In Caltech's new fingerprint technique, a single molecule adsorbs onto the phononic crystal resonator device. Then scientists measure the frequency shifts of four different vibrational modes of the ...

Alisa Javadi, Ph.D., professor at the University of Oklahoma, has received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Early ...

To determine what the flathead catfish were eating, researchers collected 576 of them over two years, with 241 individuals having recoverable stomach contents. The researchers extracted DNA from those ...

A model of human behavior finds that people will share information if enough—but not too many—of their contacts do so.

Using plastic sheets for weed control, even under current best management practices, pollutes soil with macro- and ...

The Energy Transition Vulnerability Index (ETVI) quantifies the vulnerability of nations to adverse impacts of transitioning ...

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has an enzyme that can counteract a cell’s innate defense mechanism against viruses, ...

The bulk photovoltaic (BPV) effect is an uncommon phenomenon that may enable certain materials to outperform the conventional ...

The MERS coronavirus—MERS stands for “Middle East Respiratory Syndrome”—causes severe respiratory diseases with a high mortality rate. To date, there is neither a vaccine nor a specific treatment. The ...

A team of researchers from the Instituto de Física Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos (IFISC, UIB-CSIC), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), has ...

A research team investigates how mucin, a major component of the gut lining, and food-derived glycoproteins influence the growth of this bacterium.

Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The summaries are not intended to substitute for the full articles as a source of ...