Report: Student research team develops hybrid rocket engine
In a year defined by obstacles, a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign student rocket team persevered. Working together across five time zones, they successfully...
Report: Single-use N95 respirators can be decontaminated and used again
N95 respirators, which are widely worn by health care workers treating patients with COVID-19 and are designed to be used only once, can be...
Study: Ocean acidification causing coral ‘osteoporosis’ on iconic reefs
Scientists have long suspected that ocean acidification is affecting corals' ability to build their skeletons, but it has been challenging to isolate its effect...
Study: Vast stone monuments constructed in Arabia 7,000 years ago
The last decade has seen rapid development in the archaeology of Saudi Arabia. Recent discoveries range from early hominin sites hundreds of thousands of...
Study: A government program that reduces mortgage defaults
Lower-income households that received mortgages through state affordable mortgage programs were less likely to default or foreclose than similar households that received conventional financing,...
Scientists introduce new theory to calculate emissions liability
A comparison of the results for conventional point source pollution and bottleneck carbon emissions sources shows that oil and natural gas pipelines are far...
Study: Importance of rainfall highlighted for tropical animals
Imagine a tropical forest and you might conjure up tall trees hung with vines, brightly colored birds, howling monkeys, and ... rain. Indeed, precipitation...
Study: Reprogramming immune cells to reduce inflammation
Macrophages are white blood cells that, depending on the signals they get from the immune system, become specialized in either increasing or decreasing inflammation....
Study: Protein ‘chameleon’ colors long-term memory
A chameleonlike protein in neurons can change its mind, and in the process change our brains.
Scientists at Rice University and the University of Texas...
Study: East Antarctic melting hotspot identified
Ice is melting at a surprisingly fast rate underneath Shirase Glacier Tongue in East Antarctica due to the continuing influx of warm seawater into...