on attempts to uncover the earliest material traces of 'art', 'language', or...

Research: New family of fungi threatens a UNESCO-listed 8-century-old cathedral in Portugal —

To be listed as UNESCO World Heritage requires special care and protection of valuable cultural monuments and pieces of Art from threats such...

Research: New frontiers in optical microscopy —

A new optical microscope system called SIFOM (Stimulation and Imaging-based Functional Optical Microscopy) can stimulate multiple cells simultaneously by a holographic method and...

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