Seismic Risk? Research Addresses Dangers of Older Concrete Buildings in U.S. By Jacqueline Conciatore Old concrete is not known for standing up to earthquakes, but retrofits made with carbon fiber and shape memory alloy may change that assumption.
Plant Plastics Seed New Tech, from Miatas to Tea Bags By Jacqueline Conciatore Plastic doesn't grow on trees . . . or does it?
How Sea Spray Seeds the Sky By Jacqueline Conciatore Scientists in California are bringing the ocean into the lab to learn the full impact of sea spray aerosols.
Frog Population Decline Linked to Killer Pathogen By Jacqueline Conciatore Ranavirus may be partly to blame for dwindling frog populations.
Visualizing the Motion of Corals By Jacqueline Conciatore Award-winning science visualization shows how coral is able to create a long-lasting whirlpool structure that alters the local environment and enhances the coral's ability to "breathe."
NSF Research Helps UNESCO Preserve Subaks in Bali By Jacqueline Conciatore Immersed in the world of Balinese water temples and cooperative farms, Anthropologist J. Stephen Lansing’s NSF funded research helped win UNESCO World Heritage Site status for Bali’s subaks.
A Big Hand for Biofilms By Jacqueline Conciatore This striking image represents the strength and prevalence of bacterial biofilms — despite our efforts to control them.
Pioneering Research Brings More Precise Understanding of Biology By Jacqueline Conciatore Pioneer William Bialek blends biology and physics in biophysics to discover more precise research of biological systems.
How Military Services Impacts Returning Veterans By Jacqueline Conciatore From health to marriage, military service has some surprising impacts on returning veterans.
Fish Aglow: Hidden Colors In The Sea By Jacqueline Conciatore More than 180 species of marine fish have been discovered to glow using biofluorescence.
'CRAB Lab' Sheds Light on Navigating Tricky Terrain By Jacqueline Conciatore How animals move in complex environments is a big question with relevance to several fields including robotics.
Musical Training Has Positive, Long-Term Effects on Brain Function By Jacqueline Conciatore Researcher Nina Kraus has found a positive impact on long-term brain functions in people with as few as four years of musical training.
Do Bark Beetles Affect Water Quality? By Jacqueline Conciatore Studies in the Rocky Mountains indicate the beetles are affecting water quality.
Stalagmites & Hieroglyphs: Investigating the Maya Demise By Jacqueline Conciatore Tackling this 2,000-year-old mystery takes a large and diverse set of experts.
Candy Hwang Seeks the Secrets of Nitrogenase By Jacqueline Conciatore The maker of 'The Secrets of Nitrogenase' speaks.
Smithsonian Digs Into Extraordinary Fossil Collection By Jacqueline Conciatore Unique ollection offers remarkably well -preserved specimens donated by citizen scientist.
Gulf Killifish Show Defects from Crude Oil Exposure By Jacqueline Conciatore Study finds defects in fish contaminated by the 2010 BP spill.
Nature Aids Science to Take on Bed Bugs By Jacqueline Conciatore A tried and true folk remedy inspires the fight against bed bugs.
New Biofuel Possibility in Horse Gut Fungus By Jacqueline Conciatore The fungus, extracted from horse feces, is a potential biofuels source.
Robotic Bat Wing Mimics a 'Spectacular Flyer' By Jacqueline Conciatore Researcher Joseph Bahlman designs a robotic flapper inspired by bats.
Tuning In to Undersea Sounds By Jacqueline Conciatore It turns out that a lot of things in the ocean make sound.
Research Leads to Award-Winning Film, Helps Whales By Jacqueline Conciatore Graduate student Eric Keen did more than conduct research during his time in the fjords of British Columbia.
Prioritizing Risks and Failures is Critical By Jacqueline Conciatore Matthew Kerr discusses his love for his work.
Silicon Alternative Could Bring Faster, More Compact Circuits By Jacqueline Conciatore InGaAs transistors could speed up and lighten up our technology.
Iain Johnstone: Following Curiosity Where it Leads By Jacqueline Conciatore A statistics researcher discusses how an enthusiasm for cricket as a boy led him to a career in statistics.
