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Future Wet Suits Otter Be Warmer Oct 10, 2016

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Future wet suits with surface textures like the thick fur of otters that trap insulating air layers could keep tomorrow's divers warmer in icy waters.

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Gender Influences Recommendations for Science Jobs Oct 06, 2016

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Female applicants to postdoctoral positions in geosciences were nearly half as likely to receive excellent letters of recommendation, compared with their male counterparts. Christopher Intagliata reports

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Nobel in Chemistry for Molecular Machines Oct 05, 2016

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Jean-Pierre Sauvage, James Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa share the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.

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Nobel in Physics for Secrets of Exotic Matter Oct 04, 2016

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David J. Thouless, F. Duncan Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz split the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.

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Nobel in Physiology or Medicine to Yoshinori Ohsumi for Autophagy Discoveries Oct 03, 2016

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Japan's Yoshinori Ohsumi wins the 2016 prize for discoveries related to autophagy, the process in cells whereby they degrade some of their internal structures and send the parts out for recycling.

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Great Migration Left Genetic Legacy Oct 02, 2016

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Reseachers have started to examine the genetic traces of the movement of some six million African-Americans from the south to the north and west between 1910 and 1970.

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Arctic Pollinator Faces Uncertain Future Oct 01, 2016

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A housefly relative appears to be key to the reproductive success of a hardy tundra shrub. But the insect is threatened by the warming climate. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Water Bears' Super Survival Skills Give Up Secrets Sep 28, 2016

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A protein from microscopic creatures called tardigrades keeps their DNA protected—and could someday shield humans from radiation.

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Big Earthquakes May Be More Likely During New and Full Moons Sep 27, 2016

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When the sun, moon and Earth are aligned, high tidal stress may increase the chances that an earthquake will grow bigger than it otherwise might have been.

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Clever Ants Have Backup Navigation Systems Sep 22, 2016

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An ant walking in the desert can gauge distance by footsteps and the sun's position, but an ant being carried can estimate distance by visual information perceived as it passed by.

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